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VA Special Guided Tour of Lesesne State Forest
March 30 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
SPECIAL GUIDED TOUR:
Saturday, March 30, 9:30am to Noon, Lesesne State Forest
Lesesne State Forest
Latitude/Longitude: 37° 50′ 32.3″, -78° 57′ 50.0″
Learn about the History of Chestnut Breeding
Join us for a walking tour of Lesesne State Forest, where chestnut breeding has been going on since 1968. See large surviving American chestnuts that we grafted there in the 1980s, 56-year hybrid chestnuts from Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, several generations of backcross chestnuts, and controlled crosses of large surviving American chestnuts. You wil see varying degrees of blight resistance. This is one of the largest plantings of blight-resistant chestnuts.
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Be sure to check out all our events this March!
SEED ORCHARD PLANTINGS
Saturday, March 9, 8:30am to 3:00 pm Blandy Experimental Farm (event page)
Chestnut Seed Orchard
400 Blandy Farm Ln, Boyce, VA 22620
Chestnut Seed Orchard
Saturday, March 16, 8:30am to 3:00 pm, Banshee Reeks (event page)
21085 The Woods Rd, Leesburg, VA 20175
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
Saturday, March 23, 8:30am to 3:00 pm, Sky Meadows State Park
11012 Edmonds Ln, Delaplane, VA 20144
Sky Meadows State Park
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