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

Drought continues to plague the bay area with HOA community landscaping and landscaping for commercial properties and who knows what the cost of water will be in the next 10 years, but there is one thing for sure, the cost will not go down. With many municipalities and water agencies requiring strict water rationing in order to reduce the use of water, do you think these restrictions will force you to choose between brown, deteriorating landscaping and expensive water penalties?, think again because you haven’t looked at the newest landscaping trends available.

We’ve all seen the traditional lawns; that need excessive amounts of water, requiring a large amount of fertiliser and maintenance. Or the broken sprinkler heads that shoot the geyser of water high into the sky, watering everything but the lawn. Beautiful variations of contrasting colors of rock and fairly sparse plantings can evoke the effect of a healthy landscape that’s soft on the eyes. Planned and installed correctly, a property can have a beautiful and long-term landscape that can potentially reduce outside water costs by up to 50%.

Protecting Your HOA Landscaping Trees 

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.

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 the new planting season, flowers are stripped, removed and transformed into vibrant, colorful displays of flowers that are pleasing and attractive.

The seasonal burst of color has started in the bay area, and with the awesome colorful displays come one seasonal task –leaf cleanup. As trees both deciduous and partial-deciduous trees drop as the season progresses so does the daunting task of cleanup, and may linger around for multiple months, especially landscaping for commercial properties, retail centers and apartment communities.

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?

5 TOP Corporate and Commercial Landscaping Tips

A lot can change in the commercial landscape over the next 50 years, such as availability of water, environmental-global climate change, the economy and the list goes on without saying that 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 landscape into the next 5 decades.

Fall is Prime Planting Season for Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Annual Flowers in residential apartment landscaping and commercial office developments. They often establish more quickly when they are in the cool winter and fall season. The cooler weather allows the plants root system to acclimate more quickly from transplant shock.

Commercial Landscaping Tips

• Reduce the Landscape watering frequency for established plantings

• Remove trees that pose a critical risk to the public’s safety

• Fertilize Trees, Shrubs as appropriate

• Fertilize Lawns as appropriate

• Have trees inspected by an experienced arborist, prune dead, diseased or unsafe branches.

• Remove weak limbs in Trees

• Plant New Trees and Shrubs

• Mulch Trees and shrubs as appropriate

• Inspect Plant material for disease and pests treating appropriately

• Conduct the appropriate water schedule for the cooler weather

There are a number of ways to reduce the amount of time spent on commercial and industrial landscape maintenance. There are also a variety of ways to reduce these costs. 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.

The plantings around your condominium and hoa landscaping can make a big difference in many ways. Having the right plants to tolerate the cold weather is part of the equation for great foundation plants 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 cold and fit into your design.

During the warmer months, the bulk of hoa landscaping watering costs are used for lawn. 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.