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| Grounds
Department and Greenhouse
| Grounds Department |
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The Grounds Department is responsible for the
overall maintenance of the University grounds, which consists
of approximately 275 acres. Included in this area are 23 acres
of high-maintenance irrigated turf, including the academic area
of campus, three athletic fields and landscaping at Sternberg
Museum. Landscape design, installation and maintenance is taken
care of by Grounds personnel.
During the winter, in the wee hours of the morning, employees
in this department will be found hard at work to ensure that
sidewalks, streets and parking lots are cleared of snow before
students, faculty and staff arrive on campus for the day.
This department also takes care of refuse removal for the entire
campus. Paper and cardboard items are recycled.
The Grounds crew also assists with moving furniture and other
items when offices are relocated to another building on campus.
Surplus property is also removed by this department.
As needed, the Grounds employees assist with construction on
campus such as sidewalk replacement, irrigation system installations,
plumbing projects, etc. Parking lot maintenance and minor street
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| Greenhouse |
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A beautiful greenhouse is part of the Grounds
Department facilities. This building was erected by FHSU personnel
in the spring of 1998. Half of the building is used to propagate
the plants and flowers used in campus gardens. The other half
of the building is used by the Biological Sciences and Agriculture
departments for classroom teaching and research projects.
Plant science technicians, with the help of student employees,
maintain all the flower gardens on campus. In addition, when
floral arrangements are requested by departments for special
events, these are prepared on-campus by greenhouse personnel.
Follow this link to see photos of floral arrangements and scenes
from the greenhouse.
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