Hotels & resorts

Custom topiary for hotels and resorts.

We build hotel topiary to fit your space and deliver it ready to stand. Lobby, entrance and grounds pieces stay photogenic all year, with no watering, no trimming and no gap at the entrance while a piece is replaced.

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  • Since 2009building topiary to commission
  • 40 fttallest piece built to date
  • 4–10 weekstypical build time
  • US & Canadadelivery and install
Trusted by
  • AG Lighting
  • Bacardi
  • Caesars Palace
  • Cedar Point
  • CME Group Golf
  • Disney
  • Douglas Elliman
  • Stamford Downtown
  • Freeman
  • Governors Island
  • Grey Goose
  • Columbus Dispatch Home & Garden Show
  • HomeGoods
  • MAP360
  • Marriott Bonvoy
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • NBC
  • Orlando Museum of Art
  • PGA of America
  • Plantscape
  • Six Flags Great Adventure
  • Smithsonian Zoo
  • Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
  • TJ Maxx
  • Essex County Turtle Back Zoo
  • ULA
  • U.S. Open
  • Ventures Events
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Tiffany.com

Low-upkeep faux, or live where you want it

Faux boxwood holds its shape indoors and out, and nobody has to water it. Live pieces can have automatic irrigation built in, so one forgotten week does not leave them looking neglected.

Fire-retardant foliage on request

Fire-retardant treatment is available on request for lobbies, atria and enclosed areas. Your fire officer will ask about it before sign-off, so raise it at quote stage.

Matching pairs and repeat orders

Entrances need pairs, and a hotel group needs the fifth property to match the first. Marriott and Caesars Palace both order this way. We keep your specification on file, so a re-order is the same piece.

Built for
  • Caesars Palace
  • Cedar Point
  • Marriott Bonvoy
  • Six Flags Great Adventure
What we build for this

Three ways hotels usually start.

Pieces hotels order most, as a starting point. Each is quoted for your site, with delivery and install in the same quote.

Entrance pairs

Entrance pairs

Matched spirals, cones or balls either side of a lobby or covered entrance door. The most common hotel order.

Quoted per project 21 pieces to choose from → Lobby statement pieces

Lobby statement pieces

One-off sculptures built to your brief: a brand shape, an animal, a landmark.

Quoted per project 116 pieces to choose from → Grounds and terraces

Grounds and terraces

Weatherproof pieces on welded frames, built to stand outdoors year round.

Quoted per project 54 pieces to choose from →
Under the foliage

How the piece is engineered.

The parts of a commission a photograph does not show.

An entrance spiral and what is inside it: a steel tube up the full height, a helical armature around it, seated into the planter base.
An entrance spiral and what is inside it: a steel tube up the full height, a helical armature around it, seated into the planter base.

Internal steel tubing above six feet

Anything over six feet gets steel tubing run inside the frame, because pieces in public places get climbed on. They are still sculptures, not climbing structures, and large pieces are anchored for the site.

Galvanized, or powder-coated to order

The armature is welded steel, galvanized against corrosion as standard, with powder coating as an option. It is built to outlive the foliage on it, season after season.

Installed on site, irrigation on request

On-site installation for anything large, across the US and Canada. Live pieces can have automatic irrigation built in, so nobody has to remember them.

See a lobby installation built to a brand mark →

Start to finish

From a brand mark to a lobby.

The client sent a wordmark as artwork. We worked it up as a three-piece sculpture, matched its proportions and letterforms to the mark, and stood it in the lobby lit in the brand color.

  1. The artwork, as supplied 1The artwork, as supplied
  2. Worked up for approval 2Worked up for approval

See the finished pieces →

Drawings

Two things worth seeing before you ask.

What a matched pair means in practice, and what goes into a planter when the piece is alive.

A pair means two pieces built to one specification. We keep that specification, so the fifth property matches the first.
A pair means two pieces built to one specification. We keep that specification, so the fifth property matches the first.
Drainage, soil, root ball and a drip line on an automatic valve. A live piece nobody has to remember to water.
Drainage, soil, root ball and a drip line on an automatic valve. A live piece nobody has to remember to water.
How a commission runs

Four steps, and what we need from you.

  1. 1

    You send the space

    A photo, rough dimensions and your date. A sketch on a napkin is enough to start.

  2. 2

    We come back with a design and a price

    Usually within a few days, including what delivery will cost, quoted separately so nothing is hidden in the piece price.

  3. 3

    Built to order

    The frame is welded and the foliage applied to the design you approved. Progress photos if you want them.

  4. 4

    We deliver and install

    We handle freight and placement, so the piece ends up standing where it belongs instead of in a crate in the loading bay.

Any scale

What “tabletop to forty feet” looks like.

Four sizes we build, drawn next to a person.

Scale drawing: a person, an entrance-sized cone, a life-size animal, and a landmark piece several times human height.
  • A person, for scale
  • Entrance pieces
  • Life-size animals
  • Landmark pieces
The tallest piece built to date is forty feet. The drawing shows approximate scale.
Questions

Before you ask for a quote.

How long does faux topiary last outdoors?

UV-rated faux pieces typically last 5 to 10 years outdoors, and longer indoors. Sun and climate move that number, so tell us where the piece will stand and we will give you a straight estimate.

Can you match our existing planters?

Yes. Send dimensions or a photograph, and we build to fit the planters you already have.

Is fire-retardant foliage available?

Yes. Fire-retardant treatment is available on request for lobbies and other interiors that need it. Ask at quote stage so it is built in from the start.

Who installs it?

We do, for anything large. Smaller pieces ship ready to place.

Do you offer trade pricing?

Yes, for hospitality groups and repeat orders. Ask when you request a quote.

What if a piece is damaged later?

We keep your specification on file, so a repair or a replacement matches the original.

Talk to us

Ready when you are.

Tell us the size, the setting and the date. We handle design, build, delivery and install.

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