TN – Chestnut Shucking Party (part two) at the Fortwood Street Greenhouse
Chestnut Shucking Part Two
10:00AM-3:00PM on Saturday, October 25th, 2025
What to know: Because we’re not going to finish on the 18th, we’re calling all Tennessee Chapter volunteers of The American Chestnut Foundation for another fun day processing this year’s harvest of backcross American chestnut seeds!
In order to harvest seeds from our backcross hybrids we need to collect the burs the day before they open (because as soon as the burs open the nuts fall out and are eaten by deer, squirrels, wild turkeys and other neighbors). To prepare the seeds for winter, we need to remove the chestnuts from their burs by hand (that’s the shucking part). The chestnuts are then carefully cleaned, surface sterilized, sorted, counted, and packed into a moist medium (sphagnum) to be stratified for four months at 40 F. Come help get our chestnuts out of their burs! Please join us on Saturday, 25 October, in Chattanooga, TN for a chestnut shucking party, a fun day processing this year’s harvest of backcross American chestnut seeds!
Please bring a pair of puncture-proof gloves (if you have a pair), and dress for the weather!
Where: The Fortwood Street Greenhouse and Nursery, on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, located at 833 Fortwood Street, Chattanooga, TN. 37403 (Parking available in UTC Parking Lot 37).
See you there!
For more information, please contact Hill Craddock: 423-290-8924 or ude.ctu@kcoddarc-llih
