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Grounds<\/h1>\n
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The Purdue University West Lafayette location features low-maintenance and environmentally-friendly outdoor spaces due to sustainable planting techniques, including the use of a variety of native plants.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arboretum<\/h2>
Learn about the native plantings and trees at our West Lafayette location.<\/div>Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/article> <\/div>\n
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Tree Campus USA<\/h2>
Purdue\u2019s Grounds and Sustainable Operations departments collaborate with the campus arboretum to continually meet the Tree Campus USA requirements.<\/div>Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/article> <\/div>\n
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Bee Campus USA<\/h2>
Purdue University in West Lafayette became the 207th educational institution in the U.S. to be certified as a Bee Campus USA in 2025. <\/div>Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/article> <\/div>\n
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Grounds Department<\/h2>
Sustainable Operations works with the Grounds department to design and maintain campus landscapes with sustainability in mind.<\/div>Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/article> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":65,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1582,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/1582"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/sustainable-ops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}