A restaurant is about far more than just the food served to customers. Every restaurant decor choice plays a part in the environment and how diners experience it, and it's worth making sure your café, diner, or restaurant stands out from the competition. Incorporating restaurant decor ideas like hanging greenery, tabletop accents, and entryway styling is one way to make a lasting impression.
Before you decide that's too complicated or too much maintenance, remember that adding greenery doesn't mean you have to choose live plants. Artificial greenery can hang on your walls, sit on tabletops, or greet guests at the door, creating an atmosphere diners love without adding extra work to your day.
Before you look for a local shop that offers good quality artificial plants, think about your specific needs. Greenery can differ from one location to the next, and what you need might not be the same as the café down the street.
Where can greenery be anchored from the walls? Do you have certain restrictions? Would you like it to hang from drywall, brick, concrete, or the ceiling?
Are there certain colours you want to include? Do you prefer bright greens, muted greens, or other colours? What will your customers appreciate the most?
Are there artificial flowers you want to incorporate into the design? How will those fit together with the foliage on your walls or ceilings? Could greenery complement existing wall art in the space?
If you aren't sure about the answers to all these questions, that's okay. When you work with the hanging greenery experts at Greenscape, they can help you through every stage from design to installation and beyond.
The first step to styling hanging greenery in your restaurant is making sure you choose quality plants. Faux plant decor is easier to maintain and can look just as good as the living version. The second step is putting it in the right space, whether that's on walls, ceilings, or both. Placing it in areas with natural light—such as patio entrances or near windows—can help create a seamless look between your indoor plants and your outdoor areas, which adds a realistic feel to your space.
The secret to styling hanging greenery is making sure it doesn't look too perfect or symmetrical. This can be the first sign to diners that it's artificial. Real plants have variations in shape, length, and density, so shaping the plant properly to give it an authentic vibe is essential.
If you're working with a company that provides artificial foliage, like Greenscape, they can give you tips to install it yourself, or take care of the installation process and ensure the greenery looks as realistic as possible.
The way your hanging greenery is installed depends on the type of foliage. Many restaurants choose an artificial greenery wall that's simply placed in the location you want it to exist, ready to go and quick to install.
Artificial walls come in many types. You can go with a wall of mixed greenery, tropicals, moss, or other materials, depending on what matches your vision.
Other options include circles of plants installed onto the wall like a painting. These work as wall art rather than an entire section of wall covered in foliage, and can act as a focal point for the dining space without overwhelming the area. Greenscape can custom-create walls with other elements to meet your needs and install them for you.
Not every restaurant decor idea needs to cover a wall. Small potted arrangements or low, table-friendly greenery are an easy way to bring the same look to individual tables without adding much cost or complexity. Keeping centrepieces low enough that guests can still see and talk across the table matters as much as the style you choose.
Custom planters and modular arrangements can also be used to define sections of a dining room, softening the edges between tables or framing a bar area, without the commitment of a permanent wall installation. Because it's artificial, the look stays consistent through a busy dinner service, and can be swapped seasonally without waiting on anything to grow back in.
The entryway sets the tone before a guest even sits down. A well-placed plant or small tree by the host stand, door, or reception area gives that first impression some warmth, without the risk of a wilting display greeting your guests on a bad week.
Because artificial greenery doesn't need consistent light, it holds up in entryways and waiting areas where natural light is limited, spaces where live plants often struggle the most.
Beyond individual pieces, Greenscape designs and fabricates custom restaurant greenery in-house, walls, dividers, entryway trees, and tabletop arrangements built to match a specific space, brand, and budget. Whether you need a few tabletop pieces or a fully designed installation for your restaurant, Greenscape's team can help from concept through installation.
Very little. No watering, fertilizing, or pruning is required. Occasional dusting is typically all that's needed to keep artificial restaurant greenery looking its best, even in a busy dining room.
Yes. Species, colour, planter style, and scale can all be selected to match a specific interior design or brand, and larger pieces like walls or entryway trees can be custom-built to a space's exact dimensions.
Greenscape's design and installation services for restaurants are focused on British Columbia and Alberta. If you're outside that area, purchased decor pieces can still be shipped Canada-wide for you to style and install yourself.
If you don't know where to start or aren't sure what would suit your space, a Greenscape design expert can help. Greenscape designs, fabricates, and installs custom greenery for restaurants and dining spaces across BC and Alberta.
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