McMaster is home to a beautiful Indigenous Circle garden, a place for reconciliation and to share the value of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge throughout our institution. The Indigenous Garden was built by our own grounds team and is the largest hand made gardening project to date. 

As a Bee City Campus, McMaster is home to many spaces for pollinators, including a dedicated native bee garden. The new bee garden, built by the grounds crew in collaboration with Nature @ McMaster and various academic Faculties, is specifically designed to support ground-nesting bees, with sand, wood, shrubs and more to support the habitation needs of the many species finding homes there.

McMaster is home to many greenspaces and healthy trees all over campus. Much effort is placed on caring for these trees, which help clean our air, provide habitats for local wildlife, and beautify our grounds. When a healthy tree must be removed from an area for construction purposes, our grounds crew does the utmost to ensure that the tree can be replanted elsewhere, on top of planting new ones.

Our McMaster staff work daily to maintain good function and appearance of our outdoor amenities, such as bike racks, benches, picnic tables, waste bins and more. All outdoor waste bins are checked daily and changed out, and recycling is handled carefully to avoid contamination.

For information on where to find these amenities, use our interactive map.