ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Tens of thousands of visitors flood the University of Michigan campus each spring to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of one of North America’s premier collections of herbaceous peonies.
Four months later, members of the men’s and women’s cross country teams pulverize the showy perennials.
The Wolverine runners volunteer each autumn to cut down and clear out the historic W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden at the Ann Arbor school. The peonies are at their glorious peak in May and June, when so many visitors descend on the garden that they have to be bused in…