Nobody goes to an industrial property for a garden tour.
Warehouses aren’t known for their fragrant roses or flower beds as far as the eye can see.
These no-nonsense properties take a beating as they host huge trucks, endure tough weather conditions, and are home to vast expanses of concrete.
Still, they need to look nice, sport good curb appeal, and be pleasant places to come to work.
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How can landscaping for warehouses, fulfillment centers, and industrial properties look great without getting in the way of the important work that happens there?
Let’s take a look.
1. Low-Maintenance Landscaping for Warehouses
Property managers of these hard-working properties don’t want to worry about plants dying and looking neglected.
That means low-maintenance trees, shrubs, and hardy perennials that don’t need landscaping detail work and can hold their own in heat and drought.
Native plants are perfect. Once established, native plants need less water. They naturally resist diseases and pests. That means you don’t have to worry about plants getting eaten, looking bad, and needing to be replaced.
Sturdy, long-flowering perennials like Black-eyed Susans and purple coneflower add a burst of color, but need little maintenance.
Redbud trees explode in impressive clouds of pink each spring, but need minimal care, other than occasional pruning.
Spots of perennial color dotting the property offer enough appealing color without the need for high-maintenance annual flowers that need frequent attention and have to be replaced every few months.
Expecting important visitors? Having an event? Hatcher crews can install spots of colorful annual flowers in high visibility areas for a temporary boost.
2. Top-Notch Lawn Care Program
Landscaping for warehouses, fulfillment centers, and industrial properties often means lots of lawn. That means it’s more important than ever that it be healthy and green. It sets the tone for your property and creates great curb appeal. 
That means a solid turf care program that includes fertilizer, weed control, and insect control.
Weeds make a property look neglected and untidy. Damaging insects can attack turf, plants, and trees.
Fertilizing is a year-round process, but it starts in the spring, to jump start turf with the nutrition it needs to get going.
3. Monthly Irrigation Inspections
Speaking of healthy turf, irrigation is key. Hatcher irrigation technicians conduct monthly irrigation inspections to check everything over, testing each zone to make sure the right amount of water is hitting all the right places, with no waste. They’re on the lookout for leaks, breaks, or wayward sprinkler heads.
If a leak goes undetected, you’ll see a big increase in your water bill.
4. Landscaping for Warehouses, Fulfillment Centers, and Industrial Properties: Mowing Matters
When you have a lot of lawn, it has to look good, with a uniform, level cut, and crisp edge.
Hatcher crews alternate mowing patterns each time for attractive turfgrass.
They use mulch kits, which catch grass clippings, chop them up, and return them to the ground, adding beneficial nutrients to the soil. The kits also prevent small stones from flying out the side of the mower, which could injure passersby or damage cars and property.
5. Landscaping for Industrial Properties: Avoiding Runoff Problems
Lots of pavement seems like low maintenance, but it brings its own issue: water runs off of it, not through it. And that causes some water-related challenges:
- Water often washes away the dirt at the edges of pavement. Parking lots can actually sink, and big holes develop where water washed soil out underneath
- Water pollution. Pavement collects all kinds of pollutants that can’t seep through a solid pavement surface, so they quickly end up flowing from your property right into the groundwater and nearby lakes and streams, threatening wildlife.
- Flash flooding. When heavy rain has nowhere to go but pavement, it can quickly trigger flooding. Water runoff from an acre of pavement is 10 to 20 times greater than the runoff from an acre of grass.
- Excess water dangers. Damaged, buckled concrete or asphalt is a trip hazard, which means it’s a liability issue for you.
The good news? Landscaping for industrial properties includes several solutions for wayward water on large paved areas, including concrete swales, rain gardens, retention basins, or re-grading low spots.
6. Detention Pond Maintenance
Landscaping for warehouses, fulfillment centers, and industrial properties often includes large detention or retention ponds that require attention and regular maintenance to keep them working properly.
If they get clogged by trash, debris, or weeds, they won’t drain well.
Hatcher crews check these periodically to see if vegetation or debris is obstructing the water flow. They inspect the pond banks to make sure there’s no erosion. They ensure any concrete or brick is structurally sound.
7. Landscaping for Industrial Properties: Attention to Detail
Details matter. Industrial properties need a landscaping company with an eagle eye for the details that keep things running smoothly:
- Strategic landscape design that help drivers of huge 18-wheelers avoid hitting fences or careening over corner landscaping. It’s sometimes as simple as a well-placed boulder.
- Landscaping crews that plan their work around shift changes so crews aren’t working near entrances or exits then.
- Adding fresh mulch once a year, between February and March, but keeping an eye on it throughout the year, too. If patches wash away in a heavy rain, they bring some in to refresh it around entrances, to make sure they always look tidy.
- Keeping all signage, lighting and sight lines clear of overgrown plants for safety.
Trust Your Commercial Landscaping to Hatcher
If you’re managing a sprawling warehouse or industrial park, you have a lot on your plate.
You don’t want dead plants giving your company a bad name. You don’t need the hassle of a clogged detention pond full of floating trash. You don’t need a flooded parking lot or irrigation heads spraying pedestrians
Here at Michael Hatcher & Associates, we know sprawling industrial parks have a set of unique landscaping needs. Expansive lawns. Huge parking lots. Lots of truck traffic. A need for no-fuss landscaping that keeps the budget in mind.
All these elements are important for other commercial properties, too.
Our skilled crews know the drill.
Ready to boost the appeal and safety of your commercial property? Talk to one of our commercial landscaping experts today! We’ll meet at your property, create a custom plan, and get you on your way to enjoying a beautiful, worry-free property.
