Want to smell the fragrance of lush peonies this spring? Urine luck.
The peak bloom of the Peony Garden in the Nichols Arboretum is typically late May to mid-June. This year, the rows and rows of eye-popping flowers will be partially grown through the use of human urine.
The “pee-cycling” effort is part of University of Michigan research that promotes and works to destigmatize urine-based fertilizer over fecal-infused ones.