Discover The North Star Difference

Sweet Chestnuts

Located at the tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. North Star Chestnuts is the furthest North of any chestnut orchard east of the Mississippi River. Our proximity to the Great Lakes provides warmth in the winter to protect our trees and the cooler growing season means we have some of the latest fresh chestnuts. Later nuts means we can provide a fresher product for you Holiday Celebrations.

New for 2024 - Limited run of select chestnuts mailed directly to you!

These nuts will be available for shipment in Mid November.

Sweet Chestnut in a Chestnut Bur

Our Story

Sweet Chestnuts

It all started with 9 Chestnut trees in 2016. Over the past 8 years our orchard has expanded to be the home to over 1000 grafted European Hybrid Chestnut trees. Our family has grown up in the orchard helping to care for our "baby" chestnut trees.

Follow our Journey

Starting this Northern Michigan chestnut dream as an experiment you can see our journey on the Ox Heights Farm Blog. Explore our other crops and how we integrate sheep and interplanting to optimize our acreage and grow better crops.