Landscaping for the Superstition Springs Corridor

Retail landscapes that earn a second visit

Also known as: Superstition Springs, Superstition Springs Center

About 25 million shopping visits a year. That's a lot of people judging your parking islands.

Select Mesa, citing Placer.AI, counts about 25 million visits a year to shopping locations around Superstition Springs, with visitors staying an average of 78 minutes. That's a lot of walking between the car and the door. Parking lot islands, entry beds and pad-site frontage are what shoppers see first, so they need steady weed control, shrubs kept low enough to protect sightlines and signs, and trees pruned up and away from drive lanes.

Big parking fields get hot. Asphalt soaks up sun all summer, and healthy shade trees are one of the few things that make a lot bearable. Keeping them healthy takes deep, slow watering on drip, granite or mulch where it belongs, and pruning that builds a strong canopy instead of topping it. When an island tree dies, replacing it sooner keeps a gap in the shade from becoming a permanent hot spot.

The corridor isn't only retail. Banner Health tops Select Mesa's list of area employers, followed by companies like DriveTime and UPS. Medical and office sites need safe walkways, working site lighting and irrigation that stays off the sidewalk. One crew on a set schedule keeps all of it consistent, and a single point of contact makes it easier to plan seasonal work like pre-monsoon tree pruning across several buildings at once.