Grounds

Horticulture Zone 5

Zone 5 is made up of the areas around GG Brown, Media Union, Chrysler Center, Cooley Lab, North Campus Administrative Complex, Transportation Research Institute, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Space Research, FXB, Pierpont Common, and Dow.

Here are the stats:
Planting Beds256,611 square feet
Annual Beds1,629 square feet
Perennial Beds17,959 square feet
Litter Pickup2,568,822 square feet
Hedges Trimming320 linear feet
Site Furniture392
Annual in Containers18

[photo, wave field]

The Wave Field is considered a work of art. It takes 4 people two hours to mow it (twice a week during peak time) and we have to use special push mowers to do it.

View a land usage map of this zone.

Content modified: September 15, 2010