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City of Lincoln Parks & Recreation - Community Forestry/Horticulture Horticulture Section Mission Statement

Mission Statement for Lincoln Parks and Recreation Horticulture Division

To provide well-maintained, skillfully designed and aesthetically pleasing public display gardens. These gardens will provide serene, informative areas of repose for all patrons.

Goals for the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Horticulture Division:

By utilizing/coordinating citizen participation and public resources we hope to accomplish the following goals:

• Design:
  
Skillfully designing gardens using appropriate patterns of plants that display appealing colors and textures. This includes following the guidelines of design intent and to properly maintain the various garden areas.

• Events:

To bring community participation into the gardens through events, instructional seminars and installation/harvest programs.

• Education:

To educate the community by offering a horticulture internship program, and various horticulture instructional presentations.

• Maintenance:

To provide the adequate resources and staff with the knowledge of proper horticulture technique, and the skill to properly implement public display gardens.

• Reviewing development applications for compliance with regulations and design standards:
1. To review applications, and determine surety amounts.


2. To process requests for release of landscape/street tree surety.

Community Forestry & Horticulture