Landscaping team at Mississippi State planted over 2,000 trees in last 5 years

Over the past five years, the landscaping team at Mississippi State University has planted more than 2,000 trees as part of a campus beautification and outdoor environment optimization campaign.

From native hardwoods to decorative flowering species, the varied tree plantings are creating and enhancing shaded spaces for students, faculty, and visitors at the Starkville campus. In recognition of these efforts, Mississippi State has been tabbed a “Tree Campus Higher Education institution” by the Arbor Foundation for 12 consecutive years.

“With every tree we plant, we’re thinking 20, 30, even 50 years into the future,” Saunders Ramsey, executive director of Campus Services at MSU, said. “It’s about creating a landscape now that future generations of Bulldogs can also enjoy—places to walk, st