TN – Chestnut Shucking Party (part two) at the Fortwood Street Greenhouse
Chestnut Shucking Part Two10:00AM-3:00PM on Saturday, October 25th, 2025 What to know: Because we’re not going to finish on the 18th, we’re calling all Tennessee Chapter volunteers of The American Chestnut Foundation for another fun day processing this...
NY – Hudson Valley Nut Fest
Join us in the heart of New York’s Hudson Valley to learn from local vendors, growers, and educators about the deliciousness, resilience, and diversity of Northeastern nuts. Two TACF science coordinators will be there! Will you? This family-friendly festival...
Planting in Independence VA
Join us to plant 150 chestnut seedlings near Independence, VA! If we are going to save the American chestnut, we’ll need help planting LOTS of them! We’ll either be planting trees or nuts, using shovels, post-hole augers, and/or other hand tools. Come...
VA – Chestnut shucking party!
We’ll be shucking chestnut burs to extract the nuts, prepare the nuts for stratification; record the family and quantity of nuts by family. We will be shucking at Augusta Forestry Center in Crimora, VA. Bring a lunch, water, and thick gloves (leather is best for...
VA – Chestnut shucking party!
We’ll be shucking chestnut burs to extract the nuts, prepare the nuts for stratification; record the family and quantity of nuts by family. We will be shucking at Augusta Forestry Center in Crimora, VA. Bring a lunch, water, and thick gloves (leather is best...
Planting in Sedalia VA
If we are going to save the American chestnut, we’ll need help planting LOTS of them! We’ll either be planting trees or nuts, using shovels, post-hole augers, and/or other hand tools. Come prepared to work in field or forest conditions; wear appropriate...
KY – Cutting Undesirable Tree Species and Briars, KDF Morgan County
JOIN US to finish trimming out unwanted tree saplings and scattered briars that are mixed in our full American Chestnut breeding trees. Bring hand pruner saws, or small chain saws, hand pruners, leather gloves, water, snacks, and lunch. The full American chestnut...
Pryor Orchard Harvest – Edneyville, NC
The North Carolina/South Carolina Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation invites you to join in harvesting hybrid American chestnuts! We will be harvesting these trees at the Pryor Orchard in Edneyville Township, NC, on Saturday, September 27 at 10:00 am. If...