Everyone knows that its cool in the shade and trees can reduce energy costs if placed correctly. It’s popular to plant evergreen trees on the Northward facing walls of a building.
Plants and Vines located next to a hot south or west side wall can help insulate a building from the hot temperatures of the sun in the summer and winter months. Planting shrub and tree barriers can also direct cool wind from entering buildings by reducing cold drafts at entry points.
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Landscape Planning,
Landscape Maintenance,
Tree Care
"Irrigation Management Services include the use of water-effcient plant material that is more attractive, healthier and better for our environment"
There are many plant options available that use little water in commercial, industrial landscaping and HOA landscaping. Water savings can be achieved by making some simple changes in plant palate and irrigation methods, this can greatly reduce the water required for an attractive landscape.
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Your homeowners association landscaping service does more than just preserve property value by increasing curb appeal; a beautiful landscape also sets a positive first impression for residents and visitors. Bay Area-area HOAs and Commercial Property owners can successfully hire a professional landscaping service by following a couple of steps:
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Conscious about reducing your carbon footprint? Switch to a sustainable commercial landscaping company. Maintaining an eco-friendly garden is an effective way to boost your environmental responsiveness.
Read our easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint through water-efficient landscaping.
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Landscape Maintenance,
Sustainable Landscaping
Keeping your tenants happy and satisfied creates happy long lasting customer retention, especially with retail, office buildings and community spaces. Happy customers will stay and customer retention will keep your spaces occupied for long periods of time. There are many correlations between average and fantastic commercial landscape maintenance that is trending. Beautiful landscaping creates an opportunistic value for your tenants to rave about your property when it comes to beautiful well maintained landscaping; as a matter of fact investing into your landscaping provides economic benefits that far exceed your costs because of the long term retention that boosts your leasing rates bringing in large sums of revenue.
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Sustainable Landscaping
What are you doing to reduce water consumption on your corporate campus landscaping? In the bay area, although we have received some sporadic rainfall, this winter has been relatively dry. From reduced snowpack in the Sierra’s to low water reserves in lakes and reservoirs, in California, the lack of rainfall is a concerning matter, especially for Bay area water supplies. The California’s Department of Water Resources is urging businesses and residences state wide to reduce water use by 20 percent and have communicated that despite the fact that we have reduced our water footprint by 20%, the cost of water will continue to rise. Here are some ways you can help to conserve water usage and better your commercial grounds maintenance.
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Landscape Planning,
Landscape Maintenance,
Tree Care,
Sustainable Landscaping
A great Commercial Landscaping Company provides more than mowing, blowing and moving on to the next property. If you want to have an exceptional open green space and a solidified relationship with your bay area landscaping company you need to keep reading on.
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Tree Care
Drought Proofing Your Trees
Arid weather and soil conditions can significantly impact the life span of your valuable landscape assets. Because trees are difficult and expensive to replace, your trees need to be regularly monitored during and after periods of dry and hot weather.
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Landscape Maintenance,
Water Management

Improved Design Helps Impact Water Use
Hiring an experienced HOA Landscaping Service will lower your water use and help you comply with the new water regulations in California . Efficient water management is a huge challenge for HOA and Commercial property managers. Well-planned sustainable landscapes and green landscape maintenance practices are a great solution to rising water rates. Plus you’ll achieve the reduced maintenance costs you’ve been dreaming about.
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Sustainable Landscaping
Expecting Future dry spells in the coming years as global warming's impact on Bay Area climate intensifies, FloraTerra is changing many of its clients properties with the latest trend in
commercial lawn maintenance services. Read on to learn how.
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Landscape Planning,
Landscape Maintenance,
Tree Care,
Sustainable Landscaping