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  Space Planning with Plants and Planters: A pictorial overview


Raised and column style planters display smaller plants at eye level. The additional height allows smaller plants to be considered for the space. This is especially helpful in low light situation where the ability to use a larger plant maybe limited.

Date palms planted in column planters studded with a steel gray finish.
 
The white column planters planted with ZZ plants complement the modern furnishings.
   
Colorful crotons in raised "flying-saucer" planters offer a distinctive modern style.
 
This plant and planter combo defines the boundaries for a seating space in a high-traffic lobby. Aspidistra with pothos underplantings is pictured.



High traffic areas such as elevator banks, hallways and corridors are prime places for plants. Although space is generally limited, it is here at the entrance of your office suite where visitors develop a first impression.

Sansevieria planted with pothos in a classical rectangle planter.
 
Sansevieria planted in a modern bronze rectangle planter.

Sansevieria planted in a slate gray trapezoid rectangle planter.
 
A Kentia palm marks the entrance of an office suite.

A graceful kentia palm at the entrance of a main stair well.
 
Arboricola bushes planted in a bronze trapezoid rectangle planter.



The calming qualities of plants make indoor foliage ideal for conference rooms and spaces where deals are made.

A Fiddle Leaf Fig adorns the interior of this conference space. Sanevieria in the corridor can be seen from inside the room.
 
A braided Arboricola tree provides the only natural element in this sleek industrial space.

This Schefflera is raised on a column so the leaves don't get in the way of chair movement and also provide visibility from every angle within the room.
 







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