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. Your plants are sourced and staged in the Mid-Atlantic, delivered and installed by our crew — so they arrive fresh and local, styled by the shop that's built stages for Meta, Hyundai, KPMG, and Reuters.
Past clients include
Every photo here is real: our plants at events we've styled, staged homes, and our own shop. No stock photos.




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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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 work your venue's move-in window — dock times, freight elevators, security check-ins, early calls — and place every plant to your floor plan.
Before doors open we walk the room with you and move anything that isn't sitting right. Rooms always read differently once they're built.
We collect everything inside your strike window. Nothing to store, nothing to return, nothing left on the floor for your GC to deal with.
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.
An itemized proposal with photos of the actual plants, suggested placements, and one clear price — including the Washington, DC delivery and labor line.
Our crew works your move-in window and fine-tunes the room with you before doors open.
We strike and haul everything out before your move-out deadline. The plants go back into rotation, not a dumpster.
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.
We work the Bay Area out of our own San Jose shop.
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.
Pricing is per plant, and one rental price covers your event for up to three days. There's a $3,000 minimum per event. Delivery and setup are billed separately based on your venue, its access rules, your move-in window, and the size of the install. 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're an events business, not a set-dressing house — we rent and install rather than sell or build.
Delivery, installation and styling to your floor plan, a walk-through with you before doors open, then full teardown and pickup after. You never lift, store, or return anything. The one thing we don't do is stay on site to water during your event, so we pick and prep plants that look their best for the whole 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.
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. We invoice — no payment is taken before you've seen and approved the proposal.
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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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.
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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