Springtime at Shenandoah University brings with it many delightful sights: budding trees, students gathering outside in the Quad and along a glistening Abrams Creek, and to begin the season – the appearance of sunny yellow daffodils.
Shenandoah’s main campus boasts thousands of spring bulbs, many of which are daffodils, a harbinger of the spring season. (Since May 2013, the university has planted 11,400 spring bulbs – daffodils, tulips, crocuses and hyacinths – said Shenandoah Director of Facilities Management Barry Schnoor. Some are lost every year to squirrels and lawn treatments.) Shenandoah’s daffodils are peppered around campus, and more appear naturally every year since daffodil bulbs double annually if their flowers aren’t picked. Taking multiplication into account, Shenandoah’s main campus could be home to up to 20,000 spring bulbs, with daffodils being the most prolific.
So come by for a stroll and take some photos of the season’s first daffodils, send them to omc@su.edu, and we’ll share photos on SU social media and more to mark spring’s start!
