American chestnut persists along the roads and in the forests of Willington.
Chestnut blight is visible, orange cracks where the bark splits into an open wound.
Not until Sutton, Massachusetts, would Mr. Hooker have begun to encounter chestnuts regularly. From Woodstock to Hartford, chestnut would have been a common tree in the forest.
Faison, Connecticut Woodlands
Our first Castanea mollissima (and hybrid) chestnuts were planted from seed in 2025!
American Chestnut was prized lumber. The Henrietta House floors are chestnut.