Evolve Corporate Center, Radnor PA

Colorful, tough planting instead of corporate turf

This innovative planting was designed to be an alternative to the ubiquitous turfgrass and over-clipped shrubbery that dominates most corporate office parks. Designed by Phyto’s Claudia West, this blocked planting transforms a series of central parking lot islands into a lush, multi-season spectacle. The planting works within the limited maintenance constraints of the campus, using tough and resilient species that thrive with no irrigation. Installed as a plug planting, the design used density of smaller species in repeating blocks to create an immediate groundcover that minimize impact of weeds. This much beloved planting became a key part of the campus identity.