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The solution for all of your Orange County Landscape needs.

We are a licensed and insured landscaping company that installs everything related to your outdoor spaces from patios to ponds, barbecue islands to concrete driveways. We are known for professional landscaping remodels, hardscape installations, and landscape maintenance

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Orange County Patio Cover Construction

Part Three: Patio Cover Construction

The third and final part of this Mission Viejo Patio Remodel is this custom wood balcony to patio cover tie in.  Our expert teams took the previously bland space and added this important new element.  The sturdy custom wood balcony construction adds a whole new space to the house.  With a view like this home has, the balcony addition was absolutely essential to maximizing the potential of this family’s backyard space.  If you want to capitalize on your view, call TRU Landscape for professional patio cover construction.

Patio Cover Construction Orange County BalconyIn a warm climate like Orange County, backyard shade is absolutely essential for entertaining guests!  The previously wide open backyard now has several square feet of shade provided by this new patio cover.  It is 10-15 degrees cooler in the shade than in direct sunlight.  A patio cover also provides the option of installing overhead misters.  Rain or shine, a patio cover is an excellent addition to any backyard space.

Patio Cover Pictures


Customize your Patio Cover Installation

There are other options for patio cover construction from variations on columns, lighting fixtures, and tongue in groove construction style.  We can wrap your posts with a decorative pilaster.  This will add interest to the columns of your new patio cover.  They also make a great landing area to place potted plants. There are many options.  We could add a simple stucco finish, or we could attach just about any stone from slate to stacked stone.

Patio Cover Pilaster Stack Stone

Here’s an example of a stack stone pilaster at the base of a patio cover post

Landscape Lighting Orange County

TRU Landscape Services is also a full service landscape lighting technician.  We install high grade low voltage LED lighting systems.  The small lights pictured here are LED and save a lot of power while still sufficiently lighting the outdoor space.  Other options include can lighting.   A can light is built flush to the ceiling of a patio cover and is a 120 volt light.  They are a little bit brighter, give a different look, and give you the option of hooking up a dimmer switch to your system so you can set mood lighting.  Another LED lighting options include up lighting to shed light on your plants, pool, or home at night time.

Custom Patio Cover Styles

Our Orange County patio covers come in many styles.  There is the open lattice patio cover like the one pictured here.  We also install many solid roof style patio covers.  It all depends on your home’s style and the functionality that you hope to get out of the patio cover.  We can do a full roof tie in for a seamless new outdoor area as well.

Orange County Stamped Concrete Patio

Once the space was finished and the homeowners had settled into their new outdoor living area, they sent TRU Landscape some pictures to show us the finished product.  The patio cover provided a place to hang lights over their new outdoor dining table.  They told us how much they love sitting on their newly constructed balcony and watching the sun set over Mission Viejo.

The complete backyard landscape remodel really made some happy customers!  With the barbecue island, stamped concrete, low voltage lighting, and custom patio cover, the family was thrilled with their new space.

Call TRU Landscape Services for sturdy landscape construction will last a lifetime.

Laguna Hills Landscapers

Come take a journey with us through the process of building this Laguna Hills landscape. The job includes low voltage lighting, a fire pit, an outdoor patio area, and custom concrete driveways and walkways.

Custom Concrete Driveway and Flagstone Pathway

Laguna Hills Landscapers

The story begins when we were called out for a free estimate to Laguna Hills. If you’re not familiar with the Orange County area, Laguna Hills is a small town surrounded by Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo. Landscaping in the area tends to create spaces for outdoor living because of the warm and hospitable climate.  The customer had a clear idea of what they wanted from their landscapers and we knew this was the right job for us.

After the initial meeting, the customer mentioned that three other landscape companies were also giving estimates. Shortly after we emailed the thorough estimate, the customer called us back to hire us saying they chose us because our estimate was the most detailed out of the four they received. We like to be transparent and detailed in our estimates so you know exactly what to expect.

Laguna Hills Landscape Concrete

After demolition, grading, and laying the underground drain pipes, we started the forms for the landscape concrete. As you can see from the picture, there was a lot of custom concrete work and flagstone involved in the overall design.  This design was made up of many smaller squares of concrete. A project like this requires a lot of setup to guarantee a quality product. We worked from design drawings and consulted the customer throughout the process.

After installing landscape concrete in Orange County for the last 20+ years, we know that it’s better to ask a lot of questions up front rather than have to remove the concrete and replace it. If you’re looking for a company who’ll install your custom concrete right the first time, give us a call.

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Flagstone Walkway

Note the flagstone stairway up to the front doors. Each step is bordered with landscape timber with a flagstone landing and a concrete base to provide its strong foundation. Because flagstone is a natural stone, each pieces strength will vary from strong to more brittle. Flagstone installed in a small layer of concrete or over sand may have individual stones come loose after a relatively short period of use. To avoid this, we always install at least 3 ½ inches of concrete as a foundation so that the flagstone will remain in place for several years. It’s best to start with a good foundation. And all that’s just the front yard!

Laguna Hills Backyard

Backyard Outdoor Living

This Orange County patio area was constructed in the same style as the front yard with the addition of a concrete fire pit and a bench. The space is also surrounded by low voltage landscape lighting to extend the area’s use after the sun sets. Imagine eating in this outdoor dining area on a beautiful Orange County day. It’s moments like these that TRU Landscape is all about.

You just finished reading all of that? Like what you hear? Then why not give us a call?

 

Backyard Remodel in Cypress California

One project in Cypress California offered TRU Landscape Services a clean slate to remodel an entire backyard. In summary, we filled in a pool, installed a fire pit, and bordered the new lawn with block walls, lighting and plants to line the fence. Find out how the homeowners decided to take these drastic steps to reclaim their outdoor space!

Cypress Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services works in Cypress California as a landscape company on a regular basis. Our latest customer decided to have their backyard completely remodeled. The backyard had an old damaged swimming pool that was going to cost several thousand dollars to repair. On top of that, the family was not using the pool, and it was costing hundreds of dollars a month to keep it clean and filtered. After a discussion with TRU Landscape Services, they decided their best option was to fill in the pool and renovate the backyard. Our salesman had the estimate over the next day, and we began the project shortly afterward. Within a handful of days, our construction team had removed the old concrete and filled in the swimming pool. Now it was time to start the new landscape!

Orange County Fire Pit

Cypress Fire Pit

Fire Pit and Block Wall with Stack Stone

Proper fire pit construction requires experience and certification and isn’t a project for the average do-it-yourself er. Installing a gas line, properly constructing, and adding a veneer to a fire pit takes the experience that we can provide. TRU Landscape Services installed the gas line to the future fire pit on the first day. On the second day of the backyard remodel, our hardscape crew started the fire pit installation along with the planter wall. The basic materials we use to build fire pits and planter walls are concrete blocks and rebar. After a couple of days, the crew had the entire structure of the fire pit and planter walls built. Once the structure was completed, we installed stack stone on the sides of the wall to give an elegant and finished look. A basic fire pit only has stucco on the side, but there are several options for stack stone and other products that we can install to spruce up a wall or fire pit. Installation of complementary veneers can tie together your entire outdoor design! Our customer chose a panel stack stone from a local supplier. This part of the process takes a true professional. When the last touches to the stack stone siding were finished, the customer was extremely happy with their new outdoor fire pit.

Block Walls Orange County

LED Lighting Planter Walls

Stacked Stone Block Walls and LED Lighting

TRU Landscape Services takes pride in building block walls that will last. Over the last 20 years we have built several hundred block walls throughout Orange County. Our builders construct with attention to quality craftsmanship and use the best materials to build a solid wall. All of our planter walls and retaining walls are filled completely with concrete whereas other companies in Orange County may only fill up every other block. This compromises the structural integrity of the install. Another factor that sets TRU Landscape Services apart is that we use the right size rebar on every wall we build; never too small. We also build most of our footings bigger then what is needed because everything starts with a good foundation. All of these factors add up to an excellently constructed and long lasting block wall.

Orange County LED Lighting

TRU Landscape Services installs the best LED lighting products made in America. Although LED lights made outside of America may be cheaper in price, there are many benefits to using quality American LEDs. Cheaper lights don’t have a long warranty from the manufacturer like American lights. Most of these cheaper lights are made overseas and most of the companies don’t stay in business for very long. A warranty is important because most LED lights don’t actually burn out, they just go dim. If cheap LED lights without a warranty have problems, good luck finding a person to fix them.

Backyard Patio

Backyard Remodeled

The company that supplies TRU Landscape Services’ lights has been in business for the past 20 years in California. The LED lights we install only use 20 % of the electricity that a conventional halogen bulb consumes. The energy efficiency of these bulbs equals huge savings for our customers! The lights are predicted to last up to 14 years. They come with a 10 year manufacture warranty. The lights have a beautiful white color to them that accents any outdoor space.  We can also provide custom lights in different sizes depending on your landscaping needs.

These homeowners in Cypress California made the right choice going with TRU Landscaping Services for quality construction and reliable, long-lasting installations!

Orange County Landscape

Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services installed a residential landscape this week. This project consists of several smaller projects. We installed a concrete patio, planter wall, putting green and low voltage lighting. The customer told us that he had received several estimates, but very few companies did all of the work themselves. The customer did not want several sub contractors working on this small project. Our customer was too busy to deal with several companies. Plus the customer felt really confident that TRU Landscape Services could complete the projects in a professional manner. When dealing with a smaller project we must carefully line up all of the jobs. If we sent over all of our crews at once  there would be a traffic jam.

Orange County Hardscape

On the first day of the project we removed all of the old landscape which included the concrete. The old concrete was raised in several areas and needed to be replaced. Our crew graded the yard so that all of the water ran away from the house. We then dug the footing for the planter wall. On the second day the block crew started installing the concrete footing and the first row of blocks. At the same time our concrete crew was setting forms for the new concrete. On the third day we installed the new concrete. The concrete pour went smoothly and we moved on to the putting green.

Laguna Niguel Landscape

Synthetic Putting Green

TRU Landscape Services installs several Synthetic turf projects a year. This project was too small to install by itself. But because we were doing the other small projects it allowed us to install this putting green. If you were to install a small putting green by itself  it would cost too much. We use all American made products. Most of the artificial turf has a 15 year warranty from the manufacture. The customers dog loved the new Synthetic turf.

Low Voltage Lighting

On our final day of work we installed the LED low voltage lights. These lights are made here in California and have a 10 year manufacture warranty. We have a close working relationship with our light supplier. They are always teaching us about the newest products on the market. Even though LED lights have been out for several years the new technology changes all the time. The new LED lights use 20% of the energy that the halogen bulbs used. With the price of electricity always on the rise these lights will pay for themselves in just a few years. Overall the project went smoothly and our customer was very happy.

Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.


Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 1-866-487-1359

Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape Services offers a full line of LED lights that can save up to 80% of electricity
usage with a 50,000 hour lamp life to help homeowners save green by going green.

Santa Ana, CA – Whether entertaining guests, lounging by an outdoor fireplace, sipping cider while
enjoying the brisk air, or enjoying an early sunset, fall is the perfect time to escape to an outdoor
retreat.

Landscape lighting can bring outdoor spaces to life after the sun goes down. Although in the past,
landscape lighting was primarily used to provide security at night, today’s homeowners know it can do
much more. Outdoor lighting can highlight a home’s architecture, create a stunning first impression,
transform gardens and pathways into beautiful creations, extend the time spent outdoors, and add a
resort-like feeling.

The latest fall trends include LED (Light Emitting Diode) outdoor lighting, an eco-friendly statement
of style and one of the most dramatic improvements a homeowner can add to their landscaping.
Renewable energy for the home has become a hot trend sweeping the nation in the last decade and
outdoor lighting is no exception.

“Contemporary LED lighting systems are a smart investment and the future of landscape lighting,”
says Tobi Ulemek, owner of TRU Landscape Services. “Professionally installed and maintained outdoor
LED landscape lighting systems increases the safety and beauty of a home or business while adding
resale value at the same time. LED lighting also offers energy efficient illumination that uses a fraction
of the power consumption of similar traditional incandescent fixtures and will outlive its incandescent
counterparts by decades.”

Not only is LED landscape lighting about 80% more efficient, LEDs work silently without emitting noise,
do not contain dangerous substances like mercury, and come in a wide variety of sizes and colors.

With 25 years of experience in providing landscape lighting, TRU Landscape Service can help
homeowners find the perfect solutions to deter intruders by eliminating dark areas and shadows as
well as provide a refuge for relaxation after dark with the latest state-of-the-art lighting products.
Their installers are trained and educated about each product and all their landscaping products are
guaranteed to last.

To learn more about our company where perfection is the only option, please visit their website
www.trulandscape.com

About TRU Landscape Services

TRU Landscape Services is a licensed, bonded, and insured landscaping contractor in Orange County. As
an industry leader in superior landscaping, they take customer service to a new level. TRU Landscape
Services offers a wide range of competitive landscape services that include general landscape
construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, putting greens, low voltage lighting,

Landscape Orange County

Landscape Orange County

TRU Landscape Services has had a busy summer! We have finished many projects this summer and have many more on the books. We have been installing allot of different landscape projects. Our landscaping project consist of Koi Ponds, concrete work (hard scaping), Block walls, Landscape Lighting, New lawns, and sprinklers. You name it and we have done it this summer! We have worked in almost every city in Orange County.

Our most recent project was in Anaheim Hills. Anaheim Hills is surrounded by the cities of Orange, and Yorba Linda. The first thing we did is demo all of the landscaping and remove all of the concrete in the front & back yards. The next step was to lay out all of the borders for the new concrete patio, walkways, and driveway. Next we installed the concrete, we installed this concrete in two sections. First we poured the back and side yards, most of these areas were having stone installed on top of them. This is a area you need to keep an eye on your contractor, a lot of contractors will install 2” inches of concrete and then tell you the stone makes up another 2 “ inches. With 25 years of experience we have found that pouring a full concrete slab is a lot stronger.

Orange County Concrete

TRU Landscape Services is a complete landscape company. On our busy months, we will install as much concrete or more then your typical concrete company. After installing the concrete in the back yard, we separated our crews and one crew began installing the flagstone in the back yard. Well another crew started setting the concrete forms for a concrete ribbon. These ribbon borders ran around the complete outside of the front yard and driveway. This is a economical way of sprucing up your driveway. The great thing about concrete borders is that you can cut your old driveway and install new ribbons. Ribbons can be made out of many different materials. We have installed Interlocking pavers, Flagstone, and Slate to mention a few different ideas. This ribbon was installed in a color concrete. Which makes the main color of the driveway stand out even more. After finishing the ribbons we installed the main driveway. The customers loved the finished product. If you would like to add some concrete ribbons to your driveway or just replace the whole driveway, please contact us for a free estimate.

Orange County Landscape Company

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.

Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Southern California Landscape

Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services just completed a landscape project in Aliso Viejo. Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California. This city is surrounded by the city of Laguna Beach and the city of Laguna Niguel.
TRU Landscape Services works in all of the cities of Orange County, California. This project involved many different aspects of  landscaping. We installed a free standing arbor (patio cover). We installed  new concrete for the arbor and for the sitting area around the arbor.  After being awarded the project, we had to summit our plans to the City for approval. Getting approval took about a week, then we began the project.

Orange County Patio Cover

To begin this project we had to haul out roughly 15 yards of dirt. We had to dig the footings for the patio cover. At the same time, we started leveling out the dirt for the new sitting area, which would be built out of concrete. This arbor had some serious footings. Every post had a 3 foot wide and 3 foot deep footing. First we had to remove all of the dirt and then install the rebar. Plus the whole arbor had a 2 foot wide footing. After installing the rebar and getting the inspection from the city, we poured the concrete. This arbor which is on the small side, has over 20 yards of concrete installed in the footings. This arbor is not going anywhere soon.

Orange County Concrete

TRU Landscape Services takes pride in installing the highest quality concrete in Orange County. While one of our crews was building the arbor, another crew was forming the concrete to be installed. This was a nice size concrete area. We set up all of our forms so that all of our concrete would drain to the area drains. After compacting the soil and installing the rebar we installed the concrete. We installed the concrete the next day and every thing went as planned. We were very happy with the way the concrete turned out! Our crews did a great job!

Orange County LED Lighting

Now that we had finished the first 2 major parts of this project it was time to install the LED Landscape Lighting. For this task we installed Vista Spot Light and Vista Path Lights. There are several low voltage light companies in Orange County to choose from. So why do we use Vista LED Lights?  The first reason was, they were the highest quality light company that we felt comfortable enough to put our reputation on. Plus, they are a local company that makes there products in the USA. We have used there lights for over 15 years!! Plus as an extra bonus they have a 10 year warranty on their LED lights. The sales staff provides great customer service. TRU Landscape Services spends many hours on training our crews on proper lighting techniques. We know that when we finish a low voltage lighting project that our customers will get several years of satisfaction.

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.
Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Laguna Niguel Outdoor living

Laguna Niguel Outdoor living

TRU Landscape Services just completed an outdoor living area in, Laguna Niguel. Laguna Niguel, is a city in Orange County, which is bordered between the cities of  Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo and Mission Viejo. This project was a fun and exciting project from day one up until the last day. We were called out on a Tuesday to give a free estimate. The customer had great ideas on what they wanted, and we were able to furnish them with an estimate in only three days.  The customers gave us an OK to start the project.  Usually, most projects start within a two week time frame from the time the estimate is approved, but we were able to start this project immediately.  This back yard had a poorly installed putting green in which we began by removing it along with several inches of dirt.  My crew did this in a quick, but clean manner. This allowed us to install a new concrete slab. Our customers wanted new Flag stone in their front walk way and travertine marble installed in the back yard.

Orange County Hard Scape

TRU Landscape Services takes pride in installing quality materials.  We begin installing the new Flag Stone by pouring a new concrete slab. Therefore, this project first had to have a large concrete pour. The concrete we installed had rebar every 2 feet on center and we poured 3½ inches of new concrete. This lets us sleep at night knowing that the new stone has a firm foundation. There are a lot of contractors that will lay their stone right into the wet concrete, which is fine if they already laid down the rebar in the sub surface, but most likely they skip this step which allows the stone to show cracks right away. With saying that, there is no guarantee that our process won’t produce cracks too, but we feel this is the strongest way to install stone work. After pouring the concrete we installed all of the Flag Stone and Travertine. This customer has a young family that likes to go to the beach on a regular basis. We all know once you go to the beach, we all have sand everywhere, so to fix this problem we built them an outdoor shower area. We have a feeling that this outdoor shower will not only be great for removing the sand, but the kids are going to have fun playing in it. It’s allot cheaper then a pool.

Synthetic Turf

The customers had a small area in the back yard that they wanted to plant grass in. The only problem is that there was a shade problem. Grass must have at least 4 hours of direct sun light to survive. We explained to the customer, that if we install Synthetic Turf in this area there is no need for a gardener. They can keep the back gate locked and save money on their Landscape Maintenance. After, installing the synthetic turf, we installed all of the new landscaping. The new landscaping  included a new sprinkler system, we used Toro precision nozzles on their sprinkler heads which will save them 35% of the water used on the landscaping. Along with the synthetic turf and water saving sprinklers their water bill will be reduced.  Which will make running their outdoor shower that much more enjoyable.

Watch a video of the project


Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.
Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Orange County Landscapes

Orange County Landscapes

Looking for an Orange County Landscape Contractor?  Prefer an established and trusted local business?  Need a licensed contractor for a big concrete landscape installation?  TRU Landscape Services has got you covered.

The our team has been landscaping in Orange County for nearly 30 years.  This legacy of happy customers has kept us and installing, repairing and maintaining landscapes from Anaheim to Irvine.

Landscapers in Orange County

If your Orange County Landscape Company built your pond the right way

Orange County Landscape

Orange County Landscape Lighting

How about your landscape lighting? Are those entry level lights from your local hardware store giving you problems? The low voltage lights TRU Landscape Services installs have an eight year warranty. Some of the new outdoor LED lights have up to a ten year warranty.  We also guarantee the landscape lighting transformer for a lifetime warranty. If you’re having problems with your existing lights or would like to install a new system, Please feel free to call our office:

1-866-487-1359

TRU Landscape has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features including pondless waterfalls, koi fish ponds, garden ponds, we also offer lightscaping, Synthetic Turf, putting greens, plus many other services.

Orange County Landscape Lighting

Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape recently went out to Anaheim Hills in Orange County, California. We performed a night demo for our customers. We arrived at 7:15pm to set up the lights. After some help from our lighting salesman, we had all of the LED lights ready to go. We like to bring our light salesman with us on night demos. This way the customer can see we deal with the best light manufacture company in Orange County. We had the new LED spot lights shining up on some Queen Palms. The customer loved the light from the new LED lights. The days of that cool blue colored light is gone. The new LED burns hotter to give off the same light as the traditional incandescent lights. The great thing is they use 80 to 90% less electricity to light up the same Palm tree.

These customers had a  couple of questions about the new LED lights. One of the questions was: Are LEDs reliable? LEDs have a rated life based on the time it takes for the light out-put to decrease to 70% of the original output, which is typically about 50,000 hours or 17 years of normal residential use. Unlike an incandescent lamp, LEDs include no filament, so they do not “burn out”; they gradually decrease in their light output, beginning many years after the initial installation. This makes these lights great for those hard to install areas, like trees. TRU Landscape has installed many landscape lighting projects in Orange County. We are one of the first Landscape companies in Orange County to offer LED lights to their customers.

Landscape Orange County

TRU Landscape has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 20 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features including pondless waterfalls, koi fish ponds, garden ponds, we also offer lightscaping, Synthetic Turf, putting greens, plus many other services.
Please call Tru Landscape toll free at : 866-487-1359