The Grounds and Gardens section provides a wide range of services, listed below in alphabetical order.

Use the Online Maintenance Requisition (work request)

A

• After-hours maintenance emergencies: tel extension 8999 / 8146 (CPU will contact the relevant artisan for emergency work after hours, e.g. burst irrigation pipe, blocked stormwater drain, veldt fire, etc) or visit Campus Protection
• Accessibility (disabled access): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens 
• Animals on campus (cats, dogs, donkeys, monkeys, snakes, etc): tel extension 8146 (CPU) or 8240 (Grounds) or visit Grounds and Gardens or Animal care 
• Awning supply (pre-booking essential): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens 

B

• Boreholes: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Bulk waste collection points (campus): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

C

• Can recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Metal and Recycling 
• Cardboard recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Paper and Recycling
• Cats on campus (feral): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Animal care 
• Composting: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling and Organic
• Cut flowers & greenery: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

D

• Décor material (for events & conferences): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Disabled access: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Disabled parking: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za at Grounds and Gardens
• Dogs on campus (stray): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens or Animal care 
• Donkeys on campus (stray): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens or Animal care 
• Drains (storm water): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za at Grounds and Gardens

E

• Emergency maintenance (after-hours): tel extension 8999 / 8146 or visit Campus Protection (CPU will contact the relevant artisan).
• Environmental concerns: tel extension 7205, environment(at)ru.ac.za or visit Environmental Sustainability 

F

• Fencing & gates: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Fires (veldt - fighting): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Flower beds: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Flowers (cut - for floral arrangements): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

G

• Gardens: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Gates and fencing: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Glass recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Glass and Recycling
• Greenery (cut - for floral arrangements): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Grounds and gardens maintenance: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za at Grounds and Gardens

H

• Hazardous Waste: tel extension 7205, safety(at)ru.ac.za or visit Hazmat

I

• Irrigation: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens 

L

• Lawns: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

M

• Maintenance requisitions: Online Maintenance Requisition
• Maintenance Stores: tel extension 8150 / 8122, s.gill(at)ru.ac.za or visit Facilities Management office
• Metal recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Metal and Recycling
• Monkeys on campus: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens or Animal care 
• Mowing (lawns, sport fields): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

O

• Online maintenance requisition (work request): Online Maintenance Requisition
• Operations management: tel extension 7201, estates(at)ru.ac.za or visit Facilities Management head office
• Orders & payments: tel extension 8134, c.ferreira(at)ru.ac.za or visit Facilities Management head office

P

• Paper recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Paper and Recycling
• Parking bays: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Pavements and paving: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Plastic and polystyrene recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Plastic and Recycling 
• Planting (trees, herbs, flowers): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

R

• Recycling / recyclable material collection (daily): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling at Grounds and Gardens
• Refuse removal: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Requisitions (for maintenance work): Online Maintenance Requisition
• Roads: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens

S

• Office Administrator (Grounds & Gardens office): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit visit Grounds and Gardens
• Snakes (removal): tel extension 8146 (CPU) or 8240 (Grounds) or visit Snakes
• Sport field maintenance: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Street cleaning: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Storm water drain clearing: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Sustainability concerns: tel extension 7205, environment(at)ru.ac.za or visit Sustainability or Environmental Sustainability 

T

• Tin can recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Metal and Recycling
• Two-bag waste system (daily collection): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling at Grounds and Gardens

V

• Veldt fires (fighting): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Vermicomposting (worm farming): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling and Organic

W

• Walls (garden): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Waste bins (outdoor): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Grounds and Gardens
• Waste collection points (bulk) on campus: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling at Grounds and Gardens
• Waste hazardous (management / coordination): tel extension 7205, n.kohly(at)ru.ac.za or visit Hazmat
• Waste reduction: tel extension 7205, environment(at)ru.ac.za or visit Environmental Sustainability and Waste sustainability.
• Waste recycling: tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling at Grounds and Gardens
• Water saving: tel extension 7205, environment(at)ru.ac.za or visit Environmental Sustainability and Water sustainability.
• Work requests (maintenance requisitions): Online Maintenance Requisition
• Worm farming (vermicomposting): tel extension 8240, grounds(at)ru.ac.za or visit Recycling and Organic

More info

• Contact: RU extension  8240/1, grounds@ru.ac.za

• Manager: Mr Philip Crous, RU extension 7209, p.crous@ru.ac.za

• Map: search "Grounds and Gardens" at www.ru.ac.za/static/campusmap/

• Searching for info? Go to the Search Box (top right side of this page)

• Maintenance requests: authorised staff may submit an ONLINE REQUISITION

Return to the Grounds and Gardens front page, or go to the Rhodes University Facilities Management front page.  

Last Modified: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:09:18 SAST