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Project Wingspan Seed Collection Events in Litchfield
Collect Native Wildflower Seeds at a Local Prairie with Project Wingspan!
Project Wingspan is a multi-year, Midwestern initiative to expand and enhance pollinator habitat with volunteer-collected, local native wildflower seeds. This project is conducted by Pollinator Partnership and funded by a grant from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Every year, Project Wingspan Illinois awards locally sourced native wildflower seeds and plugs to pollinator habitat programs around Illinois. This year, collection events are scheduled on Monday, October 13th (Columbus Day) in Litchfield and Hillsboro and at Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary on Friday, October 24th. Events last two to three hours with the first hour including training in BMPs, safety, and plant ID. Then Illinois Project Wingspan State Coordinator Eleanor Schumacher leads volunteers in native wildflower seed collection.
PROJECT WINGSPAN LITCHFIELD SEED COLLECTION EVENTS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13th!
Ken Schaal’s Bluestem Prairie:
When: 9 am – 11 am
Where: 13197 E. 13th Road, Hillsboro
Details: We will collect primarily liatris pychnostachya
Glenn Savage’s Prairie:
When: 12 pm to 2:30 pm
Where: 110 Quail Lane, Litchfield
Details: Many different species to collect. Lunch will be provided by Montgomery County PFQF!
Route 66 Prairie:
When: 3 pm to 5 pm
Where: 39.230426, -89.641505
Details: Take I-55 to Litchfield exit and turn into town.
Turn left (north) at “Historic Rte 66/Columbian Blvd”, right after McDonalds.
Stay on this road for 4 miles.
This will become a frontage road and will bring you straight to the prairie.
Events are open to the public! Contact Eleanor Schumacher at es@pollinator.org for more information.
