Project Milkweed will return in June 2024 with another 250,000 milkweed seed packets available free for Tennesseans upon request. Project Milkweed was launched in June 2023 as a mail-order resource aimed at restoring landscapes and preserving habitats for monarch butterflies and other pollinator species in Tennessee. TDOT says over 779,000 Red Milkweed and Common Milkweed seed packets were distributed statewide as of last year, fulfilling orders placed by almost 131,000 Tennesseans.
For more information about Project Milkweed, including species information and planting tips, please visit https://tnpollinators.org/milkweed/.