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Translate Unedited responses from APPA’s survey on Grounds/Landscaping, conducted April 2020.
What grounds/landscaping services does your unit continue to provide? 3% responded by selecting OTHER.
| Limited campus landscape care (i.e. weed control) and athletic field maintenance |
| Snow Removal |
| Inspection for exterior pests, minor asphalt repair, debris pickup, sidewalk sweeping due to geese |
| Weeding |
| Growing summer annuals |
| Ongoing projects |
| Planting, maintenance projects, assistance to other shops, etc… whatever is necessary |
| Fire Ant control, weed control |
| Fire abatement maintenance and hardscape disinfection services |
| Maintaining the greenhouse |
| We are located in Alaska. We continue to have snow removal, roof drains, parking lot maintenance and equipment prep for when we get spring. |
| Pesticides |
| landscape Installation |
| landscaping installation and design |
| Other duties as assigned |
| Natural sport turf maintenance; supplemental safety and security reporting |
| Emptying trash dumpsters |
| We would mow also, if we did not have 8″ of snow on the ground. |
| Snow and ice removal |
| Mowing for fire prevention only |
| Herbicide application |
| Growing summer annuals |
| Gardening, Planting, IPM |
| Irrigation |
| Irrigation repair and maintenance, pest and weed control |
| All services at very minimal levels |
| Aeration, pest services, irrigation |
| Mow, weed eat, edge and blow, the basics |
| Weed control |
| Snow removal |
| Pest control, irrigation |
| Arborists come in only when needed |
| Only watering |
| Campus grounds inspection |
| Small project work, billable work |
| Weed Control |
| Graffiti removal – offensive only |
| Recycling |
| Storm cleanup- tree limbs, sidewalk blowing; pond & lake maintenance; disinfecting all outdoor benches,, bleachers, tables, handrails, bus shuttles & trash can lids; recycling services; move & event set up (awnings, tables, chairs for health or student groceries pick up); irrigation repairs; discing unimproved areas; indoor & outdoor pest control |
| Watering indoor plants |
| Storm clean up |
| Trash, recycling and compost removal |
| IPM practices, including pesticides |
| Staffing support to prevent people from accessing campuses |
| Removal of annual flowers and assisting with trash collection 2 days/week. |
| Irrigation system operations and repair; landscape improvement projects; turf restoration; etc. |
| Weed control |
| Aeration and top dressing |
| New landscaping campus projects and new buildings |
| Herbicide application |
| Irrigation repair and weed control |
| May not plant annuals |
| Chemical applications of growth regulators to slow plant material growth, perimeter building treatments to reduce insect infestation in buildings that are now not occupied |
| Working the sports venues |
| Turf care, mechanic services |
| Work orders for removal of fecal material |
| All contracted services with no face-to-face interaction |
| Refuse pick up and disposal |
| Weather dictates services to be completed |
| Maintenance (large and small equipment), Irrigation |
| Our group includes: Fleet/garage, waste collection and organics processing, procurement and stores |
| Packing and moving student belongings |
| Snow/ ice removal |
| Equipment maintenance and repair |
| Irrigation startups, utility locates |
| All services on reduced basis |
| Pool maintenance and athletic fields maintenance |
| Field maintenance |
| Snow removal, irrigation |
| Pest Control and IPM |
| Weed control |
| Weed Control |
| Seeding new grass |
