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A Division of Support Services Our mission is to maintain a clean, safe and aesthetically pleasing external environment on the Main, Tyler and Ambler Campuses and Temple stadium covering over 324 acres. Of that total, we maintain landscaped areas totaling over 200 acres ranging in care from those requiring daily service (120 acres) to meadows (54 acres).
Hours of Operation: 7:00a.m. - 5:30p.m.,
Monday through Friday and 7:00a.m. - 3:30p.m. Saturday and Sunday
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On Main Campus we care for: 850,000 square feet of walkways, malls and loading areas, 3 miles of curbs, and almost 1,000 trees and 16,000 shrubs. We have numerous gardens, two of which were designed by the noted landscape architect, George E. Patton: Johnny Ring Garden at Mitten Hall and Founders Garden next to Sullivan Hall (the final resting place for founder Russell Conwell).
Outdoor areas are constantly being upgraded
and newly developed. Upcoming projects include:
| Restoration of the 1900 block of Park Mall | Restoration of the 1800 block of Park Mall |
| Development of a campus quadrangle south of Shusterman Hall | Rehabilitation of the Johnny Ring Garden |
To view details on these projects please visit our up-to-date news page, which includes a section on major projects in planning.
Some of our services include:
 Daily
removal of trash and debris from our sidewalks, lawns, malls and service
areas (7 days/week on main campus ) |
| Daily
street and sidewalk cleaning (including public streets adjacent to campuses) |
| Athletic
field maintenance and event support |
| Storm
drainage inlet and area way drain cleaning |
| Landscape
maintenance including tree and shrub planting, renovating lawns and landscaped
areas, design and installation of new gardens and planting areas, planting
of annuals (over 40,000 yearly), tree maintenance and hedge trimming |
| Pest
control |
| Lawn
maintenance |
| Ornamental
landscape service for special events like convocations, commencement, etc. |
| Snow
- We are responsible for the University's snow removal program. Grounds
staff and employees from Housekeeping, Service Operations, and Trade (HSC)
departments, with support from contractors, engage in a coordinated effort
to remove snow and ice from our campuses. We engage over 100 pieces of
snow removal equipment ranging from snow throwers and salt spreaders to
front end loaders. We also subscribe to year round custom weather forecasting
for our Philadelphia and Suburban campuses through Accu weather. |
| We
recycle all of our debris - Watch for wintertime arrangements using material
from tree pruning |