Gated communities, apartment complexes and campuses are getting swankier by the day, and the meticulously landscaped gardens around them are trying to keep up. Gone are the days of duranta hedges, an avenue of bottle palms, rows of bougainvillea planters and the ubiquitous frangipani in the corner of a clumpy grass lawn. Nurseries and landscaping companies around the country find themselves needing to innovate constantly, adapting gardens to suit the modern aesthetic, while being mindful of the resources that they consume.
