Blooming On Kauai

Kauai’s luxury hotel properties draw visitors from across the globe. As Hawaii’s “garden isle,” travelers are drawn to the lush, tropical grounds, beachfront resorts and exciting range of landscapes that vary throughout the island. (That’s what we love about our microclimates!)

Delight your hotel guests by giving them an authentic taste of Kauai with landscape features that showcase your property’s beauty.

Thoughtful, consistent maintenance is a big part of creating a beautiful experience for hotel guests. When maintenance is neglected, your property’s landscape “assets” quickly become eyesores.

The landscaping on your Kauai property can be an incredible asset, drawing guests to your grounds and providing an attractive environment for business and leisure. Or, the landscape can represent a major risk—especially when inclement weather sweeps the island.

Coconuts become serious (even fatal) flying objects. Stray branches can rip off of trees, causing harm to plants and creating a trip-and-fall hazard on the property. Break walls and beach entries that are not secure are dangerous places, especially for visitors who are less accustomed to Kauai’s weather whims and the reckless nature of our ocean.

The good news is, these 5 landscape maintenance tasks can keep your property safe during the calm, and the storms.

After a while, every property can use landscape enhancements beyond general maintenance to keep the grounds looking fresh, relevant and inviting. Kauai commercial property owners who recognize that their landscapes should be dynamic and change with the times might invest in new plants or a modern addition, such as a water feature or seating space,.

Think about it this way: Every so often, you probably add a new accessory or shirt — maybe an entire outfit — to your wardrobe. Keeping your appearance updated makes feel confident, and other people notice.

The same is true for your commercial property’s landscape. Even small enhancements give your landscape a shot of “new” that pays off on the bottom line, drawing in people who will spend.

Good habits start at home. No Ka Oi is a home of hard-working employees who are dedicated to their work and to our company, and they carry the good habits we establish into the field when they maintain and install landscapes on Kauai’s commercial properties. We’re talking about safety.

Safety is a key concern in the landscaping industry. We operate a whole range of equipment all day, every day. We load and unload trucks, we scale 100-foot palm trees, and we run power tools to prune, edge, trim and beautify your property. All of this comes with a responsibility—and some risk.

That’s why we focus intently on ingraining our safety culture into our people. We don’t just talk about “safety first”; we live and breathe it. Our company has been recognized nationally by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) for maintaining a scratch-free fleet and employee incident rate for four years in a row.

Landscaping acts as an attractive traffic guide, easing you through a commercial property’s entrance, encouraging you to walk this way or that, drawing your eye to points of interest, and discouraging you from driving or stepping into safety hazards.

Most of us never think about the important work landscaping does on a Kauai commercial property. Well-designed landscaping serves a purpose beyond adding aesthetic value — we’re talking about form and function.   

Specific landscape elements and principles are built into the plan to improve traffic flow and the guest experience.

Curb appeal takes a lot of credit in the landscape—and there’s a lot to be said about creating “wow factor” to woo visitors and customers to your Kauai commercial property. After all, the reason people travel to Hawaii’s Garden Isle is to be surrounded by beauty: mountains, the ocean, tropical rainforest, pristine golf courses, luxury resorts, characteristic Kauai landscapes that are postcard perfect.

So, is your commercial property giving visitors, residents and others who work, live or play there something beautiful to experience?

At No Ka Oi, we believe that even a few simple enhancements to the landscape can make a significant statement on your Kauai commercial property. You don’t have to spend a lot to make a big impact. But you do have to turn your attention toward details, safety and maintenance.

Landscaping is the welcome mat to multi-family living complexes, and tenants who live in Kauai's many apartment homes desire the same level of curb appeal as owners of single-family residences. In fact, Association of Apartment Owners (AOAO) tenants may hold higher expectations for their landscapes because they know the association hires professionals to maintain the property. It should look nearly perfect and have the lush feel they love about the Garden Isle.

A satisfied tenant who’s proud of her property’s landscape means a happy association manager. So, what does it take to properly maintain Kauai AOAO properties, and what can a landscape maintenance firm that is focused on commercial clients do to ensure that the AOAO is an appealing property for tenants?

Here are some common gripes tenants have about their AOAO landscapes, and how a Kauai commercial landscape maintenance firm should address these concerns.