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

Reduce Energy Costs

It is possible to achieve as much as a 30% reduction in cooling and heating costs through careful landscape planning. Landscaping can reduce direct sun from striking and heating up building surfaces. It can prevent reflected light carrying heat into a building from the ground or other surfaces. By reducing wind velocity, an energy conserving landscape slows air leakage in a building structure. Additionally, the shade created by trees and the effect of grass and shrubs will reduce air temperatures adjoining the building and provide evaporative cooling.

Reducing Your Commercial Landscape Maintenance Costs

There are a number of ways to reduce the amount of time spent maintaining a landscape. There are also ways to reduce landscape maintenance expenses. However, sometimes it requires some upfront investment of time and/or money to renovate a landscape in order to reduce the amount of maintenance. Below are a few ideas and suggestions.

For most commercial shopping centers or apartment managers, you rely on your landscape company to provide you with valuable and efficient landscape services. You expect your commercial landscaping company to provide landscape solutions that can save money on your water costs while keeping your landscaping healthy and "Green". The latest technology offers just that — and more.

Keeping Your Trees Healthy in a Drought

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.

Artificial Lawn is Greener for Apartment and HOA Landscaping

Its Greener in many ways…….

Some pet friendly communities are looking for ways to become greener by conserving water for there landscaping environments. Depending on your area, reducing your lawn size by 50% for a lawn area of 10,000 square feet can save your hoa community landscaping approximately 175,000 Gallons of water a year, this could have a substantial impact on water savings.

Perennials + Annuals = Cost Savings

Each year, some commercial and apartment properties spend literally thousands of dollars on the installation of colorful annual flowers to improve their appearance throughout the growing season. In spring and summer time, flowers are stripped, removed and transformed into vibrant, colorful displays of flowers that are pleasing and attractive.

How to Green Your Lawn In a Bay Area Drought

Drought can damage your lawn permanently. More often than not, during a drought, water regulations go into effect. So maintaining your landscape prior to drought with the appropriate amount of fertilizer, combined with best water management practices, will help mitigate damage control.

Areas that do not respond to watering may require a partial lawn renovation which might include seeding, sodding. In drastic cases, a complete turf replacement or renovation might be necessary.

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.

Challenged with your Landscape Watering?

These days, landscape water conservation is a major concern for many property owners and managers – particularly in many cities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area where water restrictions and the cost of water will continue to escalate. Some water districts and agencies are imposing stiff penalties for home owners associations, apartments and large scale commercial properties that are in noncompliance. Our efforts are focused in the area of water conservation including the use of smart irrigation technology including smart irrigation controllers and modern watering systems.

Creative Landscaping Design 101

Landscape Design Basics

Landscape designers spend years learning the science of horticulture, plant selection, and the elements of design. The most important thing to consider when developing your landscaping is to create a functional space that your visitors will love and enjoy . Below are a few design basics from the Pros that can help: