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: Introduction to Birdwatching for Families

Join Mizzou Botanic Garden and the Columbia Audubon Society (CAS) on the beautiful and bird-friendly A. L. Gustin Golf Course for an introduction to a fun and easy outdoor activity for families with children 8 years and older. Lottie Bushmann, CAS president, will lead the golf-cart assisted birding tutorial tour.

Please bring binoculars if you have them. If you would like to borrow CAS binoculars, plan to arrive at 5:45 p.m. for a tutorial on using them.

Registration for this event begins May 12.

Previous Twilight Talk
Blue bird sitting on a branch

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

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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