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

During the warmer months, the bulk of your watering costs are used on your lawn areas. Regardless of whom pays for your water, work with your commercial landscaping company to reduce water costs while keeping your property beautiful and green. Taking action on some of the following topics can offer high-value returns while helping you make intelligent decisions on your water use.

Commercial property managers of corporate offices and residential communities have a unique opportunity to improve their outdoor environment in corporate settings with well-designed and maintained landscaping. Design elements of the relaxation garden help reduce stress by incorporating design components of nature in the garden. The natural environment presents stimuli that supports and encourages relaxation and social group activities.

Exercise, a sense of control; social activity and nature help reduce stress resulting in healthy outcomes.

There are many benefits of mulch some of which include moisture retention weed control and landscape appearance, but too much of anything is never a good thing.

Excessive amounts of mulch can harbor problems like disease, pest and create the perfect environment for other challenges like fungal infections around your plants and trees.

A micro thin layer of mulch on the other hand is not enough to block the weeds and control the soils moisture levels.

In most sustainable landscape designs, ornamental landscape beds and perimeter landscaping should receive, 1.5 to 2 inches of mulch. For problematic weed areas, install a 2-3 inch layer of mulch may be necessary.

Many materials available in the bay area for commercial lawn services include fir bark which is very expensive, and fades out over a short period of time. So consider using environmentally friendly recycled materials that have been died with natural colors like mahogany or cedar color and are safe for the environment lasting much longer than conventional fir bark.

5 TOP Landscape Management Tips

Its hard to say what your landscaping will look like in 100 years, but proper maintenance is the key to a long life span. Read on for our top 5 Landscape Maintenance Tips that can extend the life of your landscaping for many years to come.

Protecting Your Trees with Landscape Management Services

Managing and training personnel to maintain landscaping with horticultural fundamentals is the key to long term vigor and the appeal of plants and trees. Personnel should be trained on the proper way to edge the lawn at the base of trees in turf.

Winter Tree Pruning Saves on Resources.

Our professional arborists value your time- and provide cost effective commercial tree pruning solutions. In the winter months when trees are dormant, our certified arborists have a clear vision of your trees structure and can make the appropriate decisions for pruning. Tree branches are lighter and easier to access for pruning and clearance, and trees without leafs are much easier to see. With branching patterns being more assessable and easier to see, the plant material can be pruned to encourage structural integrity and maintain its natural form.

Commercial tree pruning in the winter months can help save you time and money because its healthier for your trees and corporate landscaping. 

There is a serious water shortage in many parts of California and Bay Area Rockstars are breaking common ground having a big impact on local water supplies. In many drought stricken areas, lawns are being blamed for most of our water shortage. 

When navigating through a commercial property or retail shopping center, trying to travel from a visitor parking lot to a building entrance, do you ever wonder if the landscaping was designed in a user friendly way?

Having a well-maintained property is worth every penny spent going into the fall months, when everything is lush, blooming with color and drought tolerant.