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About Tobi Ulemek

Hi! I've been an Orange County Landscaper since I was a kid when I got to use my first lawnmower. TRU Landscape has grown a lot since then, and now we do so much more than residential and commercial maintenance. We are a full service landscape construction company that builds hardscape, installs patio areas, and makes custom concrete products like outdoor fireplaces and fire pits.

Orange County City Seals and Logos

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We made some images of each Orange County City’s seal or logo for our site, and wanted to share them here for anyone interested. We used the map of Orange County as a backdrop for each city name and city seal. There are pages for just about every city or area. If you notice that your Orange County City seal is missing, feel free to tell us in a comment. All of these images are composed from the official OC city logos found on wikipedia etc.

Hope these’ll be useful to someone!

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Rossmoor LandscapingLake Forest Landscaping

Orange County Landscape

Seal Beach Landscaping

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landscaping in Aliso Viejo

Yorba Linda Landscaping Villa Park Landscaping Foothill Ranch LandscapingSunset Beach Landscaping North Tustin Landscaping

All of Orange County’s seals/logos in one place. These images might be helpful for school projects studying state or county history? Perhaps they might be helpful to use on sites related to these cities?

If you found this site from one of these images:

We’re TRU Landscape Services, a full service landscape construction and maintenance company serving all of Orange County. Landscape construction includes but is not limited to: Backyard Patio areas, custom concrete driveways, decks, pathways and patios. We also frequently build barbecue islands for outdoor kitchens, patio covers, all types of landscaping walls.

Our services don’t stop there. TRU Landscape is also a trusted source for outdoor landscape lighting (specifically LED landscape lighting), and synthetic turf. Need a greener lawn? TRU Landscape Services installs state of the art irrigation systems with satellite timers! Call 1-866-487-1359 for a free estimate or email us at info@trulandscape.com.

Retaining A Slope

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Retaining a Slope

TRU Landscape Services just completed a landscape project in Dana Point. The project consisted of installing retaining walls on the slope and landscaping the slope after the walls were finished. On day one: we removed all of the railroad ties and plants that were growing on the slope. After removing the debris we started digging the footings for the walls and installed the drain pipes. When were installing a landscape slope project we keep our eyes on the weather, last thing we want to happen is for a large rain fall to hit the slope.

Orange County Retaining Wall

On day two: our Hardscape crew started with installing the rebar and concrete in the footings. After giving the concrete some time to start hardening we installed the first course of block. We finished all of the retaining walls on the second day. On day three: we poured concrete inside of the walls. With all of the blocks filled with concrete we started forming the cap for the top of the walls. The customer chose to have a poured in place concrete cap. After finishing the cap we moved onto the landscaping of the slope.

Landscaping a Slope

TRU Landscape Services has been installing slopes in Orange County for over 25 years. When it comes to landscaping slopes in Orange County hire a professional landscape company that has proven themselves. First part of landscaping this slope we installed the new plants. This part of the project we spend time with our customer to choose the right plants. We not only install plants that the customer likes but we install plants that will last over time. Once the plants are installed we install the drip line. We prefer to install drip lines on small slopes. The drip line went in smoothly and we topped off the slope with a layer of mulch. The customer was very happy to have a new landscaped slope.

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

Retaining a Slope

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Orange County Retaining Wall

Upper slope

Landscaping a Slope
TRU Landscape Services has been installing slopes in Orange County for over 25 years. When it comes to landscaping slopes in Orange County hire a professional landscape company that has proven themselves. First part of landscaping this slope we installed the new plants. This part of the project we spend time with our customer to choose the right plants. We not only install plants that the customer likes but we install plants that will last over time. Once the plants are installed we install the drip line. We prefer to install drip lines on small slopes. The drip line went in smoothly and we topped off the slope with a layer of mulch. The customer was very happy to have a new landscaped slope.

Finished

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

Fixing a Drain Disaster!

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Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services just completed a project in Rancho Santa Margarita. This project consists of removing two large Queen Palms and repairing 2 drain lines. The Palm trees were growing right on top of the drain pipes on both sides of the house. The previous contractor used cheap pipes that let all of the water drain out at the joints. When the joints start leaking water into the soil the tree roots began growing inside of the drain pipe. Our customer had the grass remove from her back yard by another contractor. This same contractor installed new concrete in the back yard and the concrete looked very nice. The only problem was he used the old drains that were already clogged with trees roots. Then he installed a new drain pipe under the ground and stopped it right by the palm trees, so the drains worked for a couple of years and then the roots clogged the new pipe. It’s a drain disaster! What to do? Time for some Tree Removal!

Landscape drains

After removing the 2 Palm trees we started on the drain lines. Now normally we would just give a estimate to install all new drain lines, but in this case our customer had told us the story about the other contractor that installed the new landscape drains and so we thought we could make the repairs to the drain pipes without tearing up the whole back yard. We were right on one side of the house; we removed a small portion of concrete that allowed us to remove a large root system. Once that large root system was removed the water started flowing to the street. Our crew patched the concrete and we moved onto the other side. We knew this side was going to cause us problems so we cut holes in the back yard concrete and after a long struggle we were able to clear all of the drains. We installed a new outdoor drain pipe and patched the concrete. The new landscape drain pipe has glued together joints. The joints being glued together will help keep the water from escaping the pipe. Which will help keep the roots out of the pipe. TRU Landscape Services has been installing landscape drains for over 25 years in Orange County.

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Orange County landscapers you can trust!

Holiday Landscaping Deals

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Get your home ready for the new year with an exciting TRU-Built landscape.

Looking for a new porch or patio, driveway or pool deck? Want to warm your toes by a quality outdoor fireplace or fire pit? Time to redo the lawn? Now is the time to call TRU Landscape Services, the simple solution to your Orange County landscape needs.

Holiday Landscaping Discount

Celebrate the Holidays by renovating your landscape! Set up an estimate before January 5th 2014 and mention this add for a 15% discount off of any Orange County landscape work.

As a C-27 California licensed contractor, the experience and training behind TRU ensures that you will be satisfied with our professional work. Feel free to browse the rest of our site for a complete list of our services, but remember, if it’s outdoors, we do it! Just give us a call.

866-487-1359

While you’re thinking about calling us, check out some of the results of other people’s decision to call by visiting our gallery or testimonial pages. Seek out TRU, the dependable contractor, to improve your outdoor living space. Yes, you’ll be shocked by what a new landscape will do for you and your family.

Commercial or Residential, from Anaheim Hills to Laguna Niguel, landscaping is our passion. You can quickly tell that TRU takes the business seriously and has no intention of cutting corners with their work. So if you’re seeking quality and dependability, we’re the Orange County landscape contractor for you.

Residential

Custom Concrete Installations
Driveways and Walkways
Outdoor Lighting
Block Walls
Barbeque Islands
Fire Pits and Fireplaces
Synthetic Turf
Lawns, Sprinklers, and Irrigation

Commercial

Full Service Commercial Landscape Maintenance
Complete Landscape Installs
Tree Trimming and Removal
Irrigation Services

Laguna Hills Landscapers

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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.

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!

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?

One way to Sell a House in Orange County

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Real Estate Agents need Landscapers

A big word of advice for new real estate agents; advice that could be the difference between making the big sale and sitting with a property for too long. Pay attention to the landscaping of the property and ask yourself if it might be keeping buyers at bay. Is the pathway to the home safe and unobstructed? Is the entrance way inviting and the grass green? Are the plants pruned? Is there a special hard scape element such as an outdoor fireplace that could become a selling point of its own?

A new driveway adds function

Why should I invest money into landscaping?

Planter Walls lead the eye toward the focal point

Prospective Buyers will be drawn in by landscape elements

There is some debate as to whether or not a new landscape will increase the value of a home. The jury is still out on this point though many say that landscaping a yard before selling leads to a significant ROI. Your landscaping may not increase the selling price of a home, but it will certainly make it sell quicker. That can be guaranteed.

Good landscaping or “curb appeal” is considered one of the top sellers for a home. How a house looks from the exterior can be just as important to a buyer as what’s inside because home buyers do tend to judge a book “by its cover.” In any market, a well manicured lawn can be the tipping point for home buyers. In Orange County, landscape is especially important because of the pleasant climate. People looking to buy homes in Orange County will be looking forward to enjoying their yard and relaxing in an outdoor living space.

What will make this landscape unique?

There are several ways to make your property stand out from the competition and look like the best home on the block. In the realm of landscaping, Orange County homes are known for unique elements such as custom retaining or planter walls, outdoor fireplaces, patio covers and pergolas, backyard fire pits or waterfalls. Any of these elements could easily present just the functional landscape piece that your client has been looking for.

Another landscape option to consider is drought tolerant plants because Southern California is a semi arid climate and water is naturally scarce. Many home buyers are searching for landscapes with native drought tolerant plants, yet few new homes have this unique landscape feature.

Landscape Construction Can Help Sell a Home

How to find an Orange County Landscaper

You’ve already found one! If you’re reading this post on our blog, feel free to check out the rest of TRU Landscape Services projects to see what we can do for you. As a new real estate agent looking for tips, we want to encourage you to go with a licensed and bonded landscape contractor who you can trust rather than a cheaper but less secure option. There are probably several landscapers to choose from, but only sign with a contractor you can trust to come through with quality work!

Call us at 866-487-1359 or click below for a landscaping estimate on one of your Orange County real estate properties.

Free Estimate!

Movember Landscaping Special

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I mustache you a question.

Have you heard of Movember? It’s the time of year where men shave their faces on the first of the month and then grow their mustaches throughout November. The results are often quite impressive. Is it possible to develop a handlebar in a month?

Movember Landscaping Offer

To help you celebrate this festive occasion, TRU Landscape Services is offering 20% off our trusted lawn fertilizer package throughout Movember. Just mention this ad at the time of your estimate and we’ll mow your lawn, reseed it, and prepare it for the winter season. This process is what we call “over seeding” and will ensure your lawn grows back strong.

Click to Contact TRU about your lawn!

If you need a bit more landscape work done, feel free to ask for an estimate on some of our other promotions and product installations from patio covers to interlocking pavers. If you live in Orange County and your lawn needs a shave, call TRU Landscape Services today at 866-487-1359.

TRU Landscape will Shave you from an overgrown lawn

Here’s Tobi with his mustache

And don’t forget to share a picture of your mustache on our Facebook or G+ pages.

Now, there’s more I could say on this topic, but I’m shaving it for later.

TRU Landscape Makeover – Orange County Landscapers

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Notice anything different? If you follow us, you may have noticed some updated items in our online presence! TRU Landscape Services is getting a web makeover because we care about how everything looks including your lawn!

Orange County Landscapers

Renew Online Presence

All of our online pages are being updated including YouTube, G+, Facebook, and our website. These pages are great places to stop and see images of our diverse projects from complete landscape makeovers to custom concrete fire pits. Whether you’re looking to connect socially with us, explore some of our past projects, or watch some videos of our landscape work, we have the avenue for you.

Above, you see TRU’s new Landscape Services YouTube page. Click it to be taken to the page and subscribe to see examples of our landscaping work. It’s an online video portfolio. So far, you can see real life projects that we’ve completed in Aliso Viejo, Anaheim Hills, Mission Viejo, Orange, Yorba Linda, and several cities in between. Stay tuned for more videos. We add new projects many times a week.

Google Plus

We also have a Google plus landscaping page:

Visit TRU Landscapers new Google Plus page by clicking on the picture! Add the page to your circles to keep in touch. Plus One or review us if you’ve enjoyed your experience working with TRU. Today we got a custom URL from Google Plus that may correlate to our continued efforts to fill out the google plus page. Here’s our custom URL from Google Plus page: google.com/+Trulandscape.

Hopefully this redesigned page will help people like you discover the joys of your outdoor space. There’s something truly relaxing about a balanced yard. You will likely feel a release of stress when you enjoy your remodeled yard. This
Google Plus page will be useful for those looking for licensed landscaping contractors serving Orange County California. We are also on Angie’s List, Yahoo and many other platforms. It’s important to find a trusted contractor when looking to have landscape work done. And there’s a contractor for you: It’s TRU!

Do you like what you see? If you’re living in any region of Orange County California, TRU may be just the solution for that unappealing backyard or problematic front space. While we’re getting an online facelift, take a look at your own yard. Is the grass looking tired? Is your backyard lacking that perfect centerpiece? Need to find the right landscape contractors for your yard? Orange county’s TRU Landscape Services has the answer.

Call Today for a Free Estimate!

Have you heard that there’s a trusted landscaping company in Orange County? It’s TRU! We offer a number of complete yard solutions including synthetic grass for dog runs, custom concrete driveways, and classic pavers. The benefit of hiring our company is that we can take care of your landscape remodel from start to finish without using subcontractors. Our skilled team members can work from landscape design to demolition to construction to completion because of their many years of experience and training.

Seal Beach Landscaping pt 2 – Softscape

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Eager to see the finished product? Scroll down to the bottom of the blog for a YouTube video that summarizes this Seal Beach landscaping design. But first, a quick recap from the last landscaping blog:

Freshly planted and fertilized

Last time (in our Seal Beach Landscape Part 1 post), the crew from TRU Landscape Services demoed portions of the back and front yards of a home in order to make room for new concrete work, plants, and lawns to be installed. Once the front porch, concrete walkway, and backyard flagstone patio were completed, the crews moved to the icing on the landscaping cake: exotic plants and a traditional lawn!

Seal Beach Landscaping Company

Our customer requested a tropical landscape with no palm trees to keep with the Seal Beach landscaping vibe. We met with the customer and went over a list of plants that would fit the aesthetic. To achieve this request for a tropical landscape, we gathered an assortment of tropical plants such as:

Canna Lily Orange County Landscape

dwarf philodendrons

canna lily (Pretoria)

day lilies

queen annes

and birds of paradise to add height.

All of these were tenderly placed in beds marked off by a wooden landscape border that accented the tropical nature of the plants.

How do you keep new plants healthy?

Supply proper nutrients to the plants: To assure healthy growth of these tropical plants, we always install our plants with mulch and soil amendments. The fertilizer is a fertilizing tablet like a pill that slowly releases the proper nutrients over three years until the plant is well established. Landscaping fertilizer assures that each plant will survive and thrive. We’re in it for the long term. TRU’s landscapes last!

Supply the right amount of water: Lawns in Seal Beach, like the rest of Orange County and Southern California, are in need of water and proper irrigation. Another way we ensure the survival and longevity of tropical plants is by installing a basic residential irrigation system. We installed drip lines in all of the planters. TRU Landscape Services likes to exclusively use drip lines in our planter beds. Too many small planters do not have enough room to install a standard sprinkler head which would miss some of the plants and waste water from over spray. Standard sprinkler heads may also spray the house and ruin the exterior wall or spray the sidewalk. We have also tried installing bubblers in these small planters in the past, but we found that the bubblers were wasting water. The advantage to having a drip line installed is that there is no spraying water. The water drips out of a plastic pipe and directly to the plants. This, in turn, cuts down on wasted water and by saving water; TRU Landscaping saves our customers money.

While the planters were being outfitted with drip irrigation, Rain Bird Sprinklers were installed for the new sod. No traditional landscape is complete without a green lawn. The key is simply a well watered lawn properly fertilized and a properly timed sprinkler timer. The entire sprinkler system was up and running in a few days. On the last day, our crew installed the new sod for the lawn.

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All of that landscape work was a cinch for TRU Landscape Services! If you’re living in Orange County and are considering a landscape contractor, perhaps you’ve found the perfect one today in TRU Landscape Services.