Landscape Services

The Landscape Services Department, a 14-member division of Facilities Management, provides the following services on the Spartanburg campus of USC Upstate: Landscape planning, design, construction and maintenance; design, planting and care of gardens; management and enhancement of the Susan Jacobs Arboretum and the Rotary International Peace Park; planting of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals; maintenance of parking areas, sidewalks, streets, pathways; installation and maintenance of irrigation lines and landscape lighting; yard waste and recycling services; campus litter cleanup; and snow removal.

The University of South Carolina Upstate landscape profile includes:

• 330 total acres
• 200 total acres of greenspace
• 130 species of trees in the Susan Jacobs Arboretum
• 140 species of shrubs, with 60 percent of those planted in the Arboretum
• 25,000+ square feet of planting beds
• 4 miles of streets where we are responsible for landscape maintenance
• 1.2 miles of paved sidewalks
• 3,089 parking spots
• 6 soccer fields including County University Soccer Stadium
• Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park
• Cyrill Softball Stadium
• 12-acre Susan Jacobs Arboretum, a 300-seat amphitheater, a meandering creek and 12 separate garden areas/plant collections
• 6-acre USC Upstate Rotary International Peace Park, with pond, fountain, amphitheater, two walking bridges, a waterfall, 400 trees, benches, various gardens, walking paths, conifer collection and ornamental grasses.