Statement Trees
Entrances · registration · anchors
Olive trees, ficus, and palms from six to twelve feet tall. These are the showpieces guests remember.
6–12 ft · ceramic or woven planters
Plant rentals · Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Plants for your Palace event, worthy of the building.
The Preserve rents plants for galas, conferences, and trade shows at the Palace of Fine Arts. Behind Maybeck's rotunda sits one of the city's largest single-story halls — a vast, flexible interior that takes greenery beautifully when it's specified at the right scale. We deliver into your load-in window, install to your floor plan, and strike on schedule.
Fully insured · COIs provided
Projects from $3,000 to $100K+
In the Marina District
Our shop in San JoseWhere every rental plant is chosen and styled.
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The work
A look at our recent work.
Every photo here is real: our plants at Bay Area events, staged homes, and our own shop. No stock photos.
As seen on Complex
Steph Curry filmed here.
When Complex filmed Steph Curry for an episode of 360 With Speedy, they shot the whole conversation inside our shop. We like to think that says something about how the place looks.
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Full service, start to finish
What we take care of.
The Palace is a landmark in a residential neighborhood, which shapes everything about load-in timing and access. Our job is to fit inside those rules so the plants are simply there, looking right, when doors open.
No. 1
Delivery & install
We schedule against your confirmed load-in window, work the building's access points, and place every plant to your floor plan.
No. 2
On-site styling
We walk the hall with you before doors and adjust anything that reads undersized once the room is fully built.
No. 3
Pickup & teardown
We strike inside your move-out window, including overnight strikes when the building turns around for the next event.
No. 4
Insured & papered
Fully insured, with Certificates of Insurance sent to the venue and your production company ahead of load-in, in the format they require.
The collections
Organized the way you plan a space.
We group our plants by what they do for a room, not by botanical name. Mix and match, and we'll help you put the look together.
Lush Tropicals
Booths · lounges · bars
Monstera, bird of paradise, and kentia palms that make a plain booth or lounge feel warm and inviting.
2–7 ft · grouped 3–9 per vignetteStage & Keynote
Mainstage · panels · press walls
Arrangements that frame your speakers nicely on stage and on camera, without stealing focus.
Custom per stage plot & shot listLounge & Staging Accents
Tables · soft seating · open houses
Ferns, succulents, and trailing pothos in matching pots. The finishing touches for a lounge or a staged home.
Tabletop–3 ft · vessel-matched sets
The rooms
Spaces we green at the Palace.
More than 140,000 square feet of interior space behind the colonnade — a main hall, a mezzanine that overlooks it, a theatre, and a set of breakout rooms.
The main exhibition hallThe centerpiece: one of San Francisco's largest single-story rooms. Expo aisles, gala floors, and general sessions — statement trees and planted clusters that give an enormous span some structure.
Hangar PavilionAround 17,000 square feet of flexible floor for exhibits, dinners, and activations that want their own room within the building.
The AtriumRoughly 13,500 square feet — a natural arrival and reception space, and the spot where entry greenery does the most work.
The mezzanineThe overlook above the main floor. Planting along the rail reads from below and frames every wide photo taken of the room.
Breakout roomsTen or so smaller rooms for sessions, green rooms, and VIP space. Scale the material down, not the intent.
The theatre & lobbyStage framing that reads from the back row, plus lobby greenery for pre-show receptions.
Also nearby
Fort Mason CenterThe PresidioGolden Gate ClubMarina GreenCrissy Field& the northern waterfront
A landmark outside. A blank canvas inside.
Everyone books the Palace for the rotunda, then walks into a hall that is essentially a very large empty volume. That gap is the design problem, and plants are one of the few things that close it at the right speed and cost. We plan the scheme around where guests actually stand — arrival, bars, photo walls, the stage edge — and specify height and mass to match the ceiling rather than the budget line.
The process
How it works, in four steps.
Tell us about the event
Dates, which rooms, and the look you want. A floor plan and your production schedule let us quote against real load-in times rather than guessing.
Get a proposal
An itemized proposal with photos of the actual plants, suggested placements, and one clear price.
We install & style
Our crew works your load-in window and fine-tunes the room with you before doors open.
We pick everything up
We strike inside your move-out window, day or night. The plants go back into rotation, not a dumpster.
Who we serve
Who we work with at the Palace.
Gala & Nonprofit Committees
Entries, auction rooms, and stage framing that photograph well and read from the back of a very large hall.
Conference Organizers
General sessions, expo floors, and breakout rooms under one roof — delivered to your production schedule and struck on time.
Agencies & Producers
You own the show file; we're one clean line in it. Proposal with photos of the actual plants, confirmed load-in windows, one invoice.
Corporate Event Teams
Launches, summits, and holiday parties in a room people remember — greenery that holds up through a full day of doors.
Good to know
Palace of Fine Arts questions.
What planners and producers ask us about working events in the building.
Do you deliver to the Palace of Fine Arts?
Yes. We deliver to the Palace for galas, conferences, expos, and activations — the main hall, the Hangar Pavilion, the Atrium, the mezzanine, the breakout rooms, and the theatre — scheduled to your confirmed load-in window. Delivery is billed by scope and confirmed against your production schedule before we quote.
How much greenery does the main hall actually need?
More height than most people budget for, and fewer pieces than they expect. The hall is enormous and largely open, so small material scattered around simply disappears. We'd rather place tall, sculptural pieces at arrival, the bars, the photo wall, and the stage edge, then let the room breathe between them. Send the floor plan and we'll show you where the money works hardest.
Can you work the building's load-in window and an overnight strike?
Yes. The Palace sits in a residential neighborhood, so access and timing are governed tightly and strike is often overnight. Send your production schedule with your request and we'll plan delivery and teardown against the real times rather than assuming.
Can you provide a Certificate of Insurance for the Palace?
Yes. We're fully insured and send COIs directly to the venue and your production company ahead of load-in, with whatever additional-insured language is required. Send us the requirements and we'll handle the paperwork.
What does plant rental cost for a Palace event?
Pricing is per plant, and one rental price covers your event for up to three days. There's a $3,000 minimum per event, and delivery is billed separately based on your window and the size of the install. Atrium and breakout work typically starts at our $3,000 minimum; full main-hall and multi-space programs can scale beyond $100,000.
Can you do anything with the rotunda and the lagoon outside?
The rotunda and lagoon are public park land rather than part of the rental, so anything placed there is governed by the city's permitting, not the venue's. In practice most clients use the colonnade as a photo backdrop and keep the plant install inside. If your permit does cover the grounds, tell us and we'll spec material that holds up to wind and open exposure.
Will the plants last a multi-day event without watering?
Yes. We spec hardy material for hall light, water and groom everything before it leaves the shop, and one rental price covers up to three days. We don't staff on-site watering during events; for longer runs, ask about a mid-event refresh visit.
How far ahead should we book for the Palace?
Four to six weeks is ideal, and the fall gala season books out earliest. If your date is sooner than that, ask anyway — we'll tell you straight away what's possible.
What if a plant gets damaged mid-event?
We swap it. We keep healthy backups in rotation at our shop and schedule replacements around your event hours.
How do deposits and payment work?
A 50% deposit up front so we can source the exact plants and planters your event needs, and the remaining 50% one week before the event. Events fewer than 20 calendar days away are paid in full at booking, since sourcing and scheduling start immediately. No payment is taken before you've seen and approved the proposal.
Still wondering something? Just ask →
Nothing here is disposable. Every plant comes home to our shop, recovers, and goes back out again.
Renting is reusing. One ficus can appear at dozens of events over its lifetime, and nothing ends up in a dumpster when yours is over.
Get in touch
Tell us about
Tell us about
the event.
A breakout room or the whole hall — fill out the form or email us directly and we'll reply with next steps and a proposal timeline.
Heads up: we have an order minimum of $3,000 per event.Prefer email?
friends@shopthepreserve.com