We will be holding our Fall Board Meeting at the Griswold CAES Research Center, the site of our new CT Chapter office, located at 190 Sheldon Rd, Griswold. We will have an Open House to show our new office location prior to the meeting starting at 5:00 PM. Come for some pizza and see the […]
On Saturday, April 11, volunteers from the CT Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will present an illustrated program at the cabin, describing the importance and scope of the Chestnut, the blight, the wood itself, and tree restoration efforts. Visitors can either go directly to the cabin on their own (any time from 11:00 a.m. on into mid […]
About the event Celebrate Earth Day at Brookside Farm Museum on April 25, 2026. The American Chestnut Foundation will have a table at this event. Brookside Farm Brought to you by Brookside Farm Museum and Swamp Yankee Earthcare, this community gathering invites neighbors of all ages to explore practical, local ways to care for the Earth. […]
In 2025 a Germplasm Conservation Orchard was started at McKeon Farm located at 60 Old Stagecoach Rd. in Ridgefield, CT with nuts harvested from productive American chestnut trees in CT forests. This year we will add more trees by planting nuts harvested last fall. We will prepare planting sites, plant and apply deer fencing around […]
As a member of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation and the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society, John C. Baker spearheaded efforts to plant the Backcross Orchard at the Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. He helped pollinate local American chestnuts with backcrossed pollen from TACF’s Meadowview Research Farm to obtain the nuts that would fill […]