Marshall Gardens, LLC

What Marshall Gardens, LLC does

Marshall Gardens, LLC is a horticultural services company founded circa 2009 and headquartered in the Portland, Oregon metro area. The company provided professional plant care, interior landscaping, and landscape maintenance services to commercial clients in the Portland metro area, with a stated mission of enhancing the prestige of commercial settings through sustainable plant care and exemplary customer service. Its service offering was operational and service-labor in nature, with no proprietary technology, software products, or AI capabilities disclosed; the business ran on recurring customer relationships and on-site plant maintenance rather than technology platforms.

The company operated on a subscription/recurring revenue model, delivering ongoing horticultural services to commercial customers, with a sales-led go-to-market motion targeting businesses requiring professional interior landscaping. Marshall Gardens served a single primary segment — commercial businesses in the Portland metro area — and the customer base, while durable over a 10-year operating period, comprised unnamed local commercial accounts with no publicly disclosed logos or contractual concentration data. Pricing was not publicly disclosed.

On August 1, 2019, Marshall Gardens, LLC was acquired by Ambius North America, itself a subsidiary of Rentokil Initial plc. The acquisition was explicitly designed to expand Ambius's service footprint into the Pacific Northwest market. Marshall Gardens continues to operate under its original brand identity within the Ambius family, which offers a broader portfolio including plant design, scenting, holiday décor, and green walls across 30+ U.S. metro areas and Canadian cities. Post-acquisition, Marshall Gardens operates as a subsidiary brand of Ambius rather than as an independent enterprise.

Name

Marshall Gardens, LLC

Legal name

Marshall Gardens, LLC

Website

https://marshallgardensonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Marshall Gardens, LLC is a horticultural services company founded circa 2009 that provided professional plant care, interior landscaping, and maintenance to commercial clients in the Portland metro area. It was acquired by Ambius North America in August 2019 and continues operating under its original brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape & Horticultural Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscaping Services (56173)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Landscaping & Grounds Maintenance (BPABADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Seasonal Color, Planting & Horticultural Services (BPABADAL), Commercial Landscaping & Grounds Maintenance (IMAIAIAA)

Keywords

• Horticultural services
• Interior landscaping
• Plant care maintenance
• Commercial landscaping
• Sustainable plant care

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Horticultural Services: Provided horticultural services including professional plant care and maintenance to commercial clients in the Portland metro area

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Marshall Gardens, LLC provides professional horticultural services including plant care, interior landscaping, and landscape maintenance for commercial clients in the Portland metro area. Following its 2019 acquisition by Ambius North America, the company continues to operate under its original brand, delivering sustainable plant care and customer service to enhance commercial spaces.

Product overview

Marshall Gardens, LLC is a horticultural services company that was acquired by Ambius on August 1, 2019. Prior to acquisition, it operated independently for ten years providing horticultural services and outstanding customer service to clients in the Portland metro area. As part of the Ambius North America family, Marshall Gardens continues to fulfill its mission of enhancing spaces with sustainable plant care and exemplary customer service. The company specializes in interior landscaping, plant design, and professional plant care maintenance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Horticultural Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ambius North AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2019Marshall Gardens, LLC was acquired by Ambius North America on August 1, 2019. As part of Ambius, Marshall Gardens continues to fulfill its mission to enhance the prestige of well-considered settings with sustainable plant care and exemplary customer service. The acquisition expanded Ambius's presence in the Portland metro area.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Davey Tree Expert Company: Large-scale tree care, horticulture, and commercial landscape services firm operating across North America. Comparable for its plant health care and horticultural services offered to commercial clients.
• TruGreen: U.S. leader in residential and commercial lawn care, including fertilization, weed control, and plant health care services. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering horticultural-adjacent services with a strong national brand and recurring service model.
• Cintas Corporation: Large national provider of facility services including uniform rental, restroom supplies, and complementary services to commercial customers across North America. Comparable as a broad facilities services incumbent that often bundles plant care or competes for the same facility-services budget allocation.
• Ambius: National interior landscaping, scenting, and holiday décor provider that acquired Marshall Gardens in 2019. Directly comparable because it offers the same core interior plant care and horticultural services to commercial clients at scale across North America.
• BrightView Landscapes: Largest U.S. commercial landscaping services provider offering grounds maintenance, landscape design, and snow removal to commercial customers. Comparable as a broader incumbent operating in the same commercial landscape services category though with much wider geographic and service breadth.

Regional players

• Greenleaf Nursery / local Portland horticultural service providers: Regional nursery and landscape services providers in the Pacific Northwest serving residential and commercial customers with plant installation and maintenance. Comparable as a competing regional horticultural services player operating in the same geography.

Direct peers

• Planterra: Commercial interior landscaping and plant design firm serving corporate, healthcare, and hospitality clients with living plants and green walls. Directly comparable to Marshall Gardens because it provides the same interior plant care, design, and maintenance service offering to commercial accounts.

Others

• Rentokil Initial plc: Ultimate parent company of Ambius, the global pest control and hygiene services group that owns Marshall Gardens' acquirer. Included because it provides strategic context on the corporate parent that determines the long-term direction of Marshall Gardens' operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marshall-gardens-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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