Landscape Services

What We Do

Mizzou’s picturesque campus has long been one of its trademarks. A certified botanic garden and arboretum, Mizzou’s 1,252 acres host 45,000 students, faculty, staff and visitors daily. With close to 6,000 trees and 200-plus plant varieties planting and maintenance are a year-round endeavor.

Tending to Mizzou’s picturesque campus is Mizzou’s Landscape Services — planting, trimming, weeding, snowplowing, hauling and tidying — a small but mighty team of specialists behind and in front of the scenes. It’s a responsibility the staff of Landscape Services and Mizzou Botanic Garden take great pride in.

What We Do

Twilight Talks: Small Trees for Home Landscapes

Benefits of planting trees on your property are well-documented, including cooling shade, increased property values, more bird song and the fact that spending time under a tree can improve your mental health. Not every home landscape can support a majestic oak, but one or two beautiful mid-Missouri-friendly smaller trees might fit right in. In celebration of Arbor Day, Mizzou Botanic Garden is partnering with MU Landscape Service’s Urban Forester Sam Wright for a presentation on some possibilities. Participants will receive a map of the MU campus — now designated as an arboretum! — for a more extensive self-guided tour of the highlighted trees.

Small Trees Map Small Trees Presentation
yellow flowering tree

Blair Crosby Named Certified Grounds Manager

Blair Crosby, Assistant Director of Landscape Operations, has completed the Certified Grounds Manager (CGM) Program, one of the premier professional development programs in the Green Industry. He is the 195th Grounds Management Professional nationwide to successfully complete the program. (Director Joe Kovolyan is the 163rd professional to complete the program.)

Having two CGMs at one institution is rare, and the designation represents far more than a certification, it reflects a high level of professionalism, a strong national peer network, and an ongoing commitment to continued education and excellence in the field.

Blair Crosby helping a kid dig

Mizzou Botanic Garden

When you think of a registered botanic garden, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s the Missouri Botanic Garden in St. Louis or the Smithsonian Gardens in Washington, D.C. What you might not know, however, is that there’s a botanic garden right beneath your feet. The Mizzou campus was established as a certified botanic garden in 1999.

Mizzou Botanic Garden
Flower garden on the Francis Quadrangle

Landscape Projects

Landscape Services staff work year-round to keep the Mizzou campus beautified and unified. Check out some of the recent landscape projects around campus.

Landscape Projects
Landscape Services planting flowers

Additional Resources

Events

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Landscape Information

Frequently Asked Questions Landscape Services Responsibilities

Contact

Joe Kovolyan, Director, Landscape Services
Phone: (573) 882-4240
Email: j.kovolyan@missouri.edu

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