“We’re Here For Them”: The Team That Keeps BC’s Campus Picture-Perfect

Kate Kissel • October 26, 2025

This fall, Landscaping Services is busy planting 45,000 tulips, clearing up fallen leaves from 7,500 trees, and mowing 110 acres of grounds to Quad-picnic perfection.  But for this crew, the work is about more than just maintenance—students are at the heart of everything they do.

Fired BC Landscaper Sues University Over 2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Nikita Osadchiy • December 5, 2024

A federal judge ruled that former Boston College landscaper Avenir Agaj can move forward with a lawsuit alleging his 2021 firing for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine violated his First Amendment religious rights.

Biodiversity over beauty

Alli Hargrove • January 27, 2022

For one reason or another, Boston College has made landscaping a top priority. Don’t get me wrong, I love it. Just as finals season arrives in the spring, the tulips are planted, all the extremely green...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week Of April 12

Opinions • April 11, 2021

Thumbs Up:  Families on campus Seeing families on campus together is a wholesome reminder of home. Seeing high school students awkwardly take photos in front of Gasson is a throwback to college-visiting...

Finding Relaxation and a Semblance of Spring at the 2019 Boston Flower and Garden Show

Eleanor Grondin • March 17, 2019

At the Boston Flower and Garden Show, local gardeners create an atmosphere of relaxation and figments of spring with their landscaping.

Solving the Greatest Mystery at BC

Austin Bodetti • May 3, 2018

"That story, though, sounds both highly illegal and slightly racist."

The Art of Landscaping: How BC’s Aesthetic Appeal is Made

DJ Recny • September 11, 2016

“It’s a lot more work than it appears,” Bellavia of BC Landscaping said. “Most people just don’t understand how the environment works. It’s a lot more complicated than just throwing some plants in.”