Landscape Services

Our mission in Landscape Services is to maintain and enhance the natural beauty of the Georgia Southern campus. Tasks in support of this goal include lawn and athletic field turf management, landscape and flower bed cultivation, and tree care and pruning. Other functions performed include street sweeping, litter removal, recycle collection, and management of the solid waste collection and disposal contract. The construction section implements landscape improvements designed by our staff landscape architects.

The Construction department oversees the installation and repair of the University's ever changing outdoor environment. Projects include street and sidewalk repair, brick paver installation, grading and drainage improvements, and the implementation of campus landscape designs.

The recycling crew is responsible for pick-up of all campus recycled materials including paper, aluminum, plastic bottles, and cardboard.

ETS is established to provide and assist departments in setting up and breaking down facilities for special events; provide moving services; provide delivery services for large bulky items or beyond the capability of Central Receiving; to make available, deliver and pick up rental equipment commonly needed by departments and to assist Property Control in the movement of surplus property.

Service Requests (Work Orders) should be submitted at least ten working days prior to the requested service date for most normal events. While service requests with shorter lead times will not be refused, ETS can not guarantee service will be rendered as requested. For large events Service Requests (Work Orders) should be submitted from thirty (30) to forty-five (45) days in advance.

It is imperative that departments provide a detailed description of services and or materials desired. This may include schedules and drawings, points of contact, room numbers as appropriate. This will ensure that our crews arrive with the necessary equipment and scheduled time to complete the service. Incomplete Service Requests will be returned to the departments for more information prior to scheduling.

Items should be pre-packed (as applicable) and should be annotated with the name of the faculty or staff and destination building and room number printed on the top of each carton or item. Packing materials are the responsibility of the department.

The greenhouse crew and the athletic crew make up the Horticultural section of the Landscape Department. The greenhouse crew is in charge of three greenhouses and the management of all landscape bed cultivation. Responsibilities include pruning trees and shrubs, transplanting, spraying herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides, and growing ornamental plants. This group keeps abreast of the latest technology in plant care and practices of integrated pest management (IPM), which is an environmental friendly approach to pest control.

The athletic crew is responsible for turf management including cutting, aerating, top dressing, fertilizing and spraying, as well as painting lines for games at the baseball, softball and intramural venues.

The Landscape Maintenance section is comprised of the landscape maintenance crew and the small engine repair shop. The landscape maintenance crew is in charge of maintaining the campus grounds, including mowing grass and picking up trash. The small engine repair keeps the department's equipment up and running. They service over 150 different pieces of equipment and perform tasks such as engine tune up and overhaul, steel welding, and responding to emergency field service calls.