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 plantersWe rent plants for conferences, trade shows, launches, and corporate events across Washington, DC. We help bring the room together with plants and planters chosen for your look. Your proposal confirms delivery, pickup, indoor placement and loading-dock responsibilities for your event.
Past clients include
Every photo here comes from a real Preserve project — events, staged homes, and plant-styling details. No stock photos.





From The Preserve portfolio
Featured installation: San Francisco Bay Area
For a corporate leadership gathering, The Preserve coordinated an order itemizing 296 plants, plus separate special-order lots, across reception and hospitality spaces. See the outdoor bars, cocktail deck and indoor planting in this completed Bay Area project.
Complex filmed its conversation with Steph Curry in a plant-filled space styled by The Preserve. That same eye for scale, texture, and camera-ready detail guides every plant plan we create.
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Complex · 360 With Speedy
Your job is to tell us the room and the look. Ours is that the plants show up on time, hold up all week, and vanish before your move-out deadline.
We plan around your venue's move-in window and security requirements. Your proposal confirms the handoff point, indoor movement and placement responsibilities before booking.
We help you choose plants that suit the room and the look you want. Your proposal confirms whether on-site styling is included and who places the plants.
We arrange collection from the agreed pickup point within your confirmed window. The proposal makes clear who gathers the plants and returns them to the loading dock when required.
Fully insured, with COIs sent straight to your venue in whatever format it demands. Convention floors, museums, and association offices are particular; we handle it.
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.
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 plantersBooths · 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 vignetteMainstage · panels · press walls
Arrangements that frame your speakers nicely on stage and on camera, without stealing focus.
Custom per stage plot & shot listTables · 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 setsConvention floors, landmark halls, museums, hotel ballrooms, waterfront rooms, and association headquarters. If your venue isn't here, it almost certainly still works — ask.
Delivering across
Dates, venue, booth or room number, and the look you want. A floor plan helps; send the exhibitor manual too if the venue has one.
Plant options, reference images and suggested placements, with planters included in each plant price and a separate one-time $500 non-taxable delivery charge.
We confirm your move-in window and the delivery handoff. Indoor placement and loading-dock responsibilities are agreed in your proposal.
We collect from the agreed pickup point before your move-out deadline. Your proposal confirms any gathering and return-to-dock responsibilities.
Multi-day shows at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and conferences at the Marriott Marquis. Booth packages, mainstage backdrops, and lounges built to hold through the full run.
Annual meetings, policy conferences, all-hands, launches, and holiday parties across Downtown, Penn Quarter, NoMa, and Capitol Riverfront. Recurring calendars welcome — we keep your spec on file.
Activations, press days, launches, and pop-ups. You send the deck and the layout; we send a proposal with photos of the actual plants, not a mood board.
Plants that photograph well and hold through weeks of showings. We work your showing calendar, not a single event date.
We cover event addresses across Washington, DC — from Northwest hotel and museum rooms to Northeast creative venues and the Southwest and Capitol Riverfront waterfronts. Your plants are sourced and staged in the Mid-Atlantic, so nothing travels further than it should before it reaches your venue.
For now, we quote Washington, DC addresses only. Send the exact venue and we'll confirm the route and load-in plan.
One plant palette, one styling standard, and one point of contact across the cities below.
The things Washington planners ask us most, so you can scope your event without waiting on an email.
Yes. We quote event addresses across the District, from Georgetown, Dupont Circle, and Mount Vernon Square through Downtown, Penn Quarter, Capitol Hill, NoMa, Union Market, Navy Yard, and the Southwest Waterfront. We are keeping this page's service promise to DC proper for now. Tell us your venue and we'll confirm the route and load-in plan.
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Marriott Marquis Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building, National Building Museum, Mellon Auditorium, Union Station, waterfront venues at The Wharf, Union Market's Dock5, landmark hotels, and association headquarters across the District. Loading docks, freight elevators, and early calls are a normal part of the plan.
Plant rental starts at a $3,000 minimum per event. Pricing is per plant for your agreed rental duration, with planters included. Delivery is a separate one-time $500 non-taxable charge. Longer rentals are quoted for the full period from drop-off through pickup. Your itemized proposal confirms plant selection, quantities, applicable plant-rental taxes, service responsibilities and the total before booking. Most Washington conference and activation builds land at $3,000–$12,000. Full-floor, multi-zone, and multi-city programs can scale beyond $100,000.
Four to six weeks is ideal, and larger builds want more. Spring association meetings, the fall conference calendar, and December's holiday events can compress delivery and install windows across Downtown. We can often still take rush requests — ask and we'll tell you straight away what's possible for your date.
Yes — the exhibit halls, ballrooms, and meeting levels. We work to the show's move-in and move-out schedule and build the plan around the exhibitor manual, general contractor, dock instructions, and any labor rules in effect for your event. Send the manual and booth number with your request so the quote reflects the real access window rather than a guess.
Yes, if we choose for the exposure. Washington summers are hot and humid, which many tropicals like, but hard afternoon sun, thunderstorms, and wind on rooftops or the waterfront change what we use and where we place it. Cold-weather events call for protected load-ins and indoor placements for tender material. Tell us whether the space is covered, exposed, or on the water and we'll spec accordingly. We don't staff on-site watering during events, so this choice matters and we make it up front.
Yes, and they're some of our favorite jobs. Activations, press days, pop-ups, and launches at Union Market, The Wharf, hotel event floors, museums, and unexpected rooms all work the same way: send the layout and the look, we send a proposal with photos of the actual plants. We provide event plant rentals, with delivery, indoor placement and pickup responsibilities confirmed in your proposal.
Plants arrive in their included planters, with delivery and pickup arranged for your event. Your proposal confirms whether indoor movement and placement are included or handled by your team, along with loading-dock handoff and return responsibilities. We don't staff on-site watering during the rental.
Yes. We're fully insured for every event and provide Certificates of Insurance on request. Send us your venue's insurance requirements — Washington convention, museum, hotel, and institutional venues often have specific limits, additional-insured language, and access instructions — and we'll handle the paperwork directly with them.
Tell us right away. For larger builds we plan backup stock with the install; otherwise replacement timing depends on the plant, venue access, and the remaining service window. Because the material is sourced and staged in the Mid-Atlantic, we'll give you the fastest realistic option available from inside the region.
Full payment is due 10 calendar days before your confirmed drop-off date. Your approved proposal and invoice set out the payment deadline and any agreed event-specific exceptions. We confirm the scope and terms before you book.
Yes. Stagers and listing agents are a real part of our business. The same per-plant pricing covers a single statement tree in an entry or greenery through a whole listing, and we work to your showing calendar rather than a single event date.
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Bring the room to life without buying plants you will need to care for afterward. We arrange collection when your event wraps up.
If you'd like us on your Washington event, fill out the form or email us directly. We currently quote venues and event addresses inside Washington, DC.
Heads up: we have an order minimum of $3,000 per event.Prefer email?
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