Commercial Landscaping Blog for The San Jose | Bay Area, CA

Some commercial landscape companies specialize in providing ways to freshen up your property and bring it back to life. First impressions of your property can make an impact on how clients and visitors perceive your corporate image.

You don’t necessarily need a large budget to keep your property looking great, there are a few simple upgrades that you can do to engage the public’s perception and positive interest of your property. 

Focus on Your Landscaping

Corporate landscaping in the Bay Area is known to gather the interest of visitors and the public alike that can draw a positive experience of your commercial landscaping. The goal for many of our corporate customers is to recreate a relaxing and beautiful corporate environment.

A commercial landscape maintenance company can provide flower displays to green walls and more, we can introduce bay friendly landscaping features to your commercial property. But before we elaborate too much with landscaping, let’s go back to the fundamental basics of maintenance. Now, look around your property and ask yourself a question: Is it manicured? Does it look “colorful and well maintained?” Are your trees safe and healthy? Are your flowers free of weeds and colorful? 

Spring and Summer is a great time to refresh your bark mulch in your commercial landscaping. Mulching is beneficial for your property but can also cause damage if not installed appropriately. The damaging effects occur when mulch is applied in excessive amounts. Suffocation occurs when the bark is piled around the base of your trees and plants. The effects of excessive mulching cause decay because of the high water retention rate inviting disease and harmful pathogens to enter into the plants bark. 

Your Commercial Landscaping Can Be a Water Hog

Lawns typically use most of the water in commercial landscape maintenance. That simply means that this is vast opportunity and potential to reduce your outdoor water use. A 1000 Square foot lawn uses 35,000 gallons of water per year.

Bay Area Landscaping and Drought Survival

Managing your hoa landscaping is essential during the drought.

Water efficiency must be considered from the initial irrigation system design phase through installation to ensure optimal performance. Consistent management and maintenance is also essential. Failure to do so can result in losing more than 50% of irrigation water due to evaporation, wind, poor management, and/or improper system design, installation, or maintenance. 

Get Your Cash For The Grass

Many Bay Area water purveyors are offering money saving rebate programs for the removal of water thirsty lawn areas for hoa landscaping, shopping centers, FloraTerra provides corporate landscaping services that include converting these spaces to water efficient green spaces and/or using smart irrigation technology . Our San Jose Landscaping Company has partnered with these water agencies with a keen focus on water conservation and the adaption of Eco-Friendly Landscaping, drought-resistant planting for water conservation. 

Are you thinking of expanding the size of your  building, installing a court yard patio area, removing your lawn, or digging for a new building foundation? If you have anyHOA or commerclial landscaping projects in mind, please remember to consider how they may impact the health of your trees in the construction zone. 

Are your sights set on new goals for 2016? Instead of making your New Year’s resolutions about weight loss or excersing more, why not focus your energy by making a firm decision to reduce your commercial landscaping water next year?  With the drought still looming around, why not consider making a firm commitment to reduce outdoor water by 25%- or even 30% ? Based on the latest trends and news, water rates are not going down anytime soon.

Lets begin with water conservation outside.

Here are some powerful ideas for Bay Area property owners that want to reduce water costs in their commercial property landscaping.

Here’s what we have learned over the last couple of years, plants we once thought needed tons of water to thrive and bloom and are doing just fine with a fraction of the water once used. Our commercial landscape maintenance continues to stay green and is blooming in spite of the mandatory drought restrictions mandated by our governor.

The budgeting process for commercial property landscaping, whether during the initial development phase or during on-going operations, should start early enough to collect all necessary data.

Preparation of your initial landscape operating budget should be done cautiously, as should preparation of any budget. Realistic goals and projections should be prepared for the next year.

When it comes to figuring out your commercial landscaping budget for 2016, do your part to include these budgeting ideas to ensure your property’s landscaping gets the best coverage.