Grounds
Grounds
We provide and maintain a clean, safe, and attractive campus for the students, faculty, staff and visitors of UD.
Our Services
The Grounds department is responsible for the general upkeep of the University grounds. This is accomplished through the performance and completion of work requests that have been submitted by our customers and by initiation of planned schedules.
For information regarding temporary signage, please see the University's Temporary Sign Guidelines.
- Planting
- Annual pruning of all shrubs
- Planting and care of annuals and perennials
- Watering and fertilization
- Mulching and renovations
Tree Care
Our tree care services include:- Planting and replacements
- Pruning
- Mulching
- Fertilization and watering
- Chemical applications for insects and diseases
Our roadway services include repair and maintenance of:
- Asphalt roadways and parking lots
- Concrete and paved sidewalks
Our site furnishing services include:
- Benches
- Bike racks
- Trash, recycle/commingle and ash containers
The Grounds crew provides 24-hour snow removal service and is responsible for the University sidewalks, roadways and parking lots.
All steps and building entrances are cleaned by Alpha & Omega Building Services.
Our turf services include:
- Mowing
- Trimming
- Aeration
- Sidewalk edging
- Lawn renovations
- Weed, insect, and disease control
- Fertilization
- Irrigation maintenance and repairs
- Equipment maintenance
- Athletic field maintenance
- Litter and leaf removal
Contact Information
Brian Coulter
Executive Director Landscape Maintenance, Horticultural & Contracted Services
937-229-3769
Professional Memberships
- Professional Grounds Management Society
- Ohio Sports Turf Association
- Sports Turf Manager Association
- Miami Valley Green Industry Association
- Irrigation Association
- Dayton Goose Management Network
- International Society of Arboriculture