Plant Le Bacle Horticultural Design

Specialties

Known as PLB, we specialize in personal service. We are a small company that has successfully been in business for over 40 years. (The most important part) We fully acclimate our plants. Other companies ship plants directly from Florida to offices in New York. The drop in lighting is significant, which causes the plants to go into shock. This reduces the chance for the plants to survive in New York. Our plants are much heartier because they are already prepared for the low light office conditions. The office plants we sell are also guaranteed to be of the best quality available. When you call PLB you will be talking to experts with over 40 years of experience in the indoor and outdoor horticultural business.

A large part of our business is installing and maintaining office plants. Maintenance and care includes watering, cleaning, pruning, preventing and killing insects, and plant replacement (at our expense) should your plant die.

Michael’s (the owner) love of the outdoors keeps the business involved in designing and installing apartment terraces and penthouse terraces.

The important part of outdoor work is picking the right species of trees and bushes for each location.

Even though Manhattan is in zone 6B, which is very misleading, when the North West Wind (the killer wind) blows, temperatures will plummet. The vegetation freezes and the wind dehydrates and kills it. Example last year.

*Our New York address is just our office. Please call.

History

Established in 1972.

I started working at Terrestris (first horticultural company in Manhattan) in 1971. I went fully independent by opening a horticultural and design company on 57^th Street in 1975.

I was simultaneously taking horticultural classes at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and the Bronx Botanical Gardens. Through experience I learned the process of acclimating plants. Acclimated plants are much heartier. This prompted me to buy property outside of New York, which I built a series of low light greenhouses. All material is shipped to these greenhouses where they spend an appropriate amount of time before before being moved to New York. Although this is a more expensive way to do business, it is the best way to prepare plants and trees for New York. When dealing with a perishable product such as plants and trees preparation is everything. My goal is to provide a successful horticultural experience for my customers. I personally guarantee a honest and knowledgable opinion.

Meet the Business Owner

Mike B.

Business Owner

After building wooden planters for years, I started sculpting large whales, swans and mermaids using wood. I have my art represented and sold in two art galleries in Nantucket, MA. One is Old Spouter Gallery in Nantucket, MA. I have a beautiful wife and three lovely daughters.