BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The American Chestnut Foundation - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The American Chestnut Foundation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tacf.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The American Chestnut Foundation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20250520T211558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T212419Z UID:10002059-1749459600-1749481200@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA - Inoculations at Blandy Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This event will take place on Monday and Tuesday from 9 am to 3 pm\nHere is a Google map link to the chestnut orchard location.\n\nTesting our orchard trees for blight resistance requires inoculating them with the blight. We do this by boring a hole in the bark\, removing a plug of bark\, and replacing it with a disk of agar and mycelium\, the chestnut blight fungus. The agar and mycelium are cut from a culture of the fungus in a Petri plate. Our experience has been that a crew of three people can inoculate two plots of 180 planted nuts per day\, from 9 am to 3 pm. The work is low to the ground and requires you to follow a set protocol. Reasonable agility and attention to detail is all that is required. Training is relatively quick. You will learn to recognize naturally occurring blight and gain general knowledge of the selection and testing process.\n\nPrepare to get dirty and protect yourself from possible poison ivy. Long pants\, long sleeves\, gloves\, and a hat are recommended. Bring water and lunch.\n\nRSVP here : https://theamericanchestnutfoundation.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=90482 URL:https://tacf.org/event/va-inoculation-at-blandy-arboretum/2025-06-09/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ORGANIZER;CN="Fred Hebard":MAILTO:mbiew@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20250520T211558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T212419Z UID:10002061-1749546000-1749567600@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA - Inoculations at Blandy Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This event will take place on Monday and Tuesday from 9 am to 3 pm\nHere is a Google map link to the chestnut orchard location.\n\nTesting our orchard trees for blight resistance requires inoculating them with the blight. We do this by boring a hole in the bark\, removing a plug of bark\, and replacing it with a disk of agar and mycelium\, the chestnut blight fungus. The agar and mycelium are cut from a culture of the fungus in a Petri plate. Our experience has been that a crew of three people can inoculate two plots of 180 planted nuts per day\, from 9 am to 3 pm. The work is low to the ground and requires you to follow a set protocol. Reasonable agility and attention to detail is all that is required. Training is relatively quick. You will learn to recognize naturally occurring blight and gain general knowledge of the selection and testing process.\n\nPrepare to get dirty and protect yourself from possible poison ivy. Long pants\, long sleeves\, gloves\, and a hat are recommended. Bring water and lunch.\n\nRSVP here : https://theamericanchestnutfoundation.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=90482 URL:https://tacf.org/event/va-inoculation-at-blandy-arboretum/2025-06-10/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ORGANIZER;CN="Fred Hebard":MAILTO:mbiew@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20240603T180334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T184750Z UID:10001977-1717923600-1717945200@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA- Inoculations at Blandy\, day 2 DESCRIPTION:2024 Virginia Chestnut Orchard Inoculation Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Volunteers are needed for a citizen scientist task – inoculating chestnut trees to test their resistance to blight. A three-person crew\, or crews\, are required over three weekends\, working from 9 am to 3 pm. \nPlease email with your date preference and indicate whether you can work multiple days. It would be preferable to work both days of a weekend so we have continuity. \nContact Fred Hebard mbiew@comcast.net to participate. \nPlease join us for any inoculation events that you are available.\nJune 8-9 Blandy Experimental FarmChestnut Orchard Google map \n\nSaturday June 8 event\nSunday June 9 event\n\nJune 15-16   Sky Meadows State ParkSky Meadows Visitor Parking Google map \n\nSaturday June 15 event\nSunday June 16 event\n\nJune 22-23  Banshee ReeksBanshee Reeks Nature Preserve Visitor Center Google map \n\nSaturday June 22 event\nSunday June 23 event\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June is a busy month for chestnut breeding. Tree inoculation will be done in the first half of June and pollination the second half. We use open pollinations to produce seed for our northern Virginia seed orchards\, and have mostly finished harvesting seed for them. Now the trees have grown up large enough\, it is time to test them for blight resistance. The first phase of selection entails inoculating them with the blight (giving them blight) and picking the winners. \nWhen seed orchard trees are about 2” in diameter and 10-15 feet tall they are ready to be inoculated. We do this by boring a hole in the bark\, removing a plug of bark and replacing it with a disk of agar and mycelium\, the chestnut blight fungus. The agar and mycelium are cut from a culture of the fungus in a Petri plate. I am currently in the process of generating large numbers of culture plates for our activity. \nIn trees inoculated in 2022 and 2023 we have seen clear and statistically significant separation of family means\, which is an indication that we have variability in blight resistance between families. Variation is good; we can pick the winning families and discard the losers. If there were no variation\, we couldn’t select the best families. There also is variation between families that share the same grandparent but not the same parents. Again this is good because we can select the best. Finally\, we can select the best trees within families as trees vary within families. \nOur experience has been that a crew of three people can inoculate two plots of 180 planted nuts per day\, from 9am to 3 pm. In 2023 we inoculated 11 plots\, and 25 in 2023. For 2024\, we have nine plots at Blandy\, five at Banshee Reeks and four or more at Sky Meadows. With two crews\, I estimate it will take two days to inoculate Blandy\, and one each Banshee and Sky Meadows. We may inoculate a few more plots at Sky Meadows as they are coming along fast and we are in danger of getting swamped next year. \nSuccessive weekends worked well this spring for planting\, so I hope we can repeat this progress this June. The plan is to inoculate Saturday and Sunday over the weekends of June 8th — Blandy\, June 15th — Sky Meadows\, and June 22nd — Banshee Reeks. Please email back with your date preference and indicate whether you can work multiple days. It would be preferable to work both days of a weekend so we have continuity. \nI look forward to getting out in the orchards with you and we will send out a confirming memo in the week prior to each weekend. \nYours Truly\,\nFred \nFrederick V. Hebard\, PhD\nVice President\, Virginia Chapter\nThe American Chestnut Foundation\nmbiew@comcast.net\n276 356-8517 URL:https://tacf.org/event/inoculations-at-blandy-sun/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/inoculation-hole-in-tree.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Fred Hebard":MAILTO:mbiew@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20240603T133454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T184937Z UID:10001975-1717837200-1717858800@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA- Chestnut Inoculations at Blandy\, Day 1 DESCRIPTION:2024 Virginia Chestnut Orchard Inoculation Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Volunteers are needed for a citizen scientist task – inoculating chestnut trees to test their resistance to blight. A three-person crew\, or crews\, are required over three weekends\, working from 9 am to 3 pm. \nPlease email with your date preference and indicate whether you can work multiple days. It would be preferable to work both days of a weekend so we have continuity. \nContact Fred Hebard mbiew@comcast.net to participate. \nPlease join us for any inoculation events that you are available.\nJune 8-9 Blandy Experimental FarmChestnut Orchard Google map \n\nSaturday June 8 event\nSunday June 9 event\n\nJune 15-16   Sky Meadows State ParkSky Meadows Visitor Parking Google map \n\nSaturday June 15 event\nSunday June 16 event\n\nJune 22-23  Banshee ReeksBanshee Reeks Nature Preserve Visitor Center Google map \n\nSaturday June 22 event\nSunday June 23 event\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June is a busy month for chestnut breeding. Tree inoculation will be done in the first half of June and pollination the second half. We use open pollinations to produce seed for our northern Virginia seed orchards\, and have mostly finished harvesting seed for them. Now the trees have grown up large enough\, it is time to test them for blight resistance. The first phase of selection entails inoculating them with the blight (giving them blight) and picking the winners. \nWhen seed orchard trees are about 2” in diameter and 10-15 feet tall they are ready to be inoculated. We do this by boring a hole in the bark\, removing a plug of bark and replacing it with a disk of agar and mycelium\, the chestnut blight fungus. The agar and mycelium are cut from a culture of the fungus in a Petri plate. I am currently in the process of generating large numbers of culture plates for our activity. \nIn trees inoculated in 2022 and 2023 we have seen clear and statistically significant separation of family means\, which is an indication that we have variability in blight resistance between families. Variation is good; we can pick the winning families and discard the losers. If there were no variation\, we couldn’t select the best families. There also is variation between families that share the same grandparent but not the same parents. Again this is good because we can select the best. Finally\, we can select the best trees within families as trees vary within families. \nOur experience has been that a crew of three people can inoculate two plots of 180 planted nuts per day\, from 9am to 3 pm. In 2023 we inoculated 11 plots\, and 25 in 2023. For 2024\, we have nine plots at Blandy\, five at Banshee Reeks and four or more at Sky Meadows. With two crews\, I estimate it will take two days to inoculate Blandy\, and one each Banshee and Sky Meadows. We may inoculate a few more plots at Sky Meadows as they are coming along fast and we are in danger of getting swamped next year. \nSuccessive weekends worked well this spring for planting\, so I hope we can repeat this progress this June. The plan is to inoculate Saturday and Sunday over the weekends of June 8th — Blandy\, June 15th — Sky Meadows\, and June 22nd — Banshee Reeks. Please email back with your date preference and indicate whether you can work multiple days. It would be preferable to work both days of a weekend so we have continuity. \nI look forward to getting out in the orchards with you and we will send out a confirming memo in the week prior to each weekend. \nYours Truly\,Fred \nFrederick V. Hebard\, PhDVice President\, Virginia ChapterThe American Chestnut Foundationmbiew@comcast.net276 356-8517 URL:https://tacf.org/event/inoculations-at-blandy-sat/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/inoculation-hole-in-tree.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Fred Hebard":MAILTO:mbiew@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240310T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240310T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20240305T185933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T141610Z UID:10001941-1710059400-1710082800@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA Seed Orchard Planting - Blandy Experimental Farm DESCRIPTION:Come help us sow chestnuts in one of our three seed orchards. These orchards are part of our plan to make many thousands of chestnuts available for future restoration plantings in the forests of Virginia. \nGet your hands a little dirty gently planting chestnuts in the ground and setting up small tubes to protect them from critters. See the amazing growth of chestnuts planted there over the last few years. Learn about chestnut restoration from your fellow volunteers. \nNOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SUNDAY MARCH 10 DUE TO RAIN\nSunday\, March 10\, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Blandy Experimental FarmChestnut Seed Orchard400 Blandy Farm Ln\, Boyce\, VA 22620Chestnut Seed Orchard \nRSVP to vachestnut@gmail.com. Please indicate which events you wish to attend. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Be sure to check out all our events this March!\n\nSEED ORCHARD PLANTINGS \nSaturday\, March 9\, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Blandy Experimental Farm (event page)Chestnut Seed Orchard400 Blandy Farm Ln\, Boyce\, VA 22620Chestnut Seed Orchard \nSaturday\, March 16\, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm\, Banshee Reeks (event page)21085 The Woods Rd\, Leesburg\, VA 20175Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve \nSaturday\, March 23\, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm\, Sky Meadows State Park (event page)11012 Edmonds Ln\, Delaplane\, VA 20144Sky Meadows State Park \n\nSPECIAL GUIDED TOUR: (event page)Saturday\, March 30\, 9:30am to Noon\, Lesesne State ForestLesesne State ForestLatitude/Longitude: 37° 50′ 32.3″\, -78° 57′ 50.0″ \nLearn about the History of Chestnut BreedingJoin us for a walking tour of Lesesne State Forest\, where chestnut breeding has been going on since 1968. See large surviving American chestnuts that we grafted there in the 1980s\, 56-year hybrid chestnuts from Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station\, several generations of backcross chestnuts\, and controlled crosses of large surviving American chestnuts. You will see varying degrees of blight resistance. This is one of the largest plantings of blight-resistant chestnuts.  \n\nRSVP to vachestnut@gmail.com Please indicate which events you wish to attend. URL:https://tacf.org/event/va-seed-orchard-planting-blandy-experimental-farm/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/VA-Anna-planting-900.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Fred Hebard":MAILTO:mbiew@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231021T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231021T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20230818T152056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230818T152139Z UID:10001856-1697896800-1697911200@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA- Movie Screening: Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a free screening of the new documentary film Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut! \nThe film will be shown at Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce\, VA on Oct 21st at 2PM. Please join us! URL:https://tacf.org/event/va-movie-screening-clear-day-thunder-rescuing-the-american-chestnut/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/chestnut-movie.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="VA Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation":MAILTO:VaChapter@tacf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210317 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20210310T140759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T140759Z UID:10001632-1615852800-1615939199@tacf.org SUMMARY:Planting Seedlings at Blandy DESCRIPTION:Volunteers are needed to help plant Virginia’s seed orchards. Volunteers should email vachestnut@verizon.net for details and directions. URL:https://tacf.org/event/planting-seedlings-at-blandy/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ORGANIZER;CN="Warren Laws":MAILTO:wlawsii@aol.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210316 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20210305T204552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T204552Z UID:10001631-1615766400-1615852799@tacf.org SUMMARY:Planting Seedlings at Blandy DESCRIPTION:Volunteers are needed to help plant Virginia’s seed orchards. Volunteers should email vachestnut@verizon.net for details and directions. URL:https://tacf.org/event/planting-seedlings/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ORGANIZER;CN="Warren Laws":MAILTO:wlawsii@aol.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190416T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20190411T070019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T153420Z UID:10001438-1555405200-1555513200@tacf.org SUMMARY:Orchard Work Days at Blandy Scheduled April 16-17 DESCRIPTION:We will be working at the Blandy seed orchard Tuesday\, April 16\, and Wednesday\, April 17.  We will be clearing the aisles\, fertilizing\, overseeding\, and mulching. \nTime: 9:00-3:00 \nLocation: 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce \nBring:  If you have them — work gloves\, garden rake\, shovel\, broadcast spreader\, water\, sunscreen. \nRSVP to Cathy Mayes URL:https://tacf.org/event/orchard-work-days-at-blandy-scheduled/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WEB-Burning-Stumps-wide.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190416T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T150000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20190411T070019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190411T070019Z UID:10001439-1555405200-1555513200@tacf.org SUMMARY:Orchard Work Days at Blandy Scheduled April 16-17 DESCRIPTION:We will be working at the Blandy seed orchard Tuesday\, April 16\, and Wednesday\, April 17.  We will be clearing the aisles\, fertilizing\, overseeding\, and mulching. \nTime: 9:00-3:00 \nLocation: 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce \nBring:  If you have them — work gloves\, garden rake\, shovel\, broadcast spreader\, water\, sunscreen. \nRSVP to Cathy Mayes URL:https://tacf.org/event/orchard-work-days-at-blandy-scheduled-2/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WEB-Burning-Stumps-wide.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180924T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20180920T120839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T120839Z UID:10001320-1537781400-1537808400@tacf.org SUMMARY:Harvesting Burs at Blandy Experimental Farm DESCRIPTION:Harvest at the larger orchard at Blandy at 9:30 \nIf 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 can head straight to the orchard. URL:https://tacf.org/event/harvesting-burs-at-blandy-experimental-farm-2/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180924T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20180920T120839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T120839Z UID:10001321-1537781400-1537808400@tacf.org SUMMARY:Harvesting Burs at Blandy Experimental Farm DESCRIPTION:Harvest at the larger orchard at Blandy at 9:30 \nIf 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 can head straight to the orchard. URL:https://tacf.org/event/harvesting-burs-at-blandy-experimental-farm-2-2/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20180920T120722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T121002Z UID:10001318-1537522200-1537549200@tacf.org SUMMARY:Harvesting Burs at Blandy Experimental Farm DESCRIPTION:–Meet at the smaller orchard (the one nearest the Quarters building) at 9:30 or later. \n400 Blandy Farm Ln\, Boyce\, VA 22620 (off U.S. 50 near U.S. 340) \nIf 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 can head straight to the orchard. \nTo get to the orchard… \nFollow the first right turn (a gravel road)\, then the first left.  See map at http://www.virginia.edu/blandy/brochures/visitor_map.pdf  The Chestnut Test Plot in the upper left corner of the map is the larger orchard\, where we’ll go after we finish the smaller one. \nGPS: 39.057480\, -78.061020 URL:https://tacf.org/event/harvesting-burs-at-blandy-experimental-farm/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20180920T120722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T120722Z UID:10001319-1537522200-1537549200@tacf.org SUMMARY:Harvesting Burs at Blandy Experimental Farm DESCRIPTION:–Meet at the smaller orchard (the one nearest the Quarters building) at 9:30 or later. \n400 Blandy Farm Ln\, Boyce\, VA 22620 (off U.S. 50 near U.S. 340) \nIf 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 can head straight to the orchard. \nTo get to the orchard… \nFollow the first right turn (a gravel road)\, then the first left.  See map at http://www.virginia.edu/blandy/brochures/visitor_map.pdf  The Chestnut Test Plot in the upper left corner of the map is the larger orchard\, where we’ll go after we finish the smaller one. \nGPS: 39.057480\, -78.061020 URL:https://tacf.org/event/harvesting-burs-at-blandy-experimental-farm-3/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20180211T191932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180416T182928Z UID:10001152-1524830400-1524855600@tacf.org SUMMARY:Arbor Day at the State Arboretum of Virginia DESCRIPTION:Remarkable Trees of Blandy: Foundation of the State Arboretum’s (FOSA) Arbor Day Celebration\nWhen: Friday\, April 27\, 2:00PM-7:00PM\nWhere: Blandy Experimental Farm\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA 22620\nDescription: Outdoor workshops\, panel discussion\, Foundation of the State Arboretum annual meeting\, and social with refreshments \n2:00PM-2:45PM Native Trees for Your Backyard\n3:00PM-3:45PM Spring Pruning for Homeowners\n4:00PM-4:45PM Tree Planting in the Rain Garden\n5:00PM-5:15PM FOSA Annual Meeting\n5:15PM-6:00PM Blandy’s Remarkable Trees Panel with Jeff Kirwan\, Virginia Tech; Andy Jackson\, Oak Spring Garden Foundation; Cathy Mayes\, The American Chestnut Foundation\n6:00PM-7:00PM Social hour with refreshments and entertainment \nFOSA Members FREE\, non-members $15\n12 and under free; free to non-members who join! \nREGISTER HERE\nReservations Required \n  URL:https://tacf.org/event/arbor-day-at-the-state-arboretum/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20180211T191932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180211T191932Z UID:10001153-1524830400-1524855600@tacf.org SUMMARY:Arbor Day at the State Arboretum of Virginia DESCRIPTION:Remarkable Trees of Blandy: Foundation of the State Arboretum’s (FOSA) Arbor Day Celebration\nWhen: Friday\, April 27\, 2:00PM-7:00PM\nWhere: Blandy Experimental Farm\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA 22620\nDescription: Outdoor workshops\, panel discussion\, Foundation of the State Arboretum annual meeting\, and social with refreshments \n2:00PM-2:45PM Native Trees for Your Backyard\n3:00PM-3:45PM Spring Pruning for Homeowners\n4:00PM-4:45PM Tree Planting in the Rain Garden\n5:00PM-5:15PM FOSA Annual Meeting\n5:15PM-6:00PM Blandy’s Remarkable Trees Panel with Jeff Kirwan\, Virginia Tech; Andy Jackson\, Oak Spring Garden Foundation; Cathy Mayes\, The American Chestnut Foundation\n6:00PM-7:00PM Social hour with refreshments and entertainment \nFOSA Members FREE\, non-members $15\n12 and under free; free to non-members who join! \nREGISTER HERE\nReservations Required \n  URL:https://tacf.org/event/arbor-day-at-the-state-arboretum-2/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20170418T225057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170419T173543Z UID:10001038-1493125200-1493139600@tacf.org SUMMARY:Virginia Chapter Potting Party DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Chapter of TACF will be growing chestnut seedlings in the new greenhouse at the Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce\, Virginia. We are planning a potting party for the afternoon of Tuesday\, April 25.  Many hands make light work\, so we would like to recruit volunteers to help. \nWe will start around 1:00PM.  Volunteers should park in the overflow parking lot\, since that is close to the greenhouse.  We will supply seed\, pots\, and soil.  People might want to bring their own gloves and trowel. URL:https://tacf.org/event/potting-party-april-25/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/03-American-chestnut-leaves-Meadowview-Research-Farms-VA-e1492623041861.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Virginia Chapter TACF":MAILTO:VaChapter@tacf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T141917 CREATED:20170418T225057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T225057Z UID:10001039-1493125200-1493139600@tacf.org SUMMARY:Virginia Chapter Potting Party DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Chapter of TACF will be growing chestnut seedlings in the new greenhouse at the Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce\, Virginia. We are planning a potting party for the afternoon of Tuesday\, April 25.  Many hands make light work\, so we would like to recruit volunteers to help. \nWe will start around 1:00PM.  Volunteers should park in the overflow parking lot\, since that is close to the greenhouse.  We will supply seed\, pots\, and soil.  People might want to bring their own gloves and trowel. URL:https://tacf.org/event/potting-party-april-25-2/ LOCATION:Blandy Experimental Farm and Arboretum\, 400 Blandy Farm Lane\, Boyce\, VA\, 22620\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/03-American-chestnut-leaves-Meadowview-Research-Farms-VA-e1492623041861.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Virginia Chapter TACF":MAILTO:VaChapter@tacf.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR