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

Garden Gatherings: Big and Beautiful Container Gardens Tour

Planning for what goes into Mizzou Botanic Garden’s spectacular container plantings with their never-the-same annual designs done by Jenna Sommer, Landscape Services assistant director of horticulture. Sommer will lead two walking tours of this year’s offerings and discuss what she takes into consideration when deciding what to plant as well as sharing information about her favorites from past years.

  • Thursday Aug. 13, at 6 p.m.
  • Thursday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m.
  • Meet at the steps on the south side of Jesse Hall
Small Trees Presentation
Container Garden

Jenna Sommer Named Certified Grounds Manager

Jenna Sommer, assistant director of Horticulture, has completed the Certified Grounds Manager (CGM) Program, one of the premier professional development programs in the Green Industry. She is the 197th Grounds Management Professional nationwide to successfully complete the program and joins Joe Kovolyan (163) and Blair Crosby (195) who also have the CGM distinction.

This achievement is not only an individual accomplishment, but also a milestone for the university. Mizzou is now the only university in the country with three certified grounds managers on staff. The distinction 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.

Jenna Sommer planting

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

Events Request a Garden Tour

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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