park maintenance
Public greenspace care
Park maintenance is the work of keeping public parks functional and presentable—mowing grass, trimming trees, repairing benches, emptying trash cans, maintaining playground equipment.
The term covers both the activity and the department responsible for it: Call park maintenance about that broken swing.
A park maintenance worker or crew handles these tasks.
- benchesMulti-person seats or sidelines
- flowerbedsCultivated planting areas
- picnic tablesFixed outdoor eating platforms
- lawnsCultivated grassy areas
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
pruning · mulching · leaf blowing · trees · tree planting · waste bins · irrigation systems · wildlife habitats · groundskeeper · pathways · erosion control · pest control · water fountains · sprinkler system · composting · weed control · volunteer coordination · signage
- volunteer workvolunteering, fundraising, food pantry, food bank, outreach
- beautificationflower beds, flower planting, landscaping, tree planting, public gardens
- civic dutiestaxes, jury duty, paying taxes, voting, tax payment
- public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
- prison laborprison labor, convict labor, penal labor, hard labor, convict leasing
park maintenanceabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
dereliction · disrepair · deterioration · decay · dilapidation
park maintenancepark planning
Designing public recreational areas
park design · landscape architecture · master planning · conceptual design