Alaskans understand the awe and majesty of nature. After all, we’re fortunate to be surrounded by some of the most stunning landscapes in the world. But so often commercial spaces aren’t successful in bringing that beauty inside. Especially in our long winter season, this can mean we aren’t getting all of the benefits that plants have to offer.
Interior plantscaping aims to fix this through considered use of plants indoors to create a tangible difference in how we live, work and play.
What Is Interior Plantscaping?
Interior plantscaping is how industry professionals describe designing indoor spaces with plants. Where landscaping is outside, plantscaping is in.
What falls under the interior plantscaping umbrella? More than you might expect: everything from small desk plants in an office to a huge living wall with irrigation installed. That’s because interior plantscaping is more than buying potted plants, it’s about improving the way “indoors” looks and feels.
This is because of biophilia: humans’ innate connection with nature. Especially in Alaska, where the outdoors is a huge part of our daily lives, it’s easy to understand how being in the woods, listening to a river, watching the weather come in, or taking in the view from Sleeping Lady changes how you feel. Interior plantscaping tries to bring some of this inside though using plants and natural materials in décor.
Interior plantscapers bring a unique skill set to our work. We have interior design chops, horticultural experience, and also practical skills for installation.
Typical Indoor Plant Service Offerings
Given that plantscaping can take many different forms, if you’re looking for help with indoor plants, here’s a rundown of the types of services many plantscaping companies, including Green Connection, offer.
Interior Plant Design
Plant design is creating the blueprint for how to transform your space. For us, this means giving a personal consultation and getting to know your space and your business. We also go over budget so our work can maximize your investment.
This design service can happen at any time. We are happy to work with commercial projects at the architectural and design phase as a professional partner, or come into an otherwise “finished” space to spruce things up with the addition of plants.
Interior Plant Installation
Once a design is approved, we move on to installation. With 50+ years of experience as a company, we are professionals who know exactly how to execute to make a vision come to life. For most projects, installation takes 1-2 days, and we can plan around your schedule. For larger projects such as a living wall, it may take longer due to the technical needs.
At Green Connection, we bring everything to you, and are fully prepared with supplies and equipment, no matter how big the job.
Interior Plant Maintenance
When you have plants in your commercial space, we can ensure they stay looking as good as the day they were installed, if not better. Green Connection provides regular site visits to ensure plant health, prevent problems, dust, rotate, water, prune and clean pots.
Interior Plant, Container and Décor Supply
Not every interior plantscaping service will grow the same plants, source from the same places, have the same nursery practices or have the same choices for professional containers and other design elements.
Green Connection has its own plant nursery and can supply a wide variety of high-quality plants, from orchids to potted trees to cacti, and even things like carnivorous plants.
If you want rental options, we also have a commercial plant rental service. This gives you the flexibility to use our plant design services without an up-front commitment to buying all your plants.
Why You Need to Invest in Design, not Just Plants
No matter if you want a few office plants to brighten up your small business or a multi-story corporate makeover, the core of what makes plants work in commercial space is expert design.
Anyone can go out and buy a plant. Actually making plants an integral part of your space and bringing the full power of nature inside requires that unique blend of horticulture and design that plantscaping provides.
“Design” doesn’t just mean how nice plants look –– although that’s a big part of it. It’s also about how to best create a great environment in your commercial space:
- Have great natural light?
- Winter wind always blows into your reception area?
- Have an open plan office with a lot of noise?
- Turn heat lower on a weekend to be green?
These all affect what plants we might choose, where we might place them, and how we would style things. It’s the difference between sticking some snake plants on communal desks and knowing that living walls absorb sound and can help make an office a quieter, more focused place to work.
How Green Connection Brings Anchorage the Benefits of Interior and Office Plants
With 50 years of working in Anchorage, we bring a wealth of experience to interior plant design for our partners, friends and neighbors here in Alaska. We understand the challenges of our environment –– which affect indoor plants, too –– and translate the best of what is happening in plant design to something that works for our clients.
For indoor plant design, we offer:
- Custom design consultations for every client, with a site visit to understand your space and your needs
- Professional designs and expert installation
- Plant maintenance (optional) to keep your new décor looking great
We also offer seasonal exterior services, including seasonal outdoor bed and container plantings and winter lighting installations.
If you want to improve the look, feel and function of your business or commercial space in Anchorage, Eagle River, Palmer, or Wasilla, contact us today.