LOCATION: Salem, Ore.
COMPANY: Pacific Landscape Management
Corporate life can be stressful, but Pacific Landscape Management works hard to maintain the relaxing and traversable outdoor landscape for the four buildings located at Salem’s Creekside Corporate Center.
A four-person crew maintains the campus doing arbor work, mowing and caring for the heavy vegetation, but Mauricio Flores, associate branch manager, says other specialized employees are required, such as a certified sprayer and irrigation technician for the complicated system of water features.
The property is located along Mill Creek, meaning water features play a heavy role in keeping the campus’ peaceful aesthetic. A system of timed pumps, auto fill valves and a well keep water circulating within the reservoir ponds and over the rocky waterfalls.
One interesting tool used on the job is a small boat needed for spreading algae and aquatic weed control products.
“That’s not your conventional kind of landscape setup, but it is necessary to help maintain those ponds to get out there and spread out the material,” Flores says.
The water features and buildings are all brought together by a large mix of vegetation, including escallonia hedges, maple trees and river birches.
Pacific Landscape Management won a silver award from the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program for this project.
a part of the natural trails surrounding the property. Flores says they’re being considered for replacement due to old age. (Photo: Pacific Landscape Management)
