We aren't living in the Midwest. You can still do some beautiful things with your landscape, but always plan for the worst. During his 11 year tenure at the Health Science Center, Brahm has learned what works and what withers. We use the sage a lot. This summer has been one of the greenest, he said, in all of the years he has worked at the Health Science Center, thanks to additional rain.
Water management is always an issue though, even with the moderate summer.
Brahm credits his team of land-scapers, who are each responsible for an area of the campus, with the picturesque look of the university. Not long ago the landscaping crew finished work on the flower beds surrounding an addition to the Nursing School. And the crew is always planting new foliage. We don't want everything to die back at a certain time of year. To keep current, Brahm attends horticulture and landscaping conferences and works with a local grower to find a wider variety of plants for the campus.