Orange County Landscape Design

If you are looking for a Orange County Landscape Design company look no further. Why choose TRU Landscape Services to design a paradise for you? The main factor is we install different landscapes every day. What looks good on paper doesn’t always turn out looking that great in person, that’s when our thirty years of experience comes into play. Sometimes we can make a small recommendation and fix the issue. On very few occasions we will send it back to the designer to be fixed. You can choose several companies to do your Orange County Landscape Design and we have worked with most of them. Some are great at hard-scapes while others perform well at soft-scapes.  We feel like our designers do a great job at balancing all of the landscape elements together. Whether you are looking for a new swimming pool or a basic Concrete driveway our designers will provide the finest design for that area.

3D Landscape Design In Orange County

Orange County Landscape Designs use several tools to produce the best designs for our customers. Along with your standard blue print plans we produce 3d visualization plans. These plans take the landscape design to a whole new level. Why use TRU Landscape Services for your 3D plans? One of the main factors is some companies will add several different landscape elements on the 3D plan, but leave them off of the Blue prints. This becomes a huge problem because the customer is expecting to see exactly whats in the 3D design and when there’s an element missing from the design it creates a budget problem. Our designers understand these issues and strive to perform and execute a landscape design that provides the best of 3d design and the standard blue prints. Contact us today to begin the process of your own paradise.

Orange County Landscape

After the design is finalized then the fun begins. You need a contractor to take this design and bring it to life. TRU Landscape Services prides itself on the quality of workmanship we provide. We are one of the highest rated landscape companies in Orange County. Most  of our work is done in house. Our customers like to deal with one contractor and that’s one of our strong points. You will deal with TRU Landscape Services if your pouring concrete or installing a outdoor living area. Call today for a free consultation. 1-866-487-1359 TRU Landscape Services has been creating outdoor living areas for over 30 years in Orange County.

Pool Remodels Orange County

Summer time is quickly approaching us here in the Orange County area and what better way to spend the summer then lounging around your newly renovated swimming pool. The winter and spring seasons are ideal times of year to give that old pool of yours a new modern face lift. TRU Landscape Services has been performing a vast amount of Orange County pool remodels in the last couple years now, primarily because of deteriorating/cracking pool plaster, outdated prefabed coping, coping separation, inefficient pool equipment, etc. These are just some of the more common trends we tend to see on a day to day basis. Orange County pool remodels can be as basic as re-plastering a failing pool surface to chipping out the existing coping, tile, plaster, and starting fresh from the gunite.

Orange County Pool Remodel

Orange County Pool Remodels Trends

The trends in design features among Orange County pools has vastly changed in the last 20-30 years. The 1970’s bullnose brick coping with white plaster combo has ran it’s course over the years. It’s time to give that pool a facelift it righteously deserves. Ditch the brick coping and incorporate a (PIP) poured in place concrete coping around the exterior perimeter of the pool. This area is poured separately from the pool to allow for fluctuation and ground settling. Customers typically choose either regular grey concrete, graphite, or San Diego buff. These colors are all provided within the Davis Color sheet. The concrete coping is poured and while concrete begins to dry, our masons spray a TOP-CAST retarder that doesn’t allow the cream in the cement to flow to the surface. Great idea around the pool from a safety stand point because it adds a grittier surface that helps prevent from a slippery surface. Once coping has been formed and poured, customer would then choose from one of the many tile selections to be installed. If there is more than one row of tile (typically elevated pool decks), customer can either request tile to extend all the way to the coping or choose to have a natural stacked stone installed from tile line up. This is a more decorative and modern approach when remodeling your existing pool. Last but not least, we need to get as far away from that white pool plaster as possible. The industry has been trending away from plaster for years now with the introduction of pebble tec, mini pebble, and pebble sheen pool finishes. Not only does a pebble sheen/pebble tec have a more elegant appearance to the eye, it’s a smoother texture and more natural looking type of pool surface. If that doesn’t sell you, keep in mind that a white plaster will typically last you from 5-7 years with normal maintenance while a mini pebble, pebble tec, or pebble sheen surface can last you anywhere from 15-20 years. Although the pebble surfaces will cost you more initially, the long term investment is well worth the extra buck or two.

Outdoor Living

Lets take that pool remodel the extra mile

Many times a customer asks what they can do to take their pool to the next level during an Orange County pool remodel. We have plenty of design techniques and options that can be integrated into an already existing pool to give you the curb appeal your looking for. Sheer descents are a great way to incorporate simple water features into an already existing pool design. They add great ambiance, soft tranquil sound, and helps to circulate water when pool motor isn’t functioning. Flowing spillways and water descents are a great way to add some elegance to an already existing pool structure. Another technique to revive a rather dull pool remodel is incorporating baja reefs (or baja shelfs) within the entry to the pool. These shelfs sit approximately 6-8″ below the waters surface and can be essentially any shape or size based on customer preference. Baja shelf’s are a great area for small children to play and for the adults to lounge while still being able to cool off. Many of our customers integrate custom umbrella holders within the shelf’s or even water bubbler’s. Water bubbler’s (or water chillers) displays moving water that bubbles at the top of the water surface. These bubbler’s also display colorful light sequences that can be powered to synchronize with your LED pool/spa lights. All of these features can powered via Bluethooth or WIFI with an upgrade to the existing panel.

Custom Rock Waterfall

Sheer Descents

Water Features

Orange County Pool Remodels Contractor

TRU Landscape Services has been providing outdoor construction in the Orange County area for over the last 20 years. Call us today for a free estimate at 1-866-487-1359 or feel free to contact us through our quick contact link at www.trulandscape.com. Our professional staff and crews will provide the highest quality customer service possible and make the process of rebuilding your backyard as hassle free as possible. TRU Landscape Services provides all of your outdoor needs including but not limited to orange county pool remodels, patio covers, firepits/fireplaces, synthetic turf installation, all types of hardscape, etc.  Let us design and build the backyard of your dreams today!

Orange County Landscape

Were just wrapping up the year 2017 here at vices TRU Landscape Service and what a year we’ve had for installing, servicing, and maintaining Orange County landscape. With that being said, the Orange County landscape has definitely developed it’s own unique trend or design shift that we haven’t been accustomed to in years past. The Orange County landscape has been known primarily for it’s coastal airs, hardy soils, and abilities to grow numerous types of non native plants throughout these areas. Unfortunately I feel we have seen these years come and past as the Orange County climate is shifting towards a warmer and much dryer climate we see prevalent in our high deserts. Not only does this one factor contribute to trending changes in landscape designs but so does our lack of water here in California. Droughts can drastically change the entire layout of a landscape design plan. Taking all these factors into consideration makes for a challenging task when attempting to please your customer and installing hardy vegetation that can withstand these elements.

Dry creek bed installed w/ decorative river rock

Drought Tolerant Plants

The solution to all of these environmental factors is simply switching the types of plants, trees, and grasses that we install on our projects. There is a variety of drought resistant plants available at our disposal which are commonly grown for areas where conditions are extremely dry that work excellent with our Orange County landscape. Customers tend to portray xeriscape landscaping as bland, boring, and non aesthetically pleasing. The truth is, drought tolerant plants come in multiple different species of plants. The most popular we find here in the Orange County demographics is citrus fruit trees. Fruit trees require a decent amount of water to begin establishing but once established, they require very minimal amounts of irrigation needed. Along those same lines, we see common landscaping trends leaning towards various types of succulent plants or more commonly known as succulent gardens. When choosing softscape options with the customer, we briefly educate them on why it is we lean towards these types of plants and walk them through these options at our local nurseries.

Drought tolerant landscape

Efficient Irrigation Systems

Drought tolerant plants are a great way to spruce up your yards by adding variations in color and overall aesthetics to your Orange County landscape. The key to maintaining a healthy and lush landscape is a professionally installed irrigation system. Most efficient and water conservative system on the market is a low emitter drip line. Drip line tubing is installed along the surface wrapping around each plant/tree/grass being installed, specifically targeting the root ball. These systems typically run 2-3 times a week for roughly 45-50 minutes once plants have been established. No longer do you deal with major water run off, over spray, or sprinkler heads being damaged. Highly recommend installing some type of ground cover over the drip line once installed to help preserve the plastic sheathing from the suns arrays.

Drip line irrigation

Orange County Barbecue Island

Get your summer started off right this year with the addition of your very own custom outdoor barbecue island. Whether you’re hosting your sons next little league party or just trying to get the family together for a weekend barbecue, a custom made barbecue island is the best way to go. Our barbecue islands are built according to customer specifications and requests. The TRU Landscape team will help create and custom build any type of design features our customers choose to integrate within their newly designed outdoor kitchen area. We’ve built and designed islands varying anywhere as small as 8′ long all the way to 32′ long. No island is ever too big or small for us to design and build. The barbecue island serves to have multiple functions rather than just being an area where one cooks. We design an area where families can gather and lounge without being limited to the constraints of their own homes. This is beautiful Southern California we’re talking about, no need to be confined eating indoors when you can enjoy the gorgeous weather outside while still dining in class.

Barbecue Island in Fullerton,Ca

Custom Barbecue Island

The design staff here at TRU Landscape services want to make the process of designing your very own Orange County barbecue island as effortless and simple as possible. The design process begins by locating an area outside the customers back patio that can best serve as the future site for the newly designed outdoor kitchen. The area needs to be relatively close to the kitchen located inside the home to allow for easy access of food prep utensils, plates, dishes, etc. Determining location of future island site is essential since this is a permanent structure that can’t be adjusted once installed. Once the area of the barbecue island is determined, we then begin drawing up dimensions based upon the customers overall vision of what the structure is intended to look like. The customer dictates to us what they foresee the final product looking like so we design and adjust accordingly. The first coarse of block is then installed and built up to bar height. Many times our bar heights are a standard 36″inches high while our counter-tops step up an additional 6″inches to give you a final seating height of about 42″ inches. The islands we typically design have a (PIP) poured in place colored concrete cap with either a squared edge finish along the sides or a bull nose style finish. We’ve done granite installations in the past but as granite is a rather porous stone, it tends not to as well outside as our poured in place counter tops do. Customer has the option of either applying a stucco textured finish to the sides of the barbecue island or installing a stacked stone veneer along the sides and stucco on the back.

BBQ Island in Fullerton,Ca

Special BBQ Island Features

The customer is presented with our standard design package and given all of the various options to take your Orange County barbecue island to the next level. Installing a stacked stone veneer panel along the front face of your island can definitely separate you from the rest but why not take it a step further and incorporate that fire feature you’ve so desperately been desiring right into your newly designed  BBQ island. This can easily be accomplished by dropping in a 19″inch or 27″inch fire bowl right into your poured in place counter top. Customize your new fire feature with a tumbled fire glass within the center to give it that bonus appeal factor. Ignite the flame from the convenience of your cellular telephone with the convenient app provided by the manufacture.

Polished Concrete Counter Top

Polished Concrete Counter Top

The latest and common trend in barbecue island designs is the polishing of the concrete counter top. This is performed by pouring a concrete counter top and spraying a retardant as the concrete is drying. The retardant allows the aggregate to make it’s way to the surface eliminating all of the cream color in the concrete. Once the aggregate has exposed itself, we take a variable speed grinder and attach multiple polished blades and begin to polish the counter top till we have achieved a nice smooth surface. The concrete is then sealed and ready to shine. A polished concrete top has very similar traits of a granite top with a fraction of the cost.