Wilton Land Conservation Trust Orchard at 183 Ridgefield Rd., Wilton CT (Rain date - May 21st, same time) Please bring work gloves and water. Possibility of exposure to Poison Ivy and ticks so please wear appropriate clothing.
Planting at the Denison Homestead Orchard, 120 Pequotsepos Rd, Mystic, CT. Meet at the Farmer's Market area in the field (Not the Nature Center). Please bring work gloves and water. Possibility of exposure to Poison Ivy and ticks so please wear appropriate clothing.
Wyantenock State Forest A previous timber harvest at this location has allowed chestnut sprouts to grow to flowering height. On this hike we will search for the flowering chestnut trees. We will also be holding an optional workshop to learn how to obtain samples to verify their pure American status as well as additional information […]
The Coginchaug Outdoor Enrichment Center is very pleased to present this film in their new Korn Community Center on June 27th at 6:00 PM. Join us for the film created by The American Chestnut Foundation. This film follows the demise and hopeful recovery of this amazing species. Seating is limited, reserve you seats today at […]
Come visit the CT-TACF Chapter's exhibit booth in the Discovery Center at the 2023 Durham Fair in Durham, CT! We will have a booth with a lot of information about our work in CT and a full presentation will be given on Friday afternoon.
The Friends of Indian Hill Cemetery in partnership with The Rockfall Foundation and Middletown Garden Club will be hosting a showing of TACF documentary, Clear Day Thunder, about the American Chestnut and the work being done to restore it. Attendees will also hear about The Indian Hill Cemetery plans to help in the American Chestnut […]
Due to the rain, the fair will be held in the Parks and Recreation building at 559 S Main Street. The CT Chapter will be one of the exhibitors at the 3rd Annual Sustainability Fair in Cheshire CT! Come learn about our work to bring back the American Chestnut tree to our forests, as well […]
The American Chestnut Foundation is celebrating 40 years of research and restoration! Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in Hamden started to plant chestnuts as early as 1941, and has been an incredible partner for the Foundation, allowing fruitful collaborations between their scientists and TACF. It is therefore the ideal place to celebrate this anniversary amongst their […]
The Fall Harvest was very successful, thanks to all the volunteers who braved all that rain! And now that we have all those burrs, we need help get the nuts out! Come to our Shucking Party (bring gloves!) and help up open, select, list and track all the nuts coming from our CT chestnut trees to […]
The 2023 Fall Board meeting of the CT Chapter of TACF will be held on Friday, November 10th at 12:00 Noon. The meeting will once again be held over Zoom. The meeting is open to the public, but please contact us at gro.fca@retpahcTC for access information.
Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting in person, at the Connecticut Forest & Park Association in Rockfall/ Middletown. featuring a talk by Sara Fitzsimmons. The Spring Board Meeting will also follow the Annual Membership Meeting.
Jack Swatt stands next to a wild American chestnut tree in Seymour, CT CT-TACF Presentation on the Restoration of The American Chestnut sponsored by The White Memorial Conservation Center More than a century ago, nearly 4 billion American chestnut trees were growing in the eastern U.S. They were among the largest, tallest, and fastest-growing trees. […]
Wilton Land Conservation Trust Orchard at 183 Ridgefield Rd., Wilton CT (Rain date - June 2nd, same time) Please bring work gloves and water. Possibility of exposure to Poison Ivy and ticks so please wear appropriate clothing.
In order to select the most resistant chestnut trees in our Backcross Orchards, we test the trees by inoculating them with two strains of blight fungus. We will be inoculating our Middletown Backcross Orchard at Higby Reservoir on Wednesday, June 26th at 8:30 AM. Since access to Higby Reservoir is restricted, please contact us at […]
Chestnut Walk at Bush Hill Saturday, September 7 at 1:00 p.m. Meet at the cider barn, 330 Bush Hill Road, Manchester and walk to our Chestnut tree gardens. Jack Swatt, President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, will describe the mission of the Foundation and show us the work that has been taking […]
Join us at the CT Forest and Park Association HQ at 16 Meriden Rd, Rockfall on Thursday, October 3rd anytime between 3 PM to 8 PM to collect all the chestnuts from the harvested burs, and enjoy a friendly pot luck gathering. Bring a dish or desert, chestnut themed preferred but not required. CFPA asks that […]
The Annual Meeting of the CT-TACF Chapter will be held on Saturday, April 5th at 9:00AM. Join us at 9:00 AM for a social hour with coffee and confections. The Annual Membership meeting will start at 10:00 AM, followed by a chestnut relavant lecture. This year's featured guest speaker will be CT Agricultural Experiment Station […]
Now that we have harvested all the burs, it will be time to shuck them open and count up all the chestnuts we harvested. Stop by anytime if you only have a few hours to help. Bring anything you would like to share, chestnut themed or not. Thick leather gloves or doubled up gardening gloves […]