American Chestnut Tree Planting Stewardship Sunday with The Wilton Land Trust

Hello WLT Community, Join us for a workday to remember, and help us save the American chestnut tree from the brink of extinction! Together, with the American Chestnut Foundation and our wonderful community, we're expanding our Germplasm Conservation Orchard to help save the American Chestnut Tree. With your help, we will plant and cage 20 tree, bringing the total to 80! Event Details: - This Sunday, May 19th, at 1:00 pm - Chestnut Meadows Preserve - 183 Ridgefield Road, Wilton - Rain Date - Sunday, May 22, 1:00 pm Itinerary: - 1:00 - 1:15 PM: Arrive and get settled - 1:15 - 1:30 PM: Opening speeches from WLT and ACF - 1:30 - 4:30ish: Plant the chestnut trees and install deer exclosure fencing Parking: - Please come early and carpool - Extra parking is at our neighbor, the Hillside Cemetery (165 Ridgefield Rd, Wilton) - Work gloves are encouraged Building Community Biodiversity for All Ages By combining education and environmental management, Stewardship Sundays — led by WLCT’s youth interns — is an opportunity for people of all ages to get out there, improve the environment, meet like-minded folk, and take home some skills to apply in their yard and garden. All are welcome, come and join us! "Our Spring and Fall Stewardship Sundays are a great opportunity to gather with friends and family, get into the fantastic outdoors and make a difference to our conserved properties. Wilton has such beautiful properties and it's really rewarding to take on the role of caretakers as a community!" ~ Marlen Clark, WLT Stewardship Committee Chair Being part of a community only starts with where you live, it continues with getting involved. WLCT contributes to the core of our town and being involved with this organization is wonderfully fulfilling." Mike Conway, WLCT Stewardship Committee

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