Drop Off

Locust Grove Nature Center Drop Off Site (open thru 10/25)

Thanks to our partners at Locust Grove Nature Center for hosting this local drop-off location.

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When: Sep. 14, 2024 12:00pm through Oct. 25, 2024 5:00pm
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Where: Locust Grove Nature Center

About The Event

Thanks to our partners at Locust Grove Nature Center school for hosting this local drop-off location. Look for the Tomorrow’s Trees sign on the back deck behind the nature center! (Open for dropping off beyond Nature Center hours)

Drop Off your acorns and tree seeds! Here’s all the information you need about collecting acorns this year! And a printable list of types of seed they need for Maryland.

Let us know if you need bags mailed to you for collecting with this form or pick them up from collection site. They should be paper or sandbag breathable material, not plastic!

  1. Collect Seeds – one bag for one tree!
  2. Deliver bag(s) to collection bin
  3. Label and weigh you bag
  4. Submit the bag weight and seed info on https://tinyurl.com/TTSeedData or use the QR code at the site

*Not sure what type of tree? Include a leaf or a small twig with your collection.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources is collecting the following species of seeds:

Oaks:  White Oak, Chestnut Oak, Northern Red Oak, Black Oak

Other:  Alder (Speckled and Hazel), American Plum, Chokeberry (Black and Red), Dogwood (Flowering and Red Osier), Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redbud (brown pods), Spicebush, Serviceberry, Winterberry and Witch Hazel.

Maryland DNR resource page: https://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/Pages/tree-seed-sourcing-101.aspx

Event Location Locust Grove Nature Center
Locust Grove Nature Center Bethesda, MD, 20817

Register for this event

Registration Closes October 24, 2024 at 5:00 pm