Beep beep! Kiddos coming through! The Child Development Laboratory (CDL) from the Department of Human Development & Family Studies hosted a touch a truck event for daycare attendees, youngsters up to age 5, thanks to a few of F&S’ vehicles. “If you know children, trucks are a huge interest of young children in the age we serve at CDL (6 weeks to 5 years),” said … Continue reading For the Kids: Touch a Truck!
By Jalynn BugajF&S customer relations & communications intern The Pleistocene Garden: Recreating History The mammoth sculpture, located south of the Natural History Building (NHB), and near the Main Quad where its ancestors wandered 30,000 years prior, finds itself amongst some new additions. The new thoughtfully curated landscape not only enhances the area but offers homage to the mammoth’s past. The landscaping concept, termed a “Pleistocene … Continue reading Landscape Updates to the Mammoth Sculpture
The national holiday Arbor Day was April 28, 2023; locally, it was easily seen on the University of Illinois Main Quad that day. To celebrate, F&S helped plant and honor a new horizon elm tree just west of Davenport Hall. Campus tree and sustainability experts spoke, including Brent Lewis, university landscape architect, and Morgan White, associate director of sustainability; Mike DeLorenzo, Vice Chancellor for Administration … Continue reading Arbor Day 2023 on the Main Quad
Campus Landscape Master Plan recommendations for the Main Quad District support the rehabilitation of a beloved campus space that is continuously in need of restoration while at the same time highlighting the commitment to resiliency in the core of the campus. 1. Enhance Main Quad Courtyards2. Main Quad Turf Restoration3. Illini Union + Anniversary Plaza Restoration4. Centennial Court Restoration Changes to Anniversary Plaza should respect … Continue reading Campus Landscape Master Plan: Zoom In on the Main Quad
The CLMP aims to provide detailed objectives to create a campus landscape that fosters an appreciation for the Illinois natural and cultural heritage and protects historic university landscapes. go.fs.illinois.edu/CLMP The CLMP will build on three foundational plans and a heritage of designed landscape campus planning that provide agreed upon direction for the campus landscape. The landscape vision set by the Campus Master Plan; the priorities … Continue reading Campus Landscape Master Plan: Our Treasured Landscape Will Thrive
Across 962 acres of grass, trees, flowers, shrubs, and local ecosystems, grounds workers keep UIUC in order. Continue reading Shop Spotlight: Grounds
Brent Lewis excellent teacher Continue reading Lewis Leads ‘Lifelong Learning’
On Arbor Day, April 29, 2022, F&S staff and grounds experts, along with students and campus leaders, planted a tree! The University of Illinois is a Tree Campus USA once again, earning the honor from the Arbor Day Foundation for the following: “To obtain this distinction, your campus has met the five core standards for sustainable campus forestry required by Tree Campus Higher Education, including establishment … Continue reading Arbor Day 2022
sity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus need a plan. Continue reading Planning the Illinois Landscape
F&S was more than prepared for a winter storm—and the first few days of February represented a key organizational responsibility of clearing snow and ice from parking lots, building entrances, and other thoroughfares throughout campus. Continue reading Snow: Where Preparation Meets Hard Work
