Native Seed Weighing, Bagging, and Mixing

Lend a hand in Dane County’s seed shed to continue processing the seed harvest from hundreds of species of native plants. Native seeds have been collected and cleaned by volunteers and now we need to weigh, bag, and mix them. This seed will eventually end up at a variety of prairie plantings and woodland restorations throughout Dane County. We have hundreds of bags to process and your help would be greatly appreciated!

What to know/bring: No prior experience is needed. All tools and training will be provided. We will be working indoors in a heated building with bathroom access. There is drinking water available but participants can bring their own water bottles and a snack if they'd like. The weighing and bagging won't be so dusty, and there are seated roles available. The mixing shifts will require standing and moving most of the time and will result in some dust. As always we'll have masks and other PPE on hand.

Children are welcome as long as they are supervised by a parent or adult chaperone (youth 16 and older can attend unsupervised). 

Accessibility: Our department is committed to providing meaningful access to our programs and resources to all individuals, regardless of primary language or ability. If you need language assistance services or an accessibility modification for this program, please submit this request form a minimum of 10 business days before the program to make the request. Please note, it is not possible for all programs to be modified. 

Space is limited and registration is required. Follow the links below to sign up for the event you are interested in. You will need to create an account with our volunteer portal in order to register.

Seed Weighing and Bagging shifts: 
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Monday, January 12

• 8:30am-11:30am
• 12pm-3pm

Tuesday, January 13

• 8:30am-11:30am
• 12pm-3pm

 

Seed Mixing shifts: 
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Thursday, January 15

• 8:30am-11:30am
• 12pm-3pm 

 

NOTE: At this time we are limiting participants signing up to two spots in total to give more people the opportunity to join us at these limited events. We will lift the shift restriction if all spots are not filled by the week of and will notify participants of additional available spots.