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Top 5 Corporate Landscaping Trends

Its hard to say what your landscape maintenance will require  50 years from now, but the water situation in California is not improving according with recent news media. Proper maintenance and design is the key in future years to come. Read on for our top 5 Commercial Landscaping Trends that can extend the life of your landscaping while helping to conserve water.

Is your commercial property landscaping prepared for the spring and summer? Generally, spring flowers are the first place to begin this year. Therefore, your landscaping at an apartment, shopping center or office building should look its best by the time summer sets in—including the landscaping at high traffic areas. The monument sign or plant containers at the frontage are usually the first thing visitors see when approaching your property, making it important to have inviting landscaping can make all the difference.

April is a great time to get started with landscaping for this year’s season. It’s once been said, “April showers bring May flowers.” 

Tips For The Landscape Walk Through 

A job site walk through with your Commercial Landscape Company or assigned account manager is essential from time to time, this helps keep the lines of communication open assisting everyone to stay focused on your goals and desires.

Focus on Communication

In the area of commercial landscape maintenance, we recognize that keeping the lines of communication open is instrumental for a solid long-term foundation. That’s why we have devised systems for transparency— and are constantly learning how to apply new ways that provide for better customer service for corporate landscaping services. At the end of the day, fair pricing and an established communication plan are essential drivers for delivering high quality landscape maintenance standards.

Tips For The Landscape Walk Through 

A job site walk through with your Commercial Landscape Company or assigned account manager is essential from time to time, this helps keep the lines of communication open assisting everyone to stay focused on your goals and desires.

While some trends bring fresh color to the landscape, others seem to be continuations of current trends. But even those ideas that aren't original are still coming with increased intensity, making commercial landscapes smarter, greener and more resilient to foot traffic.

Aesthetically pleasing corporate landscaping can improve the overall look of your commercial property. However, no property manager or owner wants to spend a fortune to re-landscape a property. Additionally, many property managers simply do not the budget to perform frequent landscape capital improvements.

Whether you manage individual building or multi complex buildings, there are cost effective ways to add interest and design to a property without costing yourself extensive time and money. Even small touches to the landscape can go a long way.

Save yourself the time by keeping the design simple and cost efficient without the added headache. It’s possible to get the pizazz back into your commercial property landscaping without breaking the bank with a little help from a commercial landscaping expert. Consider the 5 step process below.

As a property manager or building owner, the demands of the drought have become a challenging subject including the high cost of water or the damaged asphalt surface that needs to be replaced because of lawn watering.

Interest in Drought friendly landscaping practices has spread throughout the green industry. Water conservation concerns and economics have prompted many commercial landscape maintenance services to investigate grasses that thrive with little water or no supplemental water. Eco and drought friendly grasses are the foundation of low maintenance landscaping.

Most commercial lawn services have their unique challenges that pose the need for smarter choices. Their are a multitude of areas that need to be considered when reviewing corporate lawn care, including: Invasive weed types, keeping lawns green with limited water, invasive tree roots causing lawn failure just to name a few, FloraTerra’s commercial landscaping services team has the right solution for smart lawn care.

Routine landscape maintenance preserves the value of a commercial property. When hoa lawn care is neatly mowed and shrubs pruned, when edges are clean and flowers are in bloom, the appearance speaks volumes about a property owner’s standards and commitment to quality.When the landscape appears to be in a state of decline, business is effected and tenants become less than happy. 

Then there’s routine maintenance care performed by commercial landscapers—the usual activities like mowing lawns and trimming plants. And, their are “the landscape improvements” that make the difference between the average and the elite.          

Read on to get our 5 Tips.

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.