Horticulture & Grounds

Salisbury University’s award-winning Horticulture & Grounds Department maintains the campus’ 200-plus-acre internationally accredited arboretum and helps keep SU litter-free while setting new recycling records practically every year. Next time you look around and think, “What a beautiful campus!” thank a groundskeeper.

Staff

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Student Job FAQs
- Students can work as little as 3 hours per week up to 20 hours per week during the semester.
- During the summer and winter breaks, students can continue to work up to 40 hours per week even if not taking summer or winter classes.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs,
- Must possess a valid driver’s license.
- Shifts must be at least 3 hours minimum.
- Normal work times are Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7am and 4:30pm. Work outside of these times are only available with supervisor approval.
- Weekend work is only available with supervisor approval.
- Overtime (over 40hrs per week) is not available to students.
- Your first paycheck will arrive approximately 6 weeks after your first work shift. After that, subsequent paychecks will be deposited directly into your bank account every 2 weeks.
- You will need the following documents to sign a contract:
  - State Issued ID
  - Original Copy of Social Security card or Birth Certificate (a copy or picture will not work). The original will be returned to you.
  - GullCard
  - Direct Deposit information for paychecks
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About Our Arboretum

Salisbury University’s campus is a nationally recognized by the American Public Gardens Association as an arboretum. SU is home to more than 500 different species of plants from beautiful flowerbeds to lush woodlands. Most are marked with identification tags for educational purposes. The Horticulture Department strives to landscape all areas of the campus with both rare and unusual plants along with indigenous species in an effort to create and conserve a diverse gene pool. Academic faculty and students play an integral role in supporting and assisting Horticulture with the expansion and upkeep of an extensive data collection and mapping system, unique to SU. Members of the University and surrounding community are encouraged to utilize the resources of the arboretum and grounds for purposes of instruction and education.

Visit the campus Arboretum site to learn more about this amazing collection of plants and sculpture.

Recycling and Sustainability

When we’re not busy pruning and planting, mulching and mowing, we’re making sure the campus stays clean by overseeing trash pickup and collection. What we didn’t realize until the 1990s was that not everything we were throwing away was garbage. In 1990, we began the SU Recycling Program—fairly unique among campuses at the time. Today, along with the Sustainability Office, we recycle everything from paper, plastic, glass and cardboard to batteries, oil, electronics and even food waste. Each year, approximately 50 percent of what we used to call “trash” is recycled!

Find out about our sustainable horticulture practices.
Learn where and what you can recycle.
We have special procedures and places for battery recycling, too.

Need a bulk recycling pickup? Have questions about whether something can be recycled? Call us at 410-543-6283.