Main Campus
Landscape Services manages over 500 acres across Main Campus and local satellite facilities. The campus landscape is divided into various zones where maintenance crews use sustainable practices and equipment such as an organic fertilization program, a centrally controlled irrigation system that is constantly monitoring water flow, battery-operated equipment, propane and battery mowers, and top dressing using organic compost. The team also supports various large events each year, for example: Commencement, home football games, Explore UT, and numerous student events.
Dell Medical School
The Dell Medical School (DMS) landscape team manages a diverse site that includes stormwater bioswales (designed to remove debris and pollution out of surface runoff water), green roofs, Waller Creek and wildflower meadows. The DMS landscape team operates an electric fleet of mowers and power equipment and use only organic approaches to soil health, plant health care and weed control. The DMS landscape team also collaborated with DMS to win a SITES Gold Award for sustainable landscape design.
J. J. Pickle Research Campus
The J.J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC) landscape team manages the irrigation and grounds at PRC's main campus and at the West Pickle Research (WPR) property; approximately 365 acres. The PRC landscape team performs a host of activities, from large-area mowing and tree care to various types of landscape construction. They are also integrating the same centrally controlled irrigation system used on Main Campus.
Waller Creek
In 2016 the university launched a project to transform sections of Waller Creek that travel through Main Campus. Landscape Services performed an extensive amount of work to remove invasive, non-native plant and tree species and prune overgrown vegetation. These efforts were directed at immediately improving safety and visibility with a long-term goal to make positive habitat improvements in this heavily urbanized riparian ecosystem. Ongoing efforts include vegetation maintenance, invasive species removal, and creek planting events to help build species diversity and reduce erosion. Take a walk and learn about Waller Creek with this tour created by UT Sustainability.