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situation:

The architect firm that designed the atrium remodel at the Bigfork Valley Hospital in northern Minnesota wanted indigenous artificial plants that would compliment the natural northwoods landscape outdoors. The new atrium had an impressive skylight above the planter that directed traffic to the patient care areas.

One challenge was finding IFR™ Foliage (Inherently Fire Retardant) and a artificial plant manufacturer that could handle the complexity of the installation. The artificial plant installation would require fire retardant plant materials installed in a deep planter.

initiatives:

Commercial Silk Int’l approached the architect with our extensive line of IFR™ Foliage (Inherently Fire Retardant). Because our IFR™ chemicals are impregnated into the artificial foliage during the manufacturing process, the need to apply any surface topical fire retardant is eliminated.

We began by working with the architect to select the large artificial trees and artificial plants that would be indicative of a northwoods artificial landscape theme. The design parameters that were considered were colors, textures, and scale of the artificial plants. Once the artificial tree and plant varieties were identified, our team created a landscape design plan for the space. We communicated the artificial landscape design to our client through the use of digital imaging and product specification sheets.

Locating the fire retardant material for the project’s artificial plant installation was complex. Our installation team used steele supports and fire retardant sheet rock to build up the planters, then applied fire retardant moss around the artificial plants, satisfing the need for all materials to be fire retardant.

results:

Commercial Silk Int’l used indigenous fire retardant foliage and material in the atrium’s planter to create an immediate impact. We used large artificial trees, artificial grasses and artificial bushes to compliment the northwoods theme.

location:

Bigfork, MN

products:

ASPEN TREE MULTI STEM
HAWTHORN PLANT
MUGHO PINE PLANT
PRAIRIE GRASS (SPRING GREEN)
SUMAC PLANT
WHITE PINE TREE
WHITE PINE TREE

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