{"id":171,"date":"2019-10-04T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uogsustain.test\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2020-04-21T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:38:24","slug":"grounds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.uoguelph.ca\/operations\/grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Bee City Campus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One third of our food supply depends on pollination by bees. If they don\u2019t survive, we don\u2019t survive. Bee City Canada, part of an agency dedicated to taking global action to protect pollinators, designated the<a href=\"https:\/\/beecitycanada.org\/become-a-bee-campus\/current-bee-campuses\/\"> University of Guelph as Canada\u2019s second Bee City Campus.<\/a> This award reflects U of G\u2019s international reputation as a leader in pollinator health and conservation, built on 125 years of study and advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grounds Department, in partnership with the Nigel Raine Lab for Pollinator Health &amp; Conservation, has been working diligently to identify opportunities to\u00a0change campus grounds management practices to improve\u00a0pollinator\u00a0health. This includes enhancing the tree canopy with flowering tree species and integrating pollinator-friendly plants in campus landscape. And long before provincial bans took effect, the University and Grounds Department voluntarily banned\u00a0herbicides and pesticides with negative impacts on pollinator health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Grass Is Greener<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A student passes&nbsp;a garden of pollinator-friendly plants in bright U of G red-and-gold colours on her way to lecture. Sugar maple tree leaves rustle above her. A&nbsp;yellow warbler nests nearby. She&nbsp;walks through the conservatory gardens during lunch. She takes in the beauty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s in abundance on campus. In fact, it\u2019s award-winning. In\u00a02017 the University of Guelph won the <a href=\"https:\/\/pgms.org\/university-of-guelph\/\">Professional Grounds Manager Society Best Urban Campus GRAND AWARD<\/a> for the entire eastern half of North America. That beauty is honoured and upheld by sustainable practices like the use of battery-operated yard equipment, using natural source, low-risk pesticides such as iron, vinegar and soap, and composting 1,800 tonnes of manure and animal bedding for\u00a0fertilizing campus grounds. Our\u00a0campus is not only green, it\u2019s beautiful too.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rooting for Trees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Right here on campus there are more than 6,500 trees &#8211; 140 were planted in 2019 alone.&nbsp;The Grounds Department nurtures and sustains a campus tree canopy comprised of thousands of trees across hundreds of species. Climate change threatens the health of urban&nbsp;tree canopies&nbsp;as the environment the trees are used to is gradually changing. The Tree Maintenance &amp; Protection Plan anticipates those changes and works to ensure a healthy tree canopy for years to come. A walk through an urban forest adjacent to your university campus is a gift, and the path to preserve it is one we\u2019re not&nbsp;diverging from.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bee City Campus One third of our food supply depends on pollination by bees. If they don\u2019t survive, we don\u2019t survive. Bee City Canada, part of an agency dedicated to taking global action to protect pollinators, designated the University of Guelph as Canada\u2019s second Bee City Campus. 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