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GA-TACF Annual Membership Meeting 2021

GA-TACF Annual Membership Meeting 2021

Please join our Annual Georgia Chapter Member Meeting on May 22, 2021, 10 am – 12 noon (via Zoom; details and URL at the bottom of this page) Our special invited speaker will be Dr. Donald Davis, founding GA-TACF chapter president and author of the upcoming book "The...

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Chestnut Grafting at Berry College

Chestnut Grafting at Berry College

On Wednesday, April 8, 2021, GA-TACF volunteers initiated a third year of grafting attempts as part of our American chestnut gene conservation program.  This phase of the work took place at the Berry College nursery.  Scion material was collected in Jan-March from 15...

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Georgia Chapter Request for Volunteer Roles

Georgia Chapter Request for Volunteer Roles

GA-TACF members, collaborators, and other “chestnut” people! For many years, the Georgia chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation has relied on our general membership primarily for volunteer work in the field (pollinations, harvests, plantings, orchard care). But...

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More Chestnut Seedlings for the Roy Richards Seed Orchard!

More Chestnut Seedlings for the Roy Richards Seed Orchard!

The weather was fantastic (~50 degrees and sunny) for our chestnut planting at the Roy Richards “Southern Road” seed orchard this past Saturday!  We want to thank everyone who participated for the enthusiastic help (see list below).  Altogether, we added ~115 hybrid...

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Flint PRR Orchard Expansion Completed

Flint PRR Orchard Expansion Completed

Great news!  The long-sought after expansion of the Austin Flint Phytophthora screening orchard has been completed.  This is a critically important project many years in the making.  Many thanks to all who have been involved with this project since its inception. The...

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Lake Allatoona Orchard Maintenance 2020

Lake Allatoona Orchard Maintenance 2020

Georgia Chestnut Enthusiasts, We just wanted to give you a quick update showing some work being done on behalf of GA-TACF in Georgia.  The series of photos below show groups of U.S. Army Corps staff and public volunteers engaging in major orchard maintenance work at...

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Stop by to learn how our breeding program produces nice, nearly pure American chestnut trees like this one - at the Summer Shade Festival in Grant Park this weekend! Great food, arts, crafts, and music fest 10 am - 6 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Weather should be more moderate this weekend, so it should be a great time to get out of the AC and into the shade!

summershadefestival.org/

Also, please look forward to announcements about volunteer opportunities for this fall's harvest. The time frame is early September through early October and we will need help harvesting, shucking, and prepping seeds for cold storage. Both indoor and outdoor tasks.

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Stop by to learn how our breeding program produces nice, nearly pure American chestnut trees like this one - at the Summer Shade Festival in Grant Park this weekend! Great food, arts, crafts, and music fest 10 am - 6 pm Saturday and Sunday. Weather should be more moderate this weekend, so it should be a great time to get out of the AC and into the shade!https://summershadefestival.org/Also, please look forward to announcements about volunteer opportunities for this falls harvest.  The time frame is early September through early October and we will need help harvesting, shucking, and prepping seeds for cold storage.  Both indoor and outdoor tasks.The American Chestnut Foundation

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Scene from our booth today

Here we are among hundreds of other vendor booths at the Summer Shade Festival! Come on out and visit with us.

Sorry for the late notice, but please consider volunteering for Wednesday's small stem assays at UT Chattanooga. Read here for details. tacf.org/event/2026-utc-small-stem-assay-inoculation/ ... See MoreSee Less

Sorry for the late notice, but please consider volunteering for Wednesdays small stem assays at UT Chattanooga.  Read here for details. https://tacf.org/event/2026-utc-small-stem-assay-inoculation/

Imagine restoring this view up through the canopy throughout the native range of American chestnut. If you share that vision, please join us in our efforts! See www.tacf.org/ga

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Imagine restoring this view up through the canopy throughout the native range of American chestnut. If you share that vision, please join us in our efforts!  See www.tacf.org/gaThe American Chestnut Foundation
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