Other areas maintained by Forestry include city owned parking lots, drainage ditches, tot lots, and small city parks. Annual flowers and perennial plants used in landscaping are grown at the division's nursery. Shrubs are pruned to remove visual obstructions, rejuvenate old growth, and stimulate new growth. Manual weed control, with the help of mulching around perennials, is utilized in the planting beds. Turf on the boulevards is comprised of a blend of fescue, perennial rye, and Kentucky bluegrass.
Seed is planted in the spring by slit seeding, broadcasting, and hydromulching.
Turf is mowed weekly during the growing season and is fertilized in the fall. Sub-surface irrigation on the boulevards is activated in the spring and deactivated in the fall to provide supplemental water to turf and planting beds. This allows turf and plants to maintain health and vigor while helping reduce weed infestation. In addition to 200,000 annuals, Forestry also plants 5,000 perennial flowers and several thousand trees and shrubs. The project encompasses over 121 miles of boulevards through residential neighborhoods, commercial districts and the civic center.