Black Hill Regional Park Orchard
This orchard was founded in 2010, originally as a demonstration orchard, but is now being converted to a mother tree orchard
For a list of the plantings as of June 2016 click here.
Address:
20930 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, Montgomery Co.
Directions:
Starting from Rt 270 at Germantown, go north on Rt 27 for 1 mile toward Damascus. Turn left on Rt 355 and go 0.8 miles to a left turn on Old Baltimore Rd. Take Old Baltimore 1.5 miles to a left turn into Black Hill Park. Take Lake Ridge Drive 1 mile to a right turn on Black Hill Rd. Continue over the causeway and past the Park Police Complex. The orchard is beyond a sign that says ” authorized vehicles only” and in a field past a sharp turn in the road. Note: See the Google map below.
Contacts:
Stan Fisher – Steward
Jen Scully, Park Naturalist, Black Hill Regional Park
Property owner:
Montgomery County Department of Parks
Plantings:
Maryland Chapter Menu
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🌰 What a fantastic American Chestnut Day at The North Carolina Arboretum!
From seedling sales and student research posters to inspiring talks, poetry, and a screening of Clear Day Thunder, the day was packed with learning, connection, and celebration of the American chestnut’s incredible story.
A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who joined us, and to our event sponsor, Warren Wilson College, for helping make it all possible! 💚
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Enjoyed stopping by, hopefully next time the tree sale will be better equipped to accept different forms of payment 🙂
What are the chance that someone out there does have some true american chestnut seeds for sale or to give away . I only would like maybe a dozen and a half if anybody has then in north carolina. Thanks and god bless you
Maryland friends, come on out to the MD Chapter Chestnut Festival on Sunday, October 19! Visit tacf.org/event/maryland-chapter-chestnut-festival/ for more!
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🌰 Harvest processing at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms is equal parts important science and hands-on fun! Staff and volunteers shuck burs and sort chestnuts with care, ensuring quality seeds for future plantings and solid data for research. It’s a lively, rewarding way to support restoration while sharing in the joy of chestnut season together. 🌳
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That was our job after school pick up the chestnuts, we opened them up with our feet.
What do I do with mine? I have 2 gallons I collected this year for the first time.
Are these trees pure dentata?
Join us on tomorrow, October 10, 2025, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat.
Our special guest, Dr. Trevor Walker, Assistant Professor of Forest Genetics and Co-Director of the Cooperative Tree Improvement Program at NC State University, will share insights from 70 years of breeding loblolly pine for disease resistance, growth, and stem form. He will also consider which practices are likely to succeed for American chestnut, which are not, and why.
Visit tacf.org/event/chestnut-chat-breeding-disease-resistance-in-loblolly-pine/ to learn more or register.
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Just saw this. How was the chat?
Do you love pulling on your work gloves and cracking open freshly fallen burs to reveal the chestnuts inside? If you do, but don’t have any of your own yet, become a member and get access to our wild-type seed sale in 2026. In just a few years, your hands could be full of spiky burs and American chestnuts of your own. support.tacf.org/membership/new-regular
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