Grounds & Arboretum

Grounds and Arboretum

Polytechnic Campus | West Campus

Grounds Maintenance

Grounds Maintenance is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the campus, including all Arboretum plant material and arboretum sponsored projects. Grounds Construction is responsible for most major grounds repair and construction work. They provide large earth project services such as trenching, excavating, and terrain enhancement.

Services are generally available at no charge to the requesting department, excepting auxiliary enterprises. Auxiliaries are organizations such as the Memorial Union, Residence Life and Parking & Transit that provide specialized support services to the University, usually at a specified fee.

If you want to make a new request to this service area, please use our Service Request Form. For general inquiries regarding ongoing work or cost estimates, please contact our Service Center during regular business hours (6:30 am through 5:00 pm M-F).

Examples of Billable Services:

• Provide pest control services to all auxiliary enterprises
• Provide Africanized (killer) bee removal to all auxiliary enterprises
• Provide grounds maintenance services to auxiliary enterprises
• Provide new landscaping (does not include maintenance)
• Install parking and other University signs
• Furnish construction equipment for rental with operator
• Perform major renovation or replacement of streets and parking lot

POLYTECHNIC CAMPUS

Campus grounds are maintained through contracted services administered by the Polytechnic campus Facilities Management at polyfacman@asu.edu.

Submit a service request to http://tma.asu.edu:90/poly_home.html

WEST CAMPUS

The Grounds Services Team is responsible to the campus community for a beautifully groomed and safe environment consisting of desert plants, trees and shrubbery, grass, and flower beds on 300 acres, of which approximately 80 acres are cultivated. The team is dedicated to providing cost effective landscaping services and water conservation. On campus there are 2 wells which provide the water to maintain the plants. The water is pumped from the wells to a 100,000 gallon underground storage tank. Through the Maxicom 2 computer system, the water is pumped from the storage tank to the plants.

Services Provided

The Grounds Team is committed to providing a beautiful atmosphere conducive to learning and doing so in the most efficient and environmentally friendly way.

The services provided by the Grounds Team are the maintenance of lawn areas, flower beds, shrubs, trees, and granite areas. We also provide outdoor weed and pest control, parking lot trash pick up, street sweeping, sidewalk and mall cleanup, and cleaning and striping of sports facilities.

Service Request

If you notice broken tree branches, water irrigation leaks, bees or wasps please e-mail FACWORK@asu.edu, or call 3-3200. All other Grounds activities are performed on a routine basis.

Requests for use of the soccer, racquetball, volleyball, and basketball courts and the multi-purpose fields and courtyards should be made through Events Scheduling at (602) 543-7740 or e-mail eventschedule@asu.edu

Ground Team

The Grounds Team is comprised of a Grounds Supervisor, a Grounds Crew Chief, 2 irrigation specialist, and 11 groundskeepers. The majority of the 15 person team are long term employees and all take great pride in keeping the campus clean and beautiful.

Plant Walk

Take a trip on the Plant Walk. Here you are able to view a collection of various plant life forms. You will also be able to see every plant's specific location and learn about their habitats here at ASU at the West campus.

Campus Scenes

Take a trip on the Campus Scenes. See the campus and enjoy the beautiful grounds.