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Designer Vertical Gardens helped Karingal Hub create a vibrant relaxation lounge using premium artificial vertical garden panels, transforming a busy shopping centre space into a more calming, memorable and visually engaging destination.
Discuss Your ProjectKaringal Hub is a well-established shopping centre in the heart of Frankston, Victoria, home to a broad range of lifestyle, fashion, essential services, food and retail stores.
During renovation works, the centre wanted to create a vibrant space where shoppers could rest, wait and connect. The brief called for a strong visual feature that would draw attention, improve ambience and support a more relaxing customer experience without adding ongoing maintenance demands.
A premium artificial green wall was the ideal solution, offering lush foliage, visual warmth and a resort-inspired atmosphere while avoiding watering, trimming, plant replacement and ongoing horticultural maintenance.
The artificial green wall helped convert a standard seating area into a more inviting shopping centre lounge where visitors could pause, rest and enjoy the space.
Warm pendant lighting combined with dense foliage created a premium hospitality-inspired atmosphere within the shopping centre environment.
The foliage wall added height, texture and depth to the lounge area, helping soften hard shopping centre surfaces and improve the visual quality of the space.
The design introduced a natural-looking backdrop that helped create a calmer, more comfortable and visually engaging area for shoppers.
The installation transformed a waiting zone into a stronger destination area, improving comfort, dwell time and overall customer experience.
The completed greenery feature gave the lounge a more refined, relaxing and premium finish suitable for a major shopping centre environment.
Karingal Hub needed a visual upgrade that would be practical for a busy public retail environment. Natural plants would require watering, pruning, replacement and ongoing care, which would add operational complexity in a high-traffic centre.
The team selected 16 x 1m artificial vertical garden panels and a Split Philodendron artificial plant to create a lush tropical backdrop with a strong commercial fitout finish.
Modern shopping centres are increasingly competing on experience, not just tenancy mix. Greenery can help turn underused areas into more inviting places that encourage shoppers to stay longer and feel more connected to the environment.
The completed installation created a lush, tropical-inspired space that helped soften the retail environment and give shoppers a more enjoyable place to pause.
The centre gained the look of living greenery without the costs and upkeep associated with real plants, irrigation systems, pruning schedules or replacement planting.
Yes. Artificial green walls are ideal for shopping centres because they provide lush, consistent greenery without watering, pruning, drainage, soil or ongoing plant replacement.
Yes. They help make seating and waiting areas feel calmer, more welcoming and more visually appealing, especially in busy retail environments.
Yes. Commercial-grade artificial greenery is commonly used in retail centres, hospitality venues, offices and public fitout environments where low maintenance and consistent presentation are important.
Yes. Artificial panels can often be installed quickly as part of a renovation or final fitout stage, without requiring irrigation or plant establishment time.
Planning a shopping centre, retail precinct, food court or commercial lounge transformation? Speak with Designer Vertical Gardens about premium artificial greenery solutions.
