Chestnut Orchard

American chestnuts were once a prominent forest canopy tree, providing both shelter and food resources. However, since the introduction of chestnut blight to American forests in the early 1900s, American chestnuts have been dying at an alarming rate. The chestnut orchard at MacLeish is part of the American Chestnut Foundation research collaborative. Chestnuts are bred to be phenotypically similar to American chestnuts and to contain blight resistance.

Interactive Art @ Chestnut Orchard

Learn More about Chestnuts At MacLeish:  Kylie Power-Sullivan, Use, white paper, steel wire, string, Elmer’s glue, steel pins, wooden fenceposts I observed that this fence, being recently repurposed to accommodate an electrical component, had regular holes in the fence posts. I realized these holes had become obsolete in the process of repurposing, and therefore began to imagine what

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