Sweet chestnut

Sweet Chestnut, Castanea sativa: "Beauty in Utility" Handsome, long-lived, with texture galore, sweet chestnuts in their several varieties are distinguishe

Take a look at the 'Sweet Chestnut - Castanea sativa' prints from Kew Gardens. Fast & Safe Delivery

Chestnuts are a delicious staple to many meals, but some types are toxic and shouldn’t be eaten.

Marrons Glacé, also known as candied chestnuts, are a classic of French sweets and take time to make but are so worth the effort.

Native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor, Castanea sativa was introduced to this country by the Romans and has been a familiar sight for so long that it is now

Find out all about the tree from which our classic Christmas nut grows. Learn where to find sweet chestnut, what it looks like and how it is used.

Great forests of American chestnut trees died from chestnut blight, but their cousins across the seas, European chestnuts, continue to thrive. Beautiful shade trees in their own right, they produce mo

Often the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of chestnuts is Christmas. Have

[caption id="attachment_4744" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Chestnut Marmalade (Marmellata di Castagn

Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; So begins H. D. Longfellow's poem 'The Village Blacksmith' one oft-remembered by people of a certain age in the UK as a poem they've learnt in school. While the poem is more about impressing the fact that "at the flaming forge of life/ Our fortunes must be wrought;", for me it ends at the first line itself. For when one begins to contemplate the spreading chestnut-tree neither fortunes nor the flaming forges of life manage to get a…