WSSC 2 – Research Orchard
This experimental research orchard was first planted in 2012.
Address:
Triadelphia Lake Rd., Sunshine, Montgomery Co.
Directions:
As a starting point, find your way to Sunshine, which is at the intersection of MD 650 (New Hampshire Ave,) and MD 97 (Georgia Ave). From Sunshine, go 1/2 mile north to a right turn on Triadelphia Lake Rd.
Contacts:
Ron Kuipers: MDTACF
Jim Benton: Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Watershed Manager
Mark Grzeszkiewicz: Groundskeeper
Plantings:
The following trees were planted in 2012: 9 Carver Am x Sequinyi, 9 Carver Am x Henryi, 3 Haines x Carver Little Bennett, 1 Curtis x Stonefort, 1 Haines x Clopper, 1 Knapp?_ open , 1 SW 902 x Clopper, 3 Knapp 39 x Clopper, 1 Burton x Clopper, 1 Henryi x SL 828, 1 Knapp 39 x Carver Little Bennett, and 5 Henryi.
For the latest 2016 inventory and map of the trees at this orchard click here.
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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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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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