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SUMMARY:New England Planting Day
DESCRIPTION:Come join us to plant chestnut seeds in our greenhouse at the New England regional office in Griswold\, Connecticut. We will be mixing soil\, filling pots\, and planting around 800 seeds.\n\nDress in layers and for the weather\, bring a lunch\, water\, and gloves. Come for as long as you’d like! Event will last until 5pm or until all nuts get planted.
URL:https://tacf.org/event/new-england-planting-day/
LOCATION:CAES Griswold Research Center\, 190 Sheldon Road\, Griswold\, CT\, 06351\, United States
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deni Ranguelova":MAILTO:deni.ranguelova@tacf.org
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260315
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SUMMARY:New England Grafting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Chestnut grafting workshop at the TACF New England Regional office on March 14th. This day-long event will include chestnut grafting method demonstrations\, practice\, and discussion\, with the goal of developing grafting skills and relationships to preserve the unique genetics of chestnuts. There will also be a scion exchange for everyone to bring their own trees and share. It is not a requirement to bring scion wood or to be proficient in grafting; everyone is welcome! \nThe event will be held at the CAES Griswold Research Center: 190 Sheldon Rd\, Griswold\, CT 06351. This will be a day-long event starting at 10am. Please RSVP with Deni Ranguelova at deni.ranguelova@tacf.org. Attendance will be limited to 25 people. \nAgenda: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n10:00 – 11:00am Scion Exchange/Social Hour\n11:00 – 11:30am Overview of chestnut grafting and use in TACF’s breeding program. This will include a brief introduction to what grafting is and how it is planned to be used to help breed blight-resistant American chestnuts. We’ll look at the structure of chestnut seeds and sprouts and define some basic grafting methods so that we have an idea of what is planned for today’s activities.\n11:30 – 1:00pm Demonstrations of seedling\, hypocotyl\, and epicotyl grafting methods.\n1:00 – 2:00pm Lunch Break. Pizza and sandwiches will be provided. People with dietary restrictions or those who wish are encouraged to bring their own lunch.\n2:00 – 5:00pm Grafting practice and discussion. Individuals will be given some time to practice grafting as supplies allow. More experienced group members will circulate and coach others. This will also be some time for questions about grafting and general discussion.
URL:https://tacf.org/event/new-england-grafting-workshop/
LOCATION:CAES Griswold Research Center\, 190 Sheldon Road\, Griswold\, CT\, 06351\, United States
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deni Ranguelova":MAILTO:deni.ranguelova@tacf.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T110000
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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF 2025 Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to the \n26th Annual Meeting of the\nMA/RI Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation\nSunday\, December 7\, 2025\n11am-3pm (hybrid)  \nChapter elections (10am) will precede the Public Annual Meeting \nAGENDA \n11:00 Welcome & introductions:Yvonne & Deni\n\n11:10 MA/RI & CT Chapter Pollination 2025 Highlights – Roundtable\n\n11:25 URI Fellowship Lightning Talk –  Haylee Balme\nRestoring the American Chestnut Tree in Rhode Island: Developing Blight-Resistant Hybrids for Forest Resilience\n\n11:30 Deni Ranguelova\nRGS plantings: requirements  \nIntro to Volunteer Local software \n12:00  Chestnut Potluck Luncheon \n1:00 Tour of CAES facilities & trees \n1:15 Nut grafting: David Marinelli    \n1:30 Keynote:  Lake Graboski \nThe Nuts and Bolts of Chestnut Breeding  \nGrowing and evaluating chestnuts for the breeding program\, including seedling production\, grafting\, and small stem assays\, and explore how these advance the mission of restoring the American chestnut. \n2:15 Deni Ranguelova \nCurrent orchards:  updating status of each; determining knowledge gaps are (some are missing a lot of info); what we can do moving forward \nAnnouncements:\n– dentatabase trainings this winter\n– genotyping trees in the spring\n– intern posting coming up\n– scheduling site visits \n3:00pm Meeting concludes \nZoom Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/2818213656?omn=85043766636\nPasscode 1904
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-2025-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:CAES Griswold Research Center\, 190 Sheldon Road\, Griswold\, CT\, 06351\, United States
CATEGORIES:Massachusetts / Rhode Island,The American Chestnut Foundation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Yvonne Federowicz":MAILTO:yvonne.federowicz@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T170000
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SUMMARY:CT-TACF 2025 Fall Board Meeting and Open House
DESCRIPTION: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 new facilities including a greenhouse and chestnut orchard.  The Fall Board Meeting will start at 7:00 PM.  Please let us know you are coming by replying to tacf.ctchapter@gmail.com.
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ct-tacf-2025-fall-board-meeting-and-open-house/
LOCATION:CAES Griswold Research Center\, 190 Sheldon Road\, Griswold\, CT\, 06351\, United States
CATEGORIES:Connecticut,The American Chestnut Foundation
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ORGANIZER;CN="CT-TACF":MAILTO:tacf.ctchapter@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF Autumn 2025 Quarterly Meeting (hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome\, especially including our CT Chapter friends!\nMeeting will be hybrid\, at the facility hosting Deni’s new “digs”. \n9:30 AM –  In person arrival time  /  9:45 AM – Log in to Zoom\nLunch & Tour 12-1pm \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2818213656?omn=85043766636\nMeeting ID: 281 821 3656 Passcode: 1904                                      \nPlease send agenda items to Kathy. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-autumn-2025-quarterly-meeting/
LOCATION:CAES Griswold Research Center\, 190 Sheldon Road\, Griswold\, CT\, 06351\, United States
CATEGORIES:Massachusetts / Rhode Island,The American Chestnut Foundation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:marichapter@tacf.org
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