Landscaping and Outdoor Maintenance Services
Facilities Management maintains an aesthetically pleasing campus landscape conducive to learning and working.
Landscaping staff provide basic services for state-funded areas. Campus customers can request supplemental services for an additional charge. Find costs and frequencies for basic and supplemental services below.
Note: Service schedules can change due to weather and other factors.
Mulch Matters
UC San Diego applies a two-inch layer of mulch throughout its 700 acres of landscaped areas to protect plants, save water and minimizes pesticide use. Using mulch is just one of many ways that we are working to achieve our sustainability goals.
Landscape maintenance
Landscaping staff provide these services for campus landscaped areas:
- Remove litter once daily
- Maintain and repair irrigation once weekly
- Perform outdoor pest and weed control once monthly or on request (customer-funded)
- Trim trees as needed (prioritized by safety hazard)
- Fertilize shrubs and ground cover annually
- Prune and mulch every two years
Recycled Water Irrigation
Recycled water is produced using a three-stage treatment process in which municipal wastewater is settled, biologically oxidized, clarified, chemically coagulated, filtered and disinfected. Although recycled water may have a slight chlorine smell, it looks like tap water.
We irrigate these landscaped areas with recycled water:
- One Miramar St.
- All east parking areas except lot 702
- UC San Diego Science Research Park
- Medical Center La Jolla
- Preuss School
- Campus Point Drive
- Warren Field
- Gilman Drive, east side between Voigt Drive and Villa La Jolla Drive
- Hopkins Parking Structure
- Social Sciences Building
- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- RIMAC
- All north campus recreation areas
- North Point Drive
Turf maintenance (non-sport fields)
Landscaping staff provide these services for campus turf areas:
- Mow and edge weekly May 1 through November 30 and biweekly December 1 through April 30
- Fertilize annually
- Aerate every two years
Mowing and Edging Schedule
Monday
Early morning (6–10 a.m.)
- Gilman median and bus stop
- School of Medicine (Stein Research Building, Pharmacy, Biomedical Library, Cellular & Molecular Medicine)
- Chancellors complex, flagpole, Matthews Quad
- Date and Guava buildings
- Gilman Parking Structure
Late morning and afternoon (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Pepper Canyon
- Sixth College, Warren Housing
- Warren area
Tuesday
Early morning (6–10 a.m.)
- Geisel Library
- Galbraith Hall, Theater and Dance, bus stops
- Center for Magnetic Recording Research
- Warren Mall
- EBU1, EBU2, Richard Atkinson Hall
- Mayer Hall, Pacific Hall, Urey Hall, Revelle Plaza, Revelle Housing, Revelle Cafeteria
- Preuss School
Late morning and afternoon (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Mesa Nueva
- Central Mesa
- One Miramar
- Early Care & Education Center
- South Mesa Housing (lower west side)
Wednesday
Early morning (6–10 a.m.)
- Main Gymnasium
- Faculty Club, Mandeville Center, Visual Arts
- Sun God (Applied Physics, Biology, Pacific Hall, Mandler Hall, Katzin Courtyard
- Village, Muir Housing
- Rady School
Late morning and afternoon (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- South Mesa
Thursday
Early morning (6–10 a.m.)
- SIO
- Marshall College (Administration, Sequoyah Hall, Economics, Solis Hall, Media Center, Social Sciences)
- UC House
Late morning and afternoon (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- San Diego Supercomputer Center, Otterson Hall
- Marshall Housing
- Eleanor Roosevelt College
Friday
Early morning (6–10 a.m.)
- Preuss School
- Torrey Pines Center
- Coast Apartments
- Special Mowing Requests
Hardscape maintenance
Landscaping staff provide these services for hardscaped areas:
- Empty outdoor trash and recycling containers as scheduled
- Blow weekly
- Remove graffiti, apply protective coating on request
- Maintain ground-level walkways, pathways, plazas, benches, tables, bike racks, bollards, drainage, flagpoles, and stairs not associated with buildings as needed
- Clean campus parking lots, loading docks and streets weekly or upon request (customer-funded)
Parking Lot and Street Sweeping Schedule
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P502, P504, P506, P510, P701, P702, P703, P704, P705, P781, P782, P783 and P785 |
UC San Diego's Urban Forest
Customer-funded supplemental services
Campus customers can request these additional services and we will provide a cost estimate:
- Install/Repair ground-level walkways, pathways, benches, tables, bike racks, bollards, and drainage
- Landscape design, installation and maintenance
- Hardscape maintenance
- Tree maintenance
- Litter removal
- Power washing
- Street sweeping
- Outdoor pest control
- Special event landscape cleanup (subject to staff availability)
Hourly Rates
Each project is unique and work may be performed by staff in one or more positions, in varying crew configurations and at regular or overtime rates, based on customer needs. Materials may also be required to complete a project. View hourly rates
Questions?
Contact the Customer Relations help desk, (858) 534-2930, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.