At this time of year, the hill nestled between Frautschi Point, on Lake Mendota, and the Eagle Heights Apartments looks more like foreign lands than an area of Madison.
In May, before the hill is blanketed with sunflowers and greenery, evidence of the work to make it bloom and grow is in place. Women in burkas work beside people dressed for a day in the rice paddies of Asia. People in African djellabas crouch besides those in Bucky Badger T-shirts.