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Inside Purdue University's Grounds Strategy for a Healthy, Vibrant Campus



Grounds managers and their staffs at higher education facilities are under constant scrutiny in their efforts to ensure campus turf areas, plants and hardscapes look their best at all times.


By Dan Hounsell, Senior Editor   
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Grounds managers and their staffs at higher education facilities are under constant scrutiny in their efforts to ensure campus turf areas, plants and hardscapes look their best at all times. The image that these areas create among prospective students and faculty go a long way in creating critical first impressions in a highly competitive environment. 

In this video, Phil Richey, director of grounds at Purdue University, discusses the pressures that inform his decisions about landscape activities and priorities in ensuring the university campus looks healthy, vibrant and appealing. 

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