Grounds Services

  1. December 1, 2023

    Campus Farm experiments with composting stadium waste

    Compost from U-M football games could be used to grow produce at the student-run Campus Farm, if a recent experiment goes well.

  2. May 8, 2023

    Grounds Services keep tulips blooming through cold snap

    The tulips waving in the breeze on the Diag might have been damaged or destroyed by cold weather just before Spring Commencement if it hadn’t been for quick action and a new idea from members of Grounds Services. 

  3. April 12, 2023

    Abandoned bicycles to be removed from campus

    Grounds Services staff members have begun placing brightly colored tags on bikes found around campus that have bent rims, rusted or broken chains, or other signs of abandonment.

  4. July 17, 2022

    Photo gallery: Removal of dead elm tree near Mason Hall

    Grounds Services crews removed a dead American elm tree east of Mason Hall near the Diag on July 14-15. The 70-foot-tall tree was estimated to be between 150 and 200 years old and was determined to be a hazard.

  5. November 25, 2021

    PHOTO GALLERY: Images of the Tappan Oak’s removal

    Grounds Services workers removed a large oak tree, known as the Tappan Oak, from the west side of Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library for safety reasons after it was found to have a completely decayed trunk.

  6. June 22, 2021

    Grounds Services nurtures trees to maintain campus character

    U-M foresters, horticulturalists and other specialists in Grounds Services maintain a robust monitoring and tree care program to help trees on campus thrive in the face of urban stressors.

  7. February 3, 2020

    U-M relocates 50 trees from new hospital construction site

    Dozens of trees that stood on the site of Michigan Medicine’s new hospital were relocated to several spots around the Ann Arbor campus in what is believed to be the largest tree relocation effort in university history.

  8. November 12, 2019

    First snow

    Images from the aftermath of Monday’s snowstorm.

  9. June 26, 2018

    Loss of leaves on North Campus trees caused by caterpillars

    The largest gypsy moth caterpillar outbreak in southeast Michigan in 20 years is causing widespread tree defoliation on North Campus.