Hillside residence
Fiddle-leaf, indoor-outdoor room
A faux fiddle-leaf holding its own beside the pool deck — full sun, walls of glass, and not a drop of watering.
Handcrafted botanical design
Custom faux plants & botanical light fixtures
Large handcrafted artificial trees, bespoke faux plantscapes, and greenery-integrated light fixtures — built piece by piece by The Plant Artist, our design studio, and installed across Los Angeles and Orange County by the same family since 1986.
Large handcrafted trees
Statement trees for spaces live plants can't survive
Some of the most beautiful spaces in LA are the hardest ones to keep a live tree alive in: dim corners, double-height stairwells, spots ten feet from the nearest window. That's where a handcrafted faux tree wins — like the preserved bonsai pine shown here, rising from its own raked-gravel garden on an office mezzanine.
- No light needed: thrives in windowless rooms, dim corners, and deep floor plans.
- Made for tall spaces: stairwells, atriums, and double-height lobbies where live trees are impractical to place and care for.
- Zero water, zero care schedule: no irrigation, no service visits — just an occasional dusting.
- Always perfect: full and green on day one and year five, with no off days.
Want live, growing greenery where your light allows it? We do that too — see our office plant service. We'll tell you honestly which fits each spot.
Recent custom work
Built for the space, not off the shelf
No two pieces are alike — each one is designed for its exact spot, then built to fit it.
Lobby
Lavender garden, modern lobby
A bespoke faux lavender garden bringing soft color and texture to a lobby — permanently in bloom, never in decline.
Elevator lobby
Cherry blossom, elevator lobby
A hand-built cherry blossom in permanent bloom — soft color and sculptural branches for a lobby where no live tree could thrive.
The craft
Every tree built by hand, branch by branch
These aren't showroom trees pulled from a catalog. Each piece is handcrafted in the studio — trunk, branches, and foliage shaped one at a time the way the real species grows, then sized to your ceiling height and sightlines. The photo here shows one of our olive trees mid-build.
It's the difference you feel without being able to name it: the asymmetry, the density of the canopy, the way the branches carry their weight. It's why people touch our trees before they believe them.
Our custom pieces are designed and built by The Plant Artist, our design studio — the same studio behind our preserved moss walls — and installed by our own crew.
Botanical light fixtures
Lighting and greenery in one suspended piece
Our botanical light fixtures weave greenery directly into architectural lighting — a linear fixture trailing foliage over a conference table, a glowing canopy above a bar, a green halo over reception. One suspended piece does the work of both, and it becomes the thing people photograph.
Each fixture is designed for its room by The Plant Artist, our design studio, and installed cleanly by our crew. Because the greenery needs no water or sunlight, the fixture stays as perfect as the day it went up.
Fixtures in the wild
Over tables, bars & reception desks
Reception
Reception canopy
Suspended greenery and warm light over the front desk — a first impression that starts before anyone says hello.
Sculptural
Geometric statement
A triangular greenery fixture that reads as sculpture — proof the shape can be anything the room calls for.
Hospitality
Dining room frame
A suspended greenery frame floating over a dining room — atmosphere and lighting in a single install.
The studio behind the work
By The Plant Artist, our design studio
The custom pieces on this page come from The Plant Artist, the modern design studio our family runs alongside Area Indoor Plants — known for preserved moss walls, large handcrafted faux trees, and botanical light fixtures. You'll find our work in flagship restaurants, headquarters lobbies, and hillside homes across Los Angeles and Orange County — the kinds of spaces where every detail gets noticed, and where the greenery has to hold up to that standard.
One family covers the whole arc: the studio designs and builds the piece, and our own crew delivers and installs it — the same people, start to finish.
See more of the studio's work at theplantartist.co or on Instagram at @theplantartist.la.
How it works
From design consult to install day
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Design consult
We visit your space, measure, and talk species, scale, and style. Within one business day you have a written proposal — free, no obligation.
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Custom build
The Plant Artist, our design studio, crafts your piece by hand — tree, plantscape, or light fixture — sized to your space before install day.
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Installation
Our own crew delivers and installs the finished piece cleanly and securely. Then it simply looks perfect — no water, no light, no care schedule.
Questions
Custom plant questions, answered
Do custom faux plants really look realistic?
Yes — that's the whole point of building them by hand. Each tree is crafted branch by branch and shaped the way the real species grows, so it reads as real from across the room and up close. Visitors routinely have to touch our olive trees before they believe it.
Do faux plants and botanical light fixtures need any maintenance?
Almost none. There's no watering, no light requirement, and no plant-care schedule — an occasional gentle dusting keeps a faux tree or greenery light fixture looking exactly the way it did on install day, year after year.
How much do custom faux plants and light fixtures cost?
Every piece is quoted per project, because each one is designed and built for your space — size, species, and design drive the price. Schedule a free on-site walk-through and you'll have a written proposal with exact pricing within one business day, no obligation. Call (818) 957-8719 to set it up.
Ready to see your space greener?
Free on-site walk-through, written proposal within one business day, and the same family behind every install since 1986.