Our Mission

Our Mission The Mission of the CT Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation is to restore a blight-resistant American chestnut (Castenea dentata) to the forests of Connecticut. To accomplish this we've assisted the National Foundation with significant...
Photo gallery – CT 40th TACF Anniversary Celebration

Photo gallery – CT 40th TACF Anniversary Celebration

The American Chestnut Foundation is celebrating 40 years of research and restoration! Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in Hamden started to plant chestnuts as early as 1941, and has been an incredible partner for the Foundation, allowing fruitful...

Plant Science Day at CAES

Always a great day at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station Lockwood Farm, the CAES Plant Science Day is Wednesday August 4th from 10 am to 4pm. There are ninety field plots to review, technical demonstrations, insect identificationn, barn displays, and more. There...

Plant Science Day at the CT Agricultual Experiment Station

New Haven, CT July 1, 2008 – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station will hold its 98th annual Plant Science Day open house on Wednesday, August 6, at Lockwood Farm in Hamden. The featured program will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the main tent. Steve Grant,...

Planting Notes

Looking back on our several days of planting the American chestnut hybrids and Controls at Salem, there were a few planting notes we thought might be prudent to share. On the left – Just one week after planting tree swallows find the orchard home. On the right...