What are you doing to reduce water consumption on your property? 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 in and around your commercial property.

In the bay area where drought problems live, commercial landscape maintenance companies must be vigilant if they want to keep their landscaping looking presentable throughout the year. Drought resistant landscaping is just one prudent option providing low maintenance landscaping without having to worry about the high cost of water and commercial lawn care.

How to Get More Out of Your Bay Area Landscaping Company

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.

The Signs of the Times, You Might Have White Grub Worms

June is the beginning of summer, it also signifies the arrival of the June bug – the beetles that buzz around and seemingly wreck into everything that crosses there path can leave a mess. But the beetles of June that aren’t so fortunate as some, can emerge later, potentially causing much bigger landscape challenges, more than than a few dead insects on the pavement.

"Bay Area Landscaping includes 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 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.

Sure, the drought has been dragging on for about four years now! With average temperatures in the high 70s and 80s, and water allocations of only two days per week and heat radiating off of concrete and hardscape, the drought is taking its toll on your bay area landscaping. But fearing the drought is no reason to let your commercial landscaping turn brown. You can still have your cake and eat it to.

And you don’t need to spend more landscape maintenance money on your prominent entryways. We’re talking about the difficult challenging areas in your landscape, like heavy foot traffic areas in parking lot islands and drought stricken areas that are hard to water.

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 help boost client retention. 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. 

The plantings around your properties building perimeter can make a big difference in many ways. Having the right plants to tolerate the variable temperatures throughout the year is part of the equation for great landscaping but plant material that is interfering with window views, walk way and crowding out the others is another factor to consider. Planting the right combination of foliage and plants will ultimately impact your landscaping design one way or the other. The real challenge for most commercial properties is deciding on the right balance of plants that can tolerate the variable conditions.

Cash For Grass Program

Many water agencies offer money for the removal of water loving lawns for hoa, shopping centers and corporate landscaping by converting these spaces to water efficient green spaces and/or using smart irrigation technology . FloraTerra Landscape Management is partnering with these bay area water agencies with a keen focus on water conservation and the adaption of Eco-Friendly, drought-resistant planting for landscape water conservation in San Jose and the Greater Bay Area.