PGMS Members Profile

Our Members

Organizations represented in PGMS Membership

Member Budgets

Included in our membership are Sports Turf Professionals, Horticulturalists, Arborists, Irrigation Professionals, Pesticide Applicators as well as General Managers and Grounds Superintendents. Our members come from every state in the U.S. with other members hailing from Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe and Japan.

For the most part, but not exclusively, the typical PGMS member is associated with an institution below:

Colleges
Hospitals
Theme Parks
Municipalities
School Districts
Retirement Communities

These are just some. Most sites are high-end, high-visibility grounds that pride themselves on their appearance and devote considerable resources to that end. Our member is typically the head of a grounds management responsible for everything associated with grounds care, i.e. labor, scheduling, purchasing of equipment and supplies, contracting, pesticide applications, etc. Ninety-nine percent of our members are either the people who make final decisions on purchasing or make final recommendations. The average site is 570 acres with full-time professional staff. It is customary for our members to have been with their institution for many years with little turnover.

Per capita our purchasing power is enormous. Seventy percent have an annual budget of $500,000 or more with 10 percent having an annual budget of $7 million and above.

List of Representative Organizations With Grounds Managers in PGMS Membership

Abbot Laboratories	Clark University	Idaho Bureau of Public Works
AG Services of Maui	Clemson University	Illinois State University
Agri-Nutrients	Cleveland State University	IMC Agribusiness Inc.
Arboricultural Enterprises Ltd.	College of the Holy Cross	ITT Hartford
Baltimore City Bureau of Parks	Columbia University	J.P. Getty Museum
Baltimore Orioles	The Columbus Dispatch	James Madison University
Bass Pro Shops	Commercial Landscape Supply	Johns Hopkins University
Boston College	Dartmouth College	Johnson Controls World Service
Boston Housing Authority	Davidson College	Kalamazoo College
Brigham Young University	The Davey Tree Expert	Kansas State University
The Broadmoor Hotel Resort	Dension University	Kansas City Cheifs and Royals
Brooklyn Botanic Garden	Dept. Vet. Affairs Nat'l Cemetery Systems	Kent State University
Busch Gardens	Dickinson College	Kent State University at Salem
Busch Properties, Inc. Williamsburg	Digital Equipment Corporation	Kettering Medical Center
California Institute of Technology	Disneyland	Lafayette College
Callaway Gardens	Dow Agrosciences	Landscape Management Magazine
Capjuluca Resort	Duke University	Long Beach Parks and Recreation
Case Western Reserve University	Dwight Engelwood School	Louisiana State University
The Catholic University of America	East Carolina University	Loyola Marymount University
Centenary College	Eastern Illinois University	Marriot Management Services
Central Missouri State University	Fannie Mae Fed. Natl. Mortgage Assn.	Marriot Orlando World Center
City of Montgomery, AL	Furman University	Marriot Fac. Mgmt. Services
City of Bloomington, IN	Garick University	Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
City of Richardson, TX	George Washington University	McDonalds Corporation
City of Birmingham, AL	Grounds Maintenance Magazine	Memorial University of Newfoundland
City of Charlotte, NC	Hearst Castle	Miami University
City of Houston Parks and Recreation	The Hermitage	Michigan State University
City of Mobile, AL	Husqvarna Forest and Garden	The Mirage Resort
City of Wheeling, WV	ICS Learning Systems	Villinova University
Texas A&M University

Budget Graphs for PGMS Members
Primary Position Function
Annual Operations Budget
Annual Budget - Equipment
Annual Budget - Loaders/Tractors
Annual Budget - Riding Mowers
Annual Vehicle Purchases
Annual Budget - Fertilizers
Annual Budget - Other Chemicals
Annual Budget - Flowers