Grounds Services
Grounds Services include:
- Turf Maintenance
- Athletic Field Maintenance
- Landscape Services
- Sustainable Landscape Maintenance
- Snow and Ice Removal
Landscape services are provided by Focal Pointe Outdoor Solutions, Inc.
Danforth Campus Trees
Mudd Field makeover: Shade trees, irrigation updates and a new green for relaxing (Links to an external site)
A new and improved Mudd Field is coming to WashU in 2028.
Home to 6,500 trees, WashU Arboretum earns rare status (Links to an external site)
Campus will be adding more trees near new ArtSci building
Anderson honored with Gloria White Award (Links to an external site)
Chris Anderson, grounds manager and horticulturalist at Washington University in St. Louis, has contributed to the university landscape for the last 10 years.
WashU Grounds Team Practices Sustainability (Links to an external site)
Written by Office of Sustainability Communications Associate, Jarea Fang Groundskeeping is a year-round task. From raking leaves in the fall, watering lawns in the summer, to plowing sidewalks during winter, WashU Grounds Services and service contractor, Focal Pointe Outdoor Solutions, have their hands full. Spring is an especially beautiful time of year around campus. With daffodils, cherry blossoms, […]
Planting for the future (Links to an external site)
If you were to walk around the Danforth Campus and ask any student the name of the iconic Washington University chapel, says Stan Braude, curator of the WashU arboretum, “chances are there’s not a single student who wouldn’t know the name Graham Chapel. My goal is similar: Three years from now, I propose that everyone on […]
WashU Tree Walk (Links to an external site)
The Danforth Campus boasts 169 acres featuring a diverse collection of trees. The 6,000 trees on campus range from well-established historical trees to newly planted, climate-resilient ones. Washington University also is a Tree Campus USA.