Design for business
The landscaping needs of a commercial property vary greatly from a single family home or the common areas of an association. Subtle details change how people perceive your property — and whether they want to stay on it.
The National Association of Landscape Professionals reports that shoppers will spend 9 to 12% more for goods and services in areas with high-quality tree canopies. Another study found a 7% increase in rental rates for offices with high-quality landscapes.
Here are four tips to design and build a landscape that is pleasing to the eye — and functional.
Your business, and by extension your building, has a brand and your landscaping should be in line with it. Keep your gardens, turf and hardscaping relevant to your image and complementary to the surrounding buildings. A condominium complex for young professionals calls for a landscape in line with current trends; a retirement community calls for something more reserved and laid-back.
Instead of relying on signage, show your guests how to navigate your property with the landscape. Highlight entrances with plants and trees, and direct visitors with paths and walkways lined with gardens and shrubs. Landscape features do not only make a property more beautiful — they serve valuable functions.
How your property looks from the road influences whether people visit or stay. If your landscaping is bold, or offers inviting places to sit and relax, you will attract people to your business. The opposite is true as well: if your trees offer little shade or maintenance has slipped, customers will not want to step foot on your property.
Saving money is a byproduct of excellent landscape design. Perhaps your mature plants no longer need watering, or you have been irrigating with leaky emitters or a faulty controller. Maybe your lighting should move to LED. Smart irrigation, strategically placed trees and proper landscape lighting all save water, energy and money — and they pay for themselves over time.
Greenscapes maintains commercial grounds across Sarasota and Manatee Counties — from a downtown law office to a hospital campus — so the landscape we design is one we know how to keep looking right, year after year.
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