Frontier Landscape Services

06/06/2018

What's wrong with this picture? This photo was taken at a site close to one of our current projects and caught our attention.

Conceptually, this is a nice application. The Viburnum behind the bench emits a lovely fragrance when in flower. The height provides a nice cozy atmosphere, but the plant MUST be pruned on a consistent basis so as not to swallow the bench. Now more drastic corrective pruning will have to be performed.

At Frontier we design our commercial spaces to be colorful and functional. But we also design for the future and your ongoing maintenance budget.

05/18/2018

Need BIG trees? No problem! Give us a call.

02/19/2018

When thinking about design, consider how your landscape will look at maturity, taking into consideration the placement and scale of trees and shrubs. Have an understanding of the level of maintenance that will be required with the design you choose. Ensure that you will be able to keep it healthy and looking good or consider a maintenance contract with Frontier and leave the routine care to the pros! We can also advise you about lower maintenance plants and trees and ones that will help provide the functional benefits you desire.

02/16/2018

Are you doing anything to conserve water and energy? You can also design your landscaping so that it contributes to energy savings by shading your building in the summer and blocking harsh winds in the winter. Adding a green roof to your building helps control water run-off and reduces heating and cooling costs.

02/14/2018

Accentuate the architecture! So much time and thought is spent on the architecture of a building, but the story shouldn’t end there. You can really accentuate your building with the landscaping. Add drama to the front entrance with careful color and texture choices and accentuate the driveway with lines of trees and shrubs. Don’t forget the beauty plants can bring inside; interior plant design, including green walls, can add drama to courtyards and atriums.

02/13/2018

Is your business attracting clients? If your landscaping makes a bold statement, or offers places to sit that feel inviting, you can attract people to your business. The opposite is true too; if there is little to no shade or there is no pizazz to your landscaping or things aren’t well maintained, you can turn customers away.

02/12/2018

Direct the flow of traffic. Most businesses want to direct people to entrances and that can be done by highlighting the entrance points with plants and trees, by creating paths and walkways lined with shrubs or trees, or by using brick or stone wall features. Those elements make bold visual statements in addition to performing an important function.

02/10/2018

Help people engage with your business. Your landscape design can either encourage people to stay longer and linger or it can keep them moving along. If you add benches, tables and chairs, fountains and low walls for seating, people will stay and enjoy the outdoor space. Many businesses and hospitality venues have found success creating more elaborate outdoor lounge areas with fire pits and lawn games to encourage people to stay longer.

02/09/2018

Is your business conveying the right message? Your business or your building has a brand and your landscape can speak to that. If you want to convey an image, whether it be soothing, healing, sustainable, fun, professional, or edgy and forward thinking, there are landscape elements that can translate that message. Examples include Zen features for soothing spaces; dancing fountains for fun outdoor spaces; native grasses and wildflower plantings and green roofs for sustainability focused buildings, or minimalist geometric plant designs for edgy businesses.

07/22/2015

Wow it's hot out there! Take a look at some of these drought tolerant perennials for something that will thrive in our DC summers. Stay cool DC

Choose the right plant for the right place whether you have too much water or not enough.

07/14/2015

We are excited to be involved with such a worthwhile cause... and a good opportunity for Frontier to show appreciation for all our veterans!

Renewal & Remembrance, organized by the National Association of Landscape Professionals, is the largest landscape industry day of service in the country. More than 200 of the cemetery’s 624 acres will be touched by the volunteers. They will be mulchi