Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District Offers Nut Tree Growing Workshop

PARIS — Join the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District on Wednesday, November 6 from 3-5 p.m. in Paris for a workshop on starting trees from seeds. There are many nut trees that are hardy in the Northeast and can be easily grown in Maine. Nuts can provide a nutritious food source for humans and a valuable food source for wildlife. Chestnuts, filberts, hazelnuts, hickories, butternuts, black walnuts and many oaks can be grown from the nuts they produce and become nut trees in just 8 to 10 years, providing an alternative source of income on farmers’ markets.

Join Michele Windsor, project manager of our Food Forest project, to learn how to prepare walnuts for germination and start your own walnut orchard. Participants will receive black walnuts and European chestnuts that they can use to start their own trees.

This event is free, but participants are asked to register by visiting our website at oxfordcountyswcd.org/workshops. The registration deadline is Monday, November 4. For more information, contact Chantelle Hay, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District at [email protected] or 207-744-3111.

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