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Landscape maintenance (or ''groundskeeping'') is the art and vocation of keeping a landscape healthy, clean, safe and attractive, typically in a Garden , Yard , Park , Institutional Setting or Estate . Using Tool s, supplies, knowledge, physical exertion and skills, a Groundskeeper may plan or carry out annual plantings and harvestings, periodic weeding and fertilizing, other Gardening , Lawn care, snow removal, Driveway and path maintenance, Shrub pruning, Topiary , lighting, Fencing , Swimming Pool care, runoff drainage, and Irrigation , and other jobs for protecting and improving the Topsoil , Plants , and garden accessories.

Groundskeepers may also deal with local Animal s (including Birds , Rodents , Reptiles , Insects , and Domestic animals or Pets ), and create means to attract or repel them, as desired or necessary. A garden may also be designed to include exotic animals, such as a Koi pond. In larger estates, groundskeepers may be responsible for providing and maintaining habitat for wild animals.


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