Established in 2017
Certified Horticulturists
BCLNA, PAMA & CCIBC Members
Commercial & Strata Specialists
Liability Insured & WorkSafeBC Compliant
Your landscape is part of your property’s reputation.
An inviting entrance, a cared-for frontage, and healthy planting help a commercial property feel established and welcoming. Overgrown shrubs, struggling lawns, and neglected beds can send a different message—even when the businesses inside are doing everything right.
We pay attention to where your landscape has the greatest impact. Main entrances, tenant signage, street-facing beds, and pedestrian routes help shape the experience of arriving at your property. Those areas inform our maintenance priorities and recommendations.
Whether you manage a business park, office building, or retail property, our aim is to make the landscape an asset to the businesses it serves.
Good service considers what’s happening around it.
Your property stays in use while we work. Customers are arriving, employees are moving between buildings, and deliveries need access. We discuss those patterns with you before setting up service.
Our crews consider entrances, pedestrian traffic, parked vehicles, and loading areas as they move through the site. Planning the work around those conditions helps maintenance fit more comfortably into the property’s day.
Service timing discussed around business activity
Care when working beside vehicles and storefronts
Consideration for customer and tenant access
Work areas left tidy at the end of each visit
A familiar contact for your property.
We get to know your expectations, tenant considerations, and approval process. Whether you’re planning a seasonal display or addressing an area that needs attention, you have someone to talk it through with.
From the grounds to your next management decision.
You may need to answer a tenant’s question, update ownership, or put forward next year’s landscape budget. Our reports give you a useful record of the work and the recommendations behind it.
Spring & mid-season
Property Assessments
A broader review of landscape condition, including lawn health, planting, irrigation concerns, and areas showing decline. We identify priorities and explain where renewal or additional work would be worthwhile, helping you consider improvements before committing funds.
After every service visit
Service Reports
A visit-by-visit record of completed tasks, observations, and upcoming work. Share updates with your designated contacts or refer back to them when questions arise about a particular area or maintenance activity.
Small changes are easier to address when someone notices.
A dry patch beside a healthy lawn. A shrub beginning to obscure a sign. Water reaching the pavement instead of the planting bed. Regular visits help us recognize changes that might otherwise go unnoticed.
We address what falls within the maintenance scope and bring other concerns to your attention. When an issue needs a repair, separate approval, or another contractor, you have an observation to follow up on.
It’s part of being your outdoor concierge: paying attention to the grounds while we’re there.
What we watch for
- Plant growth affecting signage or pedestrian clearance
- Declining shrubs, trees or lawn areas
- Damaged edging, paving or curbs
- Visible irrigation leaks and uneven watering
- Standing water or changes in drainage
- Areas that would benefit from renewal and need a refresh
Every part of the landscape has a purpose.
The lawn along the road, the planting beside a storefront, and the flowers at the main entrance each contribute differently to your property. We build the maintenance scope around what is growing, how the grounds are used, and the standard of presentation you want to maintain.
Routine care forms the foundation. Irrigation, seasonal displays, planting improvements, and winter services can be coordinated around it, with inclusions and additional costs clearly set out.
| Service | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape Maintenance | In scope | In scope | In scope | In scope |
| Irrigation | In scope | In scope | In scope | Not applicable |
| Planting & Renewal | In scope but restricted | In scope but restricted | In scope but restricted | In scope but restricted |
| Snow & Ice Management | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | In scope |
| Landscape Repairs | In scope but restricted | In scope but restricted | In scope but restricted | In scope but restricted |
| Watering services | Not applicable | To confirm | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Your proposal identifies the services included in your maintenance program. Additional planting, repairs, irrigation, and winter services are specified or quoted separately.
An attractive landscape attracts business.
At an office property, the landscape may frame the daily arrival, connect buildings, and provide somewhere pleasant to take a break. At a retail site, visibility from the road, storefront access, and customer-facing planting may carry more weight.
Business parks can have extensive roadside beds, shared entrances, and landscaping beside service areas. We discuss which spaces need the strongest presentation and where a simpler maintenance approach makes sense.
That understanding helps us direct the work where it matters to your tenants, visitors, and management priorities.
Commercial Landscape Priorities
customer-facing areas
Welcoming entrances, visible signage and planting that complements the business on site.
working areas
Attention to plant clearance around walkways, signage, parking areas and access areas.
Also managing residential communities? Explore our strata and condo maintenance.
Give the right places a little more presence.
Annual flower displays can bring colour to a business park entrance or refresh a prominent frontage. Replacing tired shrubs, filling gaps, and renewing a planting bed can make the property feel better cared for without redesigning the entire landscape.
We recommend improvements with their ongoing care in mind—considering light, soil, irrigation, and the space available. Proposals can focus on a single area or spread renewal across several seasons to suit your budget.
Show us the property through your eyes.
what matters to you?
Perhaps the entrance needs more impact, tenants are asking about the grounds, or you need a better understanding of the landscape’s condition. A site visit gives us the chance to hear those concerns and see the setting before recommending a program.
Walk the Site
Review the entrances, frontages, planting and the less visible areas together.
Understand the Operation
Discuss tenant activity, access requirements and service considerations.
Agree on the Standard
Establish presentation expectations, maintenance priorities and budget considerations.
Prepare the Proposal
Set out the recommended scope, service schedule and any initial improvements.
Commercial grounds across
Metro Vancouver
Tandem serves commercial properties in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, and Langley. From exposed roadside planting to shaded beds beside buildings, our recommendations consider the growing conditions found on your site.
Who we work with
Commercial property managers
Property Owners
Asset & Facility Managers
Contact us with your location and the type of property you manage to discuss service availability.
A few questions you may have.
We’ll discuss the details specific to your property during the walkthrough.
Request a consultationCan you plan maintenance around our tenants and business hours?
We discuss operating hours, busy periods, deliveries, and access requirements when planning service. Those details help us determine suitable visit timing and how to organize work on site.
Do you install and maintain annual flower displays?
Yes. We can propose seasonal planting for entrances, frontage beds, and other focal points. Plant selection considers light, watering, and the effect you want to achieve. Installation and ongoing care are included in the agreed scope or quoted separately.
We quote after walking the property, not before.
Can you improve an existing landscape without replacing everything?
Yes. We assess what is healthy and worth retaining, then recommend targeted improvements. Filling planting gaps, renewing a bed, adjusting irrigation, or replacing unsuitable plants can be practical starting points.
How do you price commercial maintenance?
We consider the maintained area, planting density, site access, existing condition, required tasks, and visit frequency. After walking the property, we prepare a proposal identifying routine maintenance and any recommended initial work.
Can irrigation and winter services be arranged with maintenance?
Yes. Irrigation services and snow and ice management can be coordinated alongside landscape maintenance. Each service has a defined scope, with winter coverage and response priorities agreed in advance.
Let’s make your grounds work better for your business.
Tell us what you want people to notice when they arrive—and what you need from the team caring for it. We’ll walk the site with you and recommend a practical way forward.