UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I AT MANOA
 Landscape Committee

 

The Landscape Committee functions in a advisory capacity to recommend policy and advise on all aspects relating to plans, proposals, projects and activities in all areas of the UHM campus outdoor environment.  Landscape Committee members collectively employ a wide range of academic expertise to be certain that high quality is maintain in all aspects of the outdoor environment and provides oversight, assessment and evaluation of all activities that impact this environment.
  • Serves as the primary advocate for the campus of the University of Hawai`i at Manoa.
     
  • Promotes an attractive and appropriate campus environment that encourages and fosters positive academic and social interactions.
     
  • Evaluates and encouraging the functional and aesthetic organization of outdoor spaces and all they include.
     
  • Reviews existing practices and plans for landscape modifications to assure the appropriateness of the design, maintenance of the long-term health of the plants, and the overall development of a landscape that is appropriate to the role and function of a major research university.
     
  • Fosters the adoption of landscape practices that are water and energy efficient.
     
  • Develops projects that maintain the historic and educational landscaping features of the campus.
Some Current Activities
  • Landscaping at the Shidler College of Business
  • The Mo`ili`ili Gate entrance
  • Hamilton Library flood mitigation landscaping
  • HIG courtyard landscaping

Landscape Policies and Plans Subcommittee

  • Landscape Master Plan
  • Campus Guidelines
  • Tree Relocation Policy
  • Species Preservation & Expansion Policy
  • Sense of Place, Aesthetic Quality, & Social Fabric Policy
  • Site Improvements Standards & Guidelines

Tree Risk Assessment and Management Subcommittee

  • Tree Risk Management Plan

Project Review and Coordination Subcommittee

Communications Subcommittee

  • Memorial and Exceptional Tree Program

Membership

  • Janet Gillmar, Campus Landscape Architect
  • Wally Gretz, Facilities Planning & Management
  • Roxanne Adams, Aux. & Facilities Officer
  • Kim Bridges, Botany
  • Jim Caron, English
  • Rich Criley, Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences
  • Andrew Kaufman, Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences
  • Laura Ruby, Art
  • John Stimson, Zoology
  • Orville Baldos, student member
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