# Event Details

- **Event Name**: REAP Day: Bluebell Seed Collection with Illinois Extension
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 09:00 am
- **Event Description**: Enjoy an educational hike about the spring ephemerals found at Deer Run Forest Preserve before helping collect bluebell seeds for our greenhouse! Participants are welcome to take some seeds home with them at the end of the program!

Please plan to hike 1-1.5 miles on mowed trails (some incline/decline).

? Register online at www.winnebagoforest.org/reapdaybluebells

?Deer Run Forest Preserve, 5691 River Road, Cherry Valley, IL 61016

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rockford/reap-day-bluebell-seed-collection-with-illinois-extension/200029879277839
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 64

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Rockford
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Deer Run Forest Preserve
- **lat**: 42.289805155026
- **long**: -89.068214137677
- **full address**: Deer Run Forest Preserve, 1736 Cumberland St, Rockford, IL 61103-4760, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is REAP Day: Bluebell Seed Collection with Illinois Extension being held?
  - **A:** REAP Day: Bluebell Seed Collection with Illinois Extension takes place on Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 09:00 am at Deer Run Forest Preserve, 1736 Cumberland St, Rockford, IL 61103-4760, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing REAP Day: Bluebell Seed Collection with Illinois Extension?
  - **A:** REAP Day: Bluebell Seed Collection with Illinois Extension is organized by Forest Preserves of Winnebago County.

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