milkweed

Free common milkweed seed for restoration-ready land in Wisconsin

Free common milkweed seed (Asclepias syriaca) is available from the Wisconsin Monarch Collaborative and Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (formerly Madison Audubon) for restoration-ready land in Wisconsin. The seed is tested for purity and germination, so it will be distributed as pure live seed.  

Photo by Arlene Koziol

Help gather Milkweed seeds: Fall 2023!

Milkweeds are the host plant for monarch caterpillars, making them essential for healthy monarch populations. This fall, Madison Audubon and in particular our staff at Goose Pond Sanctuary have established a goal for volunteers to collect 100 pounds of pure, live milkweed seed for the butterflies, and we need your help!

The primary focus is on common, butterfly, whorled, and swamp (red) milkweed seeds.

Madison Audubon photo

Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall!

Milkweeds are the host plant for monarch caterpillars, making them essential for healthy monarch populations. This fall, Madison Audubon and in particular our staff at Goose Pond Sanctuary have established a goal for volunteers to collect 100 pounds of pure, live milkweed seed for the butterflies, and we need your help!

The primary focus is on common, butterfly, whorled, and swamp (red) milkweed seeds.

Madison Audubon photo

The quest for Milkweed Seeds this fall!

Milkweeds are the host plant for monarch caterpillars, making them essential for healthy monarch populations. This fall, Madison Audubon and in particular our staff at Goose Pond Sanctuary have established a goal for volunteers to collect 50 pounds of milkweed seed for the butterflies, and we need your help!

The primary focus is on common milkweed since it is indeed common and found in old fields, along roadsides, and possibly in your yard. We also would like people to collect butterfly, whorled, and swamp (red) milkweed seed as they are highly desirable species that are not easy to locate in large numbers.

Madison Audubon photo

The Quest for Milkweed Seeds!

Milkweeds are the host plant for monarch caterpillars, making them essential for healthy monarch populations. This fall, Madison Audubon and in particular our staff at Goose Pond Sanctuary have established a goal for volunteers to collect 50 pounds of milkweed seed for the butterflies, and we need your help!

The primary focus is on common milkweed since it is indeed common and found in old fields, along roadsides, and possibly in your yard. We also would like people to collect butterfly, whorled, and swamp (red) milkweed seed as they are highly desirable species that are not easy to locate in large numbers.

Madison Audubon photo