The Southeastern landscape crew’s responsibilities are integrated to include both
installation and maintenance of ornamental plantings throughout the campus.

Goals of Planting Installations:

• To create friendly corridors connecting campus locations and enhance the sense of
  arrival at campus destinations and entrances.

• To apply plant knowledge combined with design strategies to select proper plant solutions
  for each landscape situation.

• To adequately prepare soil quality and drainage of planting beds to meet growth requirements
  of plants selected.

• To install plants according to recognized horticultural practices.

• To install automated irrigation systems within campus landscapes to sustain existing
  and new plants, while minimizing initial impact to the root systems of existing trees
  and shrubs.

 

Goals of Landscape Maintenance:

• To maintain healthy plants by monitoring pest thresholds and responsibly implementing
  integrated pest control measures.

• To strategically supplement soil nutrients for active plant growth.

• To maintain weed-free beds through mulching, chemical controls, and pulling weeds
  by hand.

• To re-purpose debris from campus grounds maintenance as useful mulch for landscape
  beds.

• To define and interpret landscape plantings through selective hand-pruning or shearing
  according to best horticultural practices.