The Castanea Township Recreation Committee is gearing up for their first Pennsylvania Chestnut Festival, designed to honor ...

Have you ever heard someone tell a tired old joke, only for someone else to dismiss it as an “old chestnut”? Jokes aren’t the ...

A Gloucestershire estate is to continue "important tree work" this winter to restore a historic avenue. Bathurst Estate will ...

is to conduct basic and applied research that will lead to the development of blight-tolerant American chestnut trees (Castanea dentata). Our goal is to reintroduce a population of these tolerant ...

Several decades later, we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate ...

The University of Kentucky’s annual Forest Health Conference will address challenges and innovations in woodland conservation ...

Travel Village Group staff have taken part in the first of many volunteer days in support of the National Trust’s Plant A Tree initiative.

Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Aug 18, 2024 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...

"This tree featured in our educational project about the horse chestnut tree, so naturally the children are sad at its loss." The Catholic independent day and boarding school was founded in 1642 ...

Established trees can create a challenging environment for other plants, so opting to grow resilient shrubs underneath them ...

3. The Romans planted chestnut trees across Europe Sweet chestnuts were an important part of the Roman diet. They ground them into flour or coarse meal to make bread, and Roman soldiers were fed a ...