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The Mowing and Trimming crew is responsible for mowing,
trimming, edging, and weed mowing of greenbelts, traffic islands,
athletic fields, right of ways, open space, weed areas, and parks. In
winter, Parks Division personnel assist in snow and ice control on
sidewalks and in the parking lots for parks and various city and county
buildings.
Mowing and Trimming
Supervisor Bill Cooksey
Foreman Rick Sedbrook
These crews maintain over 790 acres of turf areas. With weekly to
bi-weekly mowing, these crews figure they maintain nearly 24,000 acres
yearly. Parks Division staff edge along approximately 90 miles of
sidewalks every other week.
To maintain the quality residents have come to expect in landscape
maintenance, Broomfield contracts with private firms to maintain
approximately 27 percent of the improved landscaped areas in the city.
The contractor's maintenance area includes East Park at Interlocken,
areas around the 96th Street and East and West FlatIron Circle
interchanges on US 36, Varra Park, the FlatIron Crossing perimeter and
other improved landscaped properties in the FlatIron area.
Athletic Turf Mowing
 The mowing crew is also responsible for mowing approximately 225 acres of athletic fields. These fields are mowed
three times per week with a specialty mower than has the ability to cut turf to two inches in height. This insures a
quality playing surface for the many groups and various sports teams that make use of the fields. That striped pattern
with various designs seen on the athletic fields is a result of the specialty mowers. They are equipped with
rollers to lay the grass down after it has been mowed. These patterns, or mowing directions, are changed every two
weeks. Open Space Mowing
Staff responsible for open space and week mowing oversees and maintains over 3,850 acres of open space. Open space,
trails and other native grass areas throughout Broomfield are mowed five to six times a year, usually starting in
late April. These staff members also maintain and repair soft trails that may be washed away after severe weather.
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