The mysterious “Viking burial” mounds on the Sharon High campus soon will bloom with native wildflowers.
Twelfth grader Jordan Dunbar chose to plant native wildflowers as a capstone project for his Environmental Science class.
“Because of how steep the mounds are, the grass has to be mowed by hand, which is time consuming, and grass doesn’t support much native wildlife,” said Dunbar’s teacher, Ms. Rachel Byrne. “So instead, we want to have the mounds covered by native wildflowers, which won’t require mowing and will support native species of bees, butterflies, and birds.”
Ms. Byrne expects the first flowers to bloom in about a month.
“We hope the flowers will also be beautiful features that the SHS community will enjoy,” she said. “We tackled one mound this year, but I plan on doing more next school year.”
