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

The amount of lawn around your commercial property can make a big difference in many ways. For one, lawns require an average of 35 gallons of water per square foot per year compared to plants needing about half or less, when you factor in the cost of water, fertilizer and what you are paying your commercial lawn maintenance company the costs can really add up. Planting the right combination of plants to lawn ratio will ultimately impact your landscaping costs. The real challenge for most commercial properties is deciding on the right balance of plants to lawn ratio.

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.

There is a serious water shortage in many parts of California and Bay Area Rockstars are breaking common ground having a big impact on local water supplies, and i am not talking about Carlos Santana either. In many drought stricken areas, lawns are being blamed for most of our water shortage, lets read on to learn more about what we can do to help contribute towards water conservation and what local Rock Stars that i am really talking about. 

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.” 

Its essential that landscaping is high on your priority list, and should be. High maintenance commercial lawn care is a budget expense that seems slowly increase in cost, some of those costs include sprinkler and irrigation repairs, replacing flowers and tree pruning just to name a few. In spite of the many reasons renovation gets pushed off, there is supporting evidence that property managers and building owners should consider the true cost of high maintenance landscaping.

With California facing an unprecedented drought along with chronic water shortages and increasing water rates, commercial property landscaping has come under increasing scrutiny. With commercial lawn care services being targeted as being wasteful.

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.

Large expansive lawns, lush flower beds and sculpted plants sound great, but remember one thing: How much will it cost you to maintain your new landscape creation? You want to invest your capital improvements money on low maintenance landscaping that will require fewer resources to maintain and still give you that WOW factor.

Here are just a few ideas to consider when designing your future landscaping project.

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.