Sustainable UFV
Sustainable UFV
Just behind the Lá:lem te Baker student housing on UFV’s Abbotsford campus lies a new, neatly manicured garden. The pollinator garden is made up entirely of native plants that vary in size, shape, and colour to make it a suitable space for different pollinators to feed. The garden will not only benefit the pollinators, it will also provide a teaching space for courses on plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate biology, as well as biodiversity and conservation.
UFV’s campus trees are an important part of an integrated system that connects students, faculty, staff and visitors to a natural system. UFV’s trees contribute to the vibrant character of the campus and enhance quality of life.
As part of UFV’s mandate to provide green infrastructure, UFV is developing a strategic management plan for campus trees. This plan will provide recommendations, goals and an overall direction for planning, design and development as it relates to trees. This plan will also identify best management practices for the maintenance of campus trees.
UFV has adopted an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach for greenspace management that suppresses pests through a combination of methods that include cultural, physical and biological controls.
The goal is to minimize if not eliminate the use of chemical pesticides.