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 plantersThe Preserve rents plants and planters for conferences, trade shows and corporate celebrations in Washington, DC. Add flowers for the tables, bars and welcome desk, with one point person and one coordinated proposal.
Past plant-rental 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 holiday celebration, The Preserve coordinated an order itemizing 296 plants, plus separate special-order lots, across reception and hospitality spaces. Explore the outdoor bars, cocktail deck and indoor greenery from this completed Bay Area event.
Complex filmed its conversation with Steph Curry in a plant-filled space selected 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
Plants, flowers and one clear plan for your event. We help coordinate the look and confirm the receiving details before booking.
We drop off your plants and any floral arrangements at the agreed receiving point. Your team or venue handles movement inside the building and placement.
We help you choose plants, flowers and custom planter boxes around one brief, palette and budget. Share the floor plan and the look you want.
Your team returns rental items to the agreed collection point. We pick them up in the confirmed window. Your proposal identifies what to keep and what to return.
We're fully insured, and we send your venue whatever paperwork it needs without you having to ask twice.
Our collections bring life to every part of your event, from the entrance to the tables. 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 setsTables · dinners · bars
Bud vases, centerpieces and bar arrangements that complement your plants and bring your event palette to the tables.
With plant rentals · quoted to your briefStages · lounge dividers · entrances
Frame a stage, define a lounge or bring greenery along a walkway. Wooden planter boxes made for your space and yours to keep. Pair them with our plant rentals for a coordinated look.
Made to order · with or without plant rentalsExplore planter boxesConvention 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
Send us your dates, your layout if you have one, and the look you're going for. A rough sketch or a few inspiration photos are plenty.
We send one itemized proposal with plant photos, any floral or planter-box details, suggested placements and clear pricing.
We drop off your plants and any floral arrangements at the agreed receiving point. Your team or venue handles movement inside the building and placement.
Your team returns rental items to the agreed collection point. We pick them up in the confirmed window. Your proposal identifies what to keep and what to return.
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.
Company holiday parties, employee celebrations and client dinners. Bring warmth to the room with live plants, then add flowers for the tables and bar.
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.
The things Washington planners ask us most, so you can scope your event without waiting on an email.
Yes. We can include bud vases, centerpieces and bar arrangements in your plant-rental proposal. Flowers are quoted for your quantities, palette and date. The $3,000 plant-rental minimum still applies, plus the one-time $500 delivery charge. We don’t offer flower-only orders. Your team handles placement.
Yes. We rent live plants for company holiday parties, office celebrations, employee appreciation events and corporate dinners. Think welcoming entrances, greenery around the bar and relaxed lounge areas. Share your date, venue and preferred look so we can confirm the plant selection, drop-off and pickup. Your team handles placement. See our corporate holiday party case study for a real example.
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 charge. Longer rentals are quoted for the full period from drop-off through pickup. Your itemized proposal confirms plant selection, quantities, 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 drop-off and pickup 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.
Live plants, their agreed planters, drop-off and event-agreed pickup. Your team or venue handles receiving, interior movement, placement and return to the agreed collection point. Setup, installation, on-site planter-box assembly and daily on-site care are not included. We confirm the handoff and who will receive and place the plants before booking.
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 rental; 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 upon receipt of your invoice. Your approved proposal and invoice set out the payment terms and any agreed event-specific exceptions.
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.
Yes. Custom wooden planter boxes are made to order and yours to keep, with or without plant rentals. Standard rental planters remain included with your plants; custom boxes are purchased separately. Explore custom planter boxes →
Purchased boxes belong to you. Your team handles placement and arranges their removal after the event. We collect the rental plants and rental planters at the agreed collection point.
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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.
Share your venue, dates and the look you have in mind. Ask about plants, custom boxes or both. We’ll reply by email.
$3,000 plant-rental minimum + $500 one-time delivery. Standard rental planters included.Custom wooden planter boxes are purchased separately and yours to keep.
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Flowers are available with plant rentals.
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