Volunteers Sought to Replant 'Indian Mounds' at Birkmose Park

Student volunteers are being sought to help replant the "Indian Mounds" at the bluff of Birkmose Park in Hudson next weekend.

The effort starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18 at Birkmose Park.

• Student volunteers (both high school and middle school age) are asked to pre-register at www.plantmounds.eventbrite.com by May 16.

"Since the White settlement of the Hudson area in 1840, the five mounds—believed by some to date to the Middle Woodland Period (before the arrival of Columbus)—have been subject to erosion and vandalism," said "Buck" Malick, an event organizer. "Planting them with tough, but pretty, native grasses and prairie flowers will better withstand wear and require less maintenance and water."

Fifteen adult gardeners, 15 Hudson High School students and up to 90 Hudson middle school students will plant 1,000 seedlings that were grown for transplant by Kinnickinnic Natives of River Falls.

Volunteers will be finished with the planting by 11 a.m., Malick said. A rain date has been set for Sunday, May 19 from 2-4 p.m.

Admission must be limited to the first 15 high school students and the first 90 middle school students registering. Adults are encouraged to accompany middle schoolers.

Volunteers are asked to bring gloves, garden trowels and a nonperishable food item for the Christian Food Cupboard.

The event is sponsored by the: Hudson Home and Garden Club, St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association, PCK Foundation, Education Foundation of Hudson, Apostle Septic Service and city of Hudson.