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In their fifth year of grazing around campus, the sheep mowers will munch on the Quad for the first time this week.

A series of events will be held starting tomorrow (June 4), all organized by student interns in the project that has the sheep grazing publicly in a benefit to the landscape and the mental health of the campus community. 

The sheep are scheduled to graze from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

Here are organizers’ descriptions of the events:

Wednesday, June 4:  Shepherds’ Art Cafe – “Ewe Brew & Create”

Anxious about upcoming finals? Come sip coffee, listen to soothing music, and harness your inner “Baa-b Ross” with stress-reducing crafts, including block printing, rock painting, watercolors and mural design.

Performances will include the Guitar Club at 9 a.m., comedy at noon and jazz at 1 p.m.

Thursday, June 5: Focus on Fashion - “Ewe in Style” 

Please join us for a wool walk fashion show, starting at 1 p.m.! Come watch our friends and interns strut their stuff. Sketch your own fashion designs using natural dyes and watercolors. Bring your no-longer-wanted clothes to participate in a sustainable clothing swap and find your “pasture-perfect look.”

Friday, June 6: Shear Sustainability - “Ewe-topia: Grazing Toward a Greener Future"

From grazing to growing, the sheep mowers are celebrating a day rooted in sustainability! Join us as we build native seed mixes, share our woolly mulch, and flex your “fleece facts” with trivia games. Let’s cultivate greener pastures together!

More about the project 

“This started out as an experiment to test their mowing abilities, and we have now published research on how they make people feel peaceful,” Haven Kiers, director of the sheep mowers project and an assistant professor of landscape architecture in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, said previously.