Noticed some rose of sharon and tree pods at the college the other night. They have gerbera daisy and echinacea but I feel a little conspicuous wandering out in the middle of the bed!

Yes, yes, yes... I admit it. I learned this from my grandmother!
Along the Hudson River in the park, there are many Gaillardia that go to seed and yes I take some.
Marigolds are fair game too.
Morning glories... fuhggeddaboutit.
But I only snatch if I know there isn't someone waiting for that precious pod to mature on thier own.

Last week my husband and I were in upstate New York, staying with his sister. We went to an old Cemetery with both really old and more recent graves to take some pictures. I saw some beautiful red and white Dahlias planted in a pot at a grave site. I took a few of the seed pods from the dahlias. Does this mean I will go straight to hell?

I work on the grounds of a hospital, and they have incredible plantings. I've gotten Sea Holy, Purple Coneflower, Liatris, and Hardy Hibiscus over the last few years, to name a few. I am now working on their beautiful Purple-Pink Petunias. I just sit on the wall at the edge of the flower bed and have at it, as unobtrusively as possible. This one, I don't feel bad about. Last year they had tons of beautiful Coneflowers. This year, they were all gone. I have a big problem with using fully matured perenials as annuals. I did get some seed, so they did not die in vain.

Amy

Perhaps I will see you in hell, Amy. Yesterday I wandered over a 40 acre cemetery and left with seeds from a creamy yellow Achillea fillipendulina, purple Angelonia augustifolia, and some Ipomoea pes-caprae that was climbing a mausoleum.
There were two different Datura's and a very pale yellow Hemerocalis that caught my eye, but the seeds were not ripe. Next week....

Amy,

My folks are buried in Clovesville Cemetary, I don't remember them having dahlias in their planters so you're off the hook with me ;-)

T

Nope Trudi,

This was waaay upstate, past Buffalo. Anyway, I think the Karma Police was out in force that day because I only harvested 3 seeds. LOL

Amy

I deadheaded the snapdragons at the hospital last night. I figure I'm helping them keep things tidy. Guess that means I go to heaven!!!!!
Maggie

The local department store had a few end of season
perennials for sale. They just happened to have a
early sunrise coriopsis. The seed head was dry, so I
pinched it off an put it in my pocket.

Only found one seed inside. Just my luck.

Mary

Hell has bigger fish to fry!! Leave seed snatchers to heaven...and go for the CEO's!
I have just the opposite feeling about seed from cemeteries... it makes me remember people better. A friend recently gave me a seed head they took from a famous composer's grave they visited recently.
Why not use some of that cemetery seed for the solstice wintersowing? Fits right in to one of those categories: remembrance

I am not a seed snatcher III yet, but think I will join. Thanks for all the ideas. Have fun collecting.

Yardladynan