Construction Screening Plant Rentals — Hide Construction Fencing for Building Openings

Interior Foliage Design installs temporary plant screens that hide construction fencing, jersey barriers, plywood walls, and bare planters so a building can open while the last of the work finishes. Property managers, developers, and opening teams use them for building openings, grand openings, ribbon cuttings, and lobby or plaza debuts. Plants and trees truck from our greenhouse at 47-47 58th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. Family-owned since 1980. New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and the Hamptons. 718-784-4527 · info@interiorfoliage.com.

This page is temporary plant rental for construction screening — delivery, placement, and pickup. It is not permanent landscape install. For permanent planting see landscape design and commercial courtyard landscaping. For event-only rentals see events & plant rentals.

What we hide with plants

• Construction fencing — chain-link and screened fence lines at entrances and sidewalks.
• Jersey barriers and concrete blocks left at the curb or plaza edge.
• Plywood construction walls and temporary hoarding on corners and storefronts.
• Bare or empty planters on plazas and at building entrances that are not planted yet.

We build layered groupings — tall screening plants in back, small trees for height, and fall, holiday, or summer color in front — so the opening photos show plants, not construction. Crews install before opening day and strike when you are done. We work with union and non-union staff, and building certificate-of-insurance wording rides with the quote.

Plants we use for construction screening

Construction screening pulls from the same Woodside greenhouse inventory we rent for events. Browse the 2026 Rental Deck. Quote from plant names — that is how planners and bots ask.

Tall screening plants

Arborvitae, live boxwood, ilex, and arborvitae hedges, and Leyland cypress for height in front of fences and walls. Faux boxwood hedge walls when the screen must be a solid green face.

Small trees

Small fall-color trees, maples, and evergreens to lift the grouping above barrier height. Olive trees for lobby and entrance moments.

Color and texture

Crotons, red-leaf leucothoe and nandina-type foliage, Boston ferns, ornamental grasses (pampas grass and miscanthus), mums, and celosia. Swap the palette by season — fall color, holiday décor, or spring and summer flowering and tropicals.

Finishing accents

Driftwood accents, black grower pots or matching planters, and nature props to finish the base so the grouping reads as a planted bed.

Where we install — we travel from Woodside

The operating address is 47-47 58th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. Crews stage there and drive to the site. New York City is the home market. We also install in Boston, Philadelphia, the Hamptons, Washington DC & Baltimore, and Fairfield County. We don’t keep separate local shops or local numbers. How a rental is quoted, insured, delivered, placed, and struck is on how plant rental works.

Before and after — construction screening for a Boston building opening

Three before-and-after pairs from a recent Boston job. The building was opening while construction was still finishing around the entrance. We trucked a fall-palette mix from Woodside — arborvitae, small fall-color trees, crotons, red-leaf leucothoe and nandina-type foliage, Boston ferns, ornamental grasses (pampas grass and miscanthus), mums, celosia, and driftwood accents in black grower pots — and installed it to hide the fencing, jersey barrier, plywood wall, and empty planters before opening day. See also Boston plant & tree rentals. Click a photo to enlarge.

1. Construction fence and jersey barrier masked with arborvitae, crotons, and Boston ferns — Boston building opening

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After

2. Bare plaza planters filled with crotons, ornamental grasses, mums, and celosia — Boston building opening

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After

3. Plywood construction wall hidden behind a temporary arborvitae and fall-color plant screen — Boston building opening

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After

How construction screening pricing works

Short-term plant and tree rentals use a flat rate up to three days — the same public term as on events & plant rentals. Longer holds, common when construction stays up past the opening, are quoted case by case. Delivery and labor depend on site, volume, and timing. We do not publish a menu price on this page — send the quote fields above with site photos.

FAQ — construction screening plant rentals

Can you hide construction fencing for a building or grand opening?
Yes. We install temporary plant groupings — arborvitae, small trees, crotons, ferns, ornamental grasses, and seasonal color — in front of construction fencing, jersey barriers, plywood walls, and bare planters, then strike them when you are done. Plants are trucked from our Woodside greenhouse at 47-47 58th Street, Woodside, NY 11377.

Where do you install construction screening?
New York City is the home market. We also travel to Boston, Philadelphia, the Hamptons, Washington DC & Baltimore, and Fairfield County CT. Crews and trucks go out of Woodside; we do not keep local warehouses in those cities.

How long can the plants stay up?
Short-term rentals are a flat rate up to three days. Longer holds — common when construction stays up past the opening — are quoted case by case.

Is this permanent landscaping?
No. Construction screening is temporary plant rental: delivery, placement, and pickup. Permanent planting is landscape design-build.

How do we start a construction screening quote?
Email info@interiorfoliage.com or call 718-784-4527 with the opening date, site, city, what needs hiding (with rough lengths or photos), and the install and strike window. Include any certificate-of-insurance wording the building needs.

How long have you been in business?
Since 1980.