About us
We are External Estates. We manage and maintain our gardens and green spaces, supporting and promoting biodiversity whilst enhancing the University’s natural environment for staff, students and the local community.
The University’s estate includes gardens and grounds (76 hectares), a botanic garden (1.3 hectares), and agricultural land (252 hectares).
What we do
We aim to provide a safe, relaxing and stimulating environment to live, study and work. Our team includes plant and agricultural specialists, professional gardeners, maintenance staff, groundspersons, stonemasons, a mechanic, arboricultural specialist, a project officer and administrators.
We offer a full range of services, including:
- hedge cutting
- herbaceous shrub border maintenance
- seasonal planting, such as spring bulbs
- the care of specialist plant collections
- water features and marginal planting maintenance
- leaf clearance
- litter clearance, graffiti and fly poster removal
- grass cutting
- conservation area and wildflower meadow maintenance
- woodland and arboretum maintenance
- weed control
- hard and soft landscaping projects
- arboricultural work-felling/clearance, planting, surveys
- ivy removal from walls, features and buildings
- maintenance of University signage
- hard surface maintenance and/or minor repair
- wall surveys and maintenance
- winter services (gritting/snow clearance)
- installation/maintenance of street furniture
- public, staff and student engagement
If you have any questions about any of our services, contact us.
Work with us
Visit Campus Division careers to learn what it's like to work with us and see the latest vacancies.
Hire the Linnaeus Study Room
You can hire the Linnaeus Study Room for courses, seminars, meetings, training sessions and conferences.
It is a former coach house, located next to the University of Bristol Botanic Garden in Stoke Bishop, near Durdham Down.