County-wide Milkweed Seed Pod Collection

Thank you for joining the county-wide Milkweed Seed Pod Collection. Drop your Common Milkweed Seed Pods off at the Richland SWCD office, 1495 W. Longview Avenue, Suite 205B, Mansfield in the green and yellow bin located outside the office door.

Here are a few guidelines for this year’s collection:

We are collecting only Common Milkweed Seed pods because of the instability of other species.  If you are unsure of the species, do not put them in the bin.

Do not drop off pods that are damp because it can cause mold and damage all the pods collected.

The amount of Common Milkweed Seed pods collected will be capped at 30 gallons due to the time required to remove the seeds from the pods.

If the 30 gallon amount is reached, the bin will be removed and we will no longer be able to accept anymore pods. 

Inside the bin, will be a large paper bag.  Do not keep your pods in the bag you used to bring them to the drop off location. Instead, please add all common milkweed seed pods collectively in the large paper bag.   

Please do not rubber band pods together.  They can damage the equipment used to remove the seeds from the pods and we will be held liable. 

Thank you for helping with this year’s milkweed seed pod collection and helping the monarch butterfly!

More information about the collection may be found here: Programs | Richland Soil & Water (richlandswcd.net)