Photo by Christopher Gannon.
Groundskeeper Paul Poblete reaches to prune a juniper shrub on central campus in Monday's sunshine.
"It's a beautiful day. It's refreshing to be out doing this," he said.
He and fellow campus services employees are taking advantage of this week's mild temperatures to tend to annual shrub pruning and other winter care of the campus landscape, such as leaf removal from underneath the shrubs. Pruning promotes healthy, dense growth. Poblete said removing leaves from under the shrubs keeps animals from nesting there, which can lead to damage to the shrubs. It's all part of the regular tasks that keep campus beautiful and thriving.
