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Landscape Services

Landscape Services Department


  • Commemorative Gifts
  • Trees
  • Benches
  • Arboretum Fund
  • Map of Memorials
  • Donors


  • Practices/Procedures
  • Snow Removal
  • Weather
  • Stormwater Practices
  • Sustainability
  • Tree Maintenance
  • Turf Maintenance
  • Integrated Pest Management


Landscape Services

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This website is currently under construction. We are working hard to complete the webpages in a timely fashion. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Landscape Services is a unit of WMU's Facilities Management division. We are responsible for the development, care and maintanance of the external, non-utility facilities of the University.


Buster Bronco planting a tree
Buster Bronco planting a tree for Arbor Day


Mission Statement


The Landscape Services division members are dedicated to providing excellent service to support University events and activities. We believe that the campus grounds should reflect the quality of life, educational, and research missions of the University.

Our mission is to enhance the educational, extracurricular, and working atmosphere by providing a safe, clean, and aesthetically pleasing exterior environment for the Western Michigan University community. All of this is provided with an emphasis on responsible environmental and fiscal stewardship.

 

Guided Vision

We believe that a Landscape is a means of Communication. Our Environment can affect us far more than we are aware. We look at the “features” of our campus as destinations or places for those looking for cultural exposure, interconnection, security, belonging, and sense of self identity.

We believe that placemaking is an art and science to develop spaces that stimulate or fulfill these needs. In this we look to our campus as having unique spaces remaining diverse yet interconnected with the “Sense of Place” that is Western Michigan University. Our hope is that the WMU community will take this vision with them.

 

Statistics

Main Campus: 745 acres

  • 197 acres of mowable lawns
  • 38,000 square feet of perennial beds
  • 5,000 square feet of annual flower beds
  • 6,500 landscape trees
  • 190 flower planters (for annuals)
  • 27 lane miles of roads
  • 120+ acres of parking lots
  • 39 miles of sidewalks
  • 200,000 square feet of steps, ramps, and entry surfaces


Natural Areas and Preserves: 568 acres

  • 274 acres of natural areas at Asylum Lake Preserve
  • 50 acres of natural areas at Kleinstuck Preserve
  • 113+ acres of natural areas at Parkview Campus
  • 131 acres of tree canopy on Main Campus


Farmlands and Fields: 130 acres








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Kalamazoo MI 49008-5324 USA
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