Which is better soft or hard landscaping for a professional institution?

Keep it Professional!

Whether you’re the Managing Director of your own business or Chief Executive of a large institute your main aim should be to promote your company to make it look as professional as it is run.

This can be achieved in numerous ways including:

• Creative Marketing – By reaching the masses via advertising, leafleting, billboards, online search engines and catchy website business can reach its optimum.
• Suited and Booted – Uniform or a strict dress code can influence the public in a positive manner whilst keeping staff members identifiable and approachable at all times.
• Beautiful Buildings – Create an image that you’d enjoy being invited into. The building and grounds encompassing businesses speak volumes for what it holds inside. By keeping reception and outdoor areas to an absolute minimum can be intimidating. Too much clutter appears messy, so a happy balance between the two is paramount to welcoming clients, patients, employees and other visitors.

One of the ways to achieve this is by soft or hard landscaping these areas. There are a multitude of grounds maintenance contractors to choose from on the open market to assist, for example https://www.idverde.co.uk/landscape-construction/  

Are you a Softy?

Soft landscaping, as in the name, is a more gentile way to present your business. Using texture with horticulture both internally and externally with grassed areas will smarten things up. During planning it is a good idea to discuss with your grounds contractor which plants require a small amount of attention to alleviate extra costs or staffing. Find some ideas here… https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/industrial-garden-ideas-and-designs-phbr1-bp~t_10323~s_2213?irs=US 

Harden up!

One of the best ways to promote your company via landscapes is to have permanent architectural fixtures with some added greenery. This can take on a multitude of forms for example:

• Wooden or metal structures which can double up as seating
• Tarmac or gravelled areas
• Large planters with ‘easy care’ foliage
• Orb or other symmetrically shaped fixtures

If used in a sculptured way, these simple ideas can enhance entrance areas to your building via clever planning with your chosen grounds maintenance contractor.

There are thousands of ideas to peruse on the internet to help get your juices flowing with ideas and to assist in preparing your budget. Click on https://www.pinterest.co.uk/denbowltd/industrial-landscape-design/ for ideas ready to be adapted to your requirements.

Whilst looking for contractors it is always wise to obtain 3 quotations for the exacting specification and keep a small contingency fund for any unforeseen hurdles. Allow meeting time to discuss contracts, completion dates and any disruption this work will cause on the daily running of your business.