University of Michigan runners blitz campus peony garden, preparing hundreds of plants for winter
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Members of the University of Michigan men’s and women’s cross-country teams recently converged on the campus peony garden to prepare hundreds of plants for the winter season. The student-athletes, who regularly run past the site during their training routines, participated in the seasonal maintenance blitz.
The campus location is home to one of North America’s premier collections of herbaceous peonies. Every spring, the garden attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the Ann Arbor campus to view and smell the prized floral collection.
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ABC News (US)Focuses primarily on the student-athletes and their training routine connection.
Toronto StarEmphasizes the scale and seasonal tourist popularity of the university's peony collection.