Dear chestnut lovers: The work session originally scheduled for July 2 at the Stony Brook Orchard has been postponed due to the heat advisory. When it has been rescheduled, it will be posted here. Thank you, Cathy Catherine Mayes, President Virginia Chapter, The American Chestnut Foundation P.O. Box 158 Marshall, VA 20116 (540) 364-1922
Dear chestnut lovers: The work session originally scheduled for July 2 at the Stony Brook Orchard has been postponed due to the heat advisory. When it has been rescheduled, it will be posted here. Thank you, Cathy Catherine Mayes, President Virginia Chapter, The American Chestnut Foundation P.O. Box 158 Marshall, VA 20116 (540) 364-1922
Dear chestnut lovers: On Thursday, July 5, we will be cutting up and removing downed trees from an orchard in The Plains. We cut down trees that didn't have the genetics we are looking for for blight resistance, but were unable that day to cut up and haul off them off. We need to get […]
Dear chestnut lovers: On Thursday, July 5, we will be cutting up and removing downed trees from an orchard in The Plains. We cut down trees that didn't have the genetics we are looking for for blight resistance, but were unable that day to cut up and haul off them off. We need to get […]
--Meet at the smaller orchard (the one nearest the Quarters building) at 9:30 or later. 400 Blandy Farm Ln, Boyce, VA 22620 (off U.S. 50 near U.S. 340) If you are unsure where the orchard is, meet at the parking lot near the front of the Quarters. However, if you arrive later than 9:30 you […]
--Meet at the smaller orchard (the one nearest the Quarters building) at 9:30 or later. 400 Blandy Farm Ln, Boyce, VA 22620 (off U.S. 50 near U.S. 340) If you are unsure where the orchard is, meet at the parking lot near the front of the Quarters. However, if you arrive later than 9:30 you […]
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute is a research facility that is not open to the public. If you are interested and available to harvest at SCBI, we have to register your name with the guard, so please call the Chestnut Office or Cathy Mayes (571) 217-2979 in advance.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute is a research facility that is not open to the public. If you are interested and available to harvest at SCBI, we have to register your name with the guard, so please call the Chestnut Office or Cathy Mayes (571) 217-2979 in advance.
