Grounds and Garage
What we do
Protect the landscape assets and provide a clean and safe outdoor environment for visitors, faculty, staff, and students throughout the Campus, Medical Centers, and Arboretum.
Services include:
- Turf, trees, and plant maintenance
- Trash, leaf removal, and storm debris removal
- Recycled material collection
- Snow and ice removal (read more)
- Landscape design, estimating, and construction
- Arborist and Horticulture services
- Preventive maintenance of PPD vehicles, golf carts, and grounds equipment
Contact Us
- PPDgrounds@uky.edu - for Grounds Management related questions, comments and concerns
- snow@uky.edu - for snow and ice management related questions, comments and concerns
Our Units
- Grounds
- Garage
News
- University of Kentucky Turning Campus Waste Into Recyclable Material - a Spectrum News 1 article
- Students and volunteers plant trees on UK's Campus - a WKYT article (photo)
- College Campus as a Living Laboratory: Scrubbing Scales, Saving Trees, Engaging Students - Lynne K. Rieske, Stacy Borden, Brianna Damron, Nic Williamson, Mary Arthur and Adrienne Kinney
- Old tree finds new life in a new form - a Lane Report article