Grounds

About Grounds

Grounds is responsible for maintaining approximately 140 landscaped acres across the campus and University Housing properties. The Grounds staff take a proactive approach to landscape and grounds care, with a commitment to providing a safe, clean and visually appealing campus environment.

The Grounds unit provides a variety of outdoor maintenance services. Primary duties include general horticultural maintenance, litter and debris removal. The staff is engaged in a proactive approach to the maintenance of landscape and grounds care that includes turf and sports field maintenance, shrub and tree maintenance, irrigation system maintenance, exterior Integrated Pest Management (IPM Practice) and new landscape planting. The Grounds staff members are dedicated to providing a safe and aesthetically pleasing campus environment.

Services

  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Irrigation Management
  • Tree Management
  • Pest Management 

 For more detailed information about Grounds services, please see below.

How to submit a service request 

There are 2 ways to request services: 

  1. Submit a service request online in SFSU State FacilitiesLink.
  2. Contact the CSC representatives. Representatives can be reached Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (415) 338-1568. 

Emergencies

For emergencies involving life, safety and/or property damage, please immediately contact the University Police Department Dispatch at (415) 338-7200. 

Grounds Maintenance

The Grounds staff provides a variety of outdoor maintenance services. Primary duties include general garden maintenance. The operation also provides integrated exterior pest management, irrigation repair and maintenance, as well as small landscape planting projects.

Mowing is performed mostly on one scheduled service day of each week. Exclusions to the regular schedule occur during holidays and inclement weather. This may be needed to accommodate fertilization and various outdoor activities, which may need to use the lawns.

 

Tree pruning is performed with the intent of developing structurally sound trees with a specific appearance and the proper safe overhead clearance for pedestrians and vehicles.


 

Shrubs are kept in a healthy, vigorous condition, free from disease and large concentrations of pests. Shrubs are pruned as needed to provide formal and informal shapes, fullness, and blooms.


 

Grounds uses Integrated Pest Management (IPM Practice) to control insects, diseases, and weeds on and around perennials, ground covers, shrubs, vines, and trees. This includes frequent monitoring and spot treatment as necessary using the least toxic methods of pest control.

Grounds manages the University water resources by utilizing the Calsense central irrigation control technology. This system uses daily plant water loss information to apply water in the proper amount and frequency to minimize the use of water in irrigating our landscapes.