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 […]
