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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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Weather Based Irrigation Timers

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Saving Water in Orange County

TRU Landscape Services was called out to a large commercial building this week in Fountain Valley. Fountain Valley is a city located in Orange County, California and is surround by the Cities of Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, and Huntington Beach. This commercial building has large landscape areas. The owner wanted to know how to save water and money. We started by checking the sprinkler timer; the settings were set for 15 minutes a day for each station. Orange County has been receiving rain these last couple of months. It has not been a lot of rain but enough to keep most things living. Running the sprinklers for 15 minutes a day during the winter is way too much water. TRU Landscape Services has most of our sprinkler timers shut off or turned down to one day a week. This owner was mad at his landscape crew for not setting the timer. We explained that’s part of a good landscape maintenance company, to set the timer during the different seasons of the year.

Smart Controllers / Weather Based Controllers

We explained to our customer that a smart controller would help save water. Smart Controller or Weather Based timers use different techniques to monitor the water being used. The Smart controller we use the most is Smart Dial by Irritrol. This Weather track enables controller uses daily ET values to adjust watering times to meet the specific needs of each landscape area for the ultimate in water management. These timers can save up to 20% of the water used. TRU Landscape Services is a certified installer of these timers and most other companies that make Weather based timers. These timers do take some landscape knowledge. You need to know what type of plants, Trees, and Turf that you are watering. Many factors are involved in programming one of these timers. We have seen landscape companies install these timers and end up putting them into a manual mode, because they did not understand how to program the timers. By putting these timers into a manual mode it defeats the whole purpose of installing this style of timer. Most customers and landscapers do not pay attention to their sprinkler timer until they see brown spots on the grass. The rest of the time they just let the timer over water. Thousands of gallons of water are wasted everyday because of this. Orange County along with most other counties in Southern California is in a drought. Smart timers use a weather tower in your area to tell the timers how much water is necessary. This process is done using ET Values. ET is the amount of water lost from the soil through evaporation plus the plants water loss. This is known as transpiration, weather conditions affect both of these drastically. Many studies have been done on these timers proving that they work well. Most water departments will give a rebate for the installations of these timers. Please feel free to call our office if you should have any questions. 1-866-487-1359

Orange County Landscape Contractor

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

Synthetic Turf Around Pools

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Synthetic Turf Around Pools

TRU Landscape Services installed a project in Newport Beach. Newport Beach is located in Orange County, California. Newport Beach is surrounded by the cities of Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach. This project was a remodel of the entire yard, but for now we are going to talk about the synthetic turf we installed. We have installed Synthetic Turf around many pool areas in Orange County. Artificial Grass is excellent around pools because it lets the water drain through the turf. The customer will no longer have grass clippings in their the pool because their gardeners will not have grass to trim. Also, there is no need for the gardener to blow around the pool. They will be saving water and money for a long time with Synthetic Turf. Our Synthetic Turf has a 8 year manufacture warranty. The Turf industry is expecting to get twenty to thirty years of use out of the Synthetic Turf. In many applications Artificial Turf is less expensive then concrete or pavers installed around a pool area. Also, Synthetic Turf looks more appealing around the pool.

Waterless Grass Saves Water

You will save water because there is no need to water your Artificial Grass. By eliminating just a few sprinkler heads, you will be saving thousands of gallons of water in just one year. Plus no need to repair broken sprinklers. Most water utilities in Orange County are raising their water costs or putting in water tier systems. Either way Synthetic Turf will save you thousands of dollars on your water bill. Kids and pets can play in the Fake Grass and never get debris in the water again. Our customer in Orange County, had two dogs that would play all day in the pool. This was causing the existing grass to get too wet and die. This was creating a mud area around the side of the pool. The dogs were jumping in and out of the pool tracking the mud into the pool. By installing Synthetic Turf around the pool, we eliminated this mess. These customers live so close to the beach, that their kids were tracking sand into the pool. The blades of Synthetic Turf are correcting this problem now. TRU Landscape Services has the strongest installation techniques in Orange County. Our customer called us back to let us know how much they enjoy their new Artificial Turf. They were really happy that they could lock their back yard gates now. When they leave to their primary residence. Before they had Synthetic Turf installed, they had to leave the gate open for the gardeners. This caused a safety issue when the gardeners would leave the gate open, the pool was exposed to the children in the neighborhood. Not to mention everyone knew they were out of town.

Landscape Orange County

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services through out 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 Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Malibu Lights Orange County

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Malibu Lighting Orange County

TRU Landscape Services was asked to work on some Malibu lights. We try are hardest not to get involved with these lights. But we do want to provide our customers with the highest customer satisfaction as possible. We had a customer in Yorba Linda ask us to repair his Malibu lights in his front yard. Yorba Linda is in Orange County, California. Yorba Linda is surrounded by the cities of Anaheim Hills and Brea. As we were talking to the customer and explaining why these lights are not worth repairing. I shook one of the lights that was not working, that’s all it took for the light to turn back on for a brief time. Malibu lights are made in China. Do we need to say anything more. The landscape lighting we use is made in the USA. Our manufacture is in Southern California and has been for over 25 years. We have a standard 8 year warranty on our lights. Most of our transformers have a life time warranty. Malibu lights have a very poor connection. These connections go bad very fast. Their connections are not weather proof, which allows moisture to get into the connection causing the lights to turn off. Our outdoor lights use a weather tight connection. These connections keep all of the moisture out the lights. We have found this method to be the best connection in the landscape lighting business. Malibu lights will save you money for a brief time, after that short time you’ll be spending your weekends repairing them. Malibu is only a company that makes outdoor lights. Many people mistakenly refer to Landscape Lighting or Low Voltage lighting as Malibu lights. This gives the whole landscape lighting industry a black eye! Low voltage lighting gives your property value and provides security at night. Landscape lighting is another element of a beautiful landscape. Now you can enjoy your landscape at night.

Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape has install hundreds of Low voltage lighting systems in Orange County. Our lights have the highest warranty in the industry. With our manufacture not very far away from Orange County, we can get lights made within days. Our lights are made with the highest quality of materials. Landscape lighting is now in the LED age. LED lights can save you money and energy for many years. The average LED landscape light can last up to 17 years of normal residential use. The Bulbs have a 10 year warranty on them. LED lights use about 80% less electricity then a halogen lamp. This makes them a Eco – Green product. The landscape lighting installation process has changed for the better. You can install more LED light’s on one run of wires. Compared to the old halogen bulbs, that required many wires to be installed. This saves our customers money. Contact us for a free night demo! TRU Landscape Services is centrally located in Orange County. Providing all of your Outdoor lighting needs. We have been installing landscape lights for over 15 years in Orange County. We take customer service to a new level!

Orange County LED Lighting

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Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape went out on a estimate today for landscape lighting. This estimate was in the city of Irvine. Irvine is located in Orange County, California. The customer wanted to get a estimate on the new LED lights. Like most people they had allot of questions about our company and the lights that we are selling. We explained that the lighting company that supplies our lights has been working with us for over 15 years. In Orange County there is hundreds of landscape lighting companies, so why use one company? It’s a simple answer, They have great service!

Orange County Lighting

One of the questions our customer had was, How efficient are LED lights? The simple answer is that the typical LED fixture will produce the equivalent light output using about 80% less energy. A great comparison is a 20-watt MR-16 lamp which is the most common bulb used in landscape lighting in Orange County. Compared to 3-emitter LED with high-performance optics, using about 4.5 watts, These two provide light output that is virtually equivalent in lumen output, color temperature and beam control. By installing LED lights we can use a smaller transformer. Which saves money. We can install more lights on one run, which saves money on wire.

Orange County Landscape Lighting

Another question our customer had was, How much energy would a typical Orange County residential customer save in one year with an all LED installation versus an equivalent one with halogen lamps? Considering an installation using 900 watts of halogen lamps, operated nightly for 10 hours, the annual energy cost at the local rate of $0.145 per kwh is approximately $476.00 The same system with the equivalent number of LED fixtures with equivalent lumen output would cost $95.00 annually to operate. Another factor to consider is that your typical halogen system would require re-lamping after one year. Your LED system has a average life of 50,000 hours or 17 years of use in the typical application.

Orange County Dog Runs

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Synthetic Turf for Dog Runs

TRU Landscape was called out to Huntington Beach for a estimate for a Waterless Grass dog run. The City of Huntington Beach is located in Orange County, California. Huntington Beach has surrounding Cities of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Fountain Valley. TRU Landscape has installed many dog runs in Artificial Grass. Fake Grass gives the dog a great area to play and do their business. The Dogs owners can clean the Synthetic Turf with water and a cleaner.

Orange County Drought

With many cities putting water restrictions in Orange County, Now is a great time to install Synthetic Turf. Waterless Grass is affordable compared to all the grass you have to replace every time your dog creates a brown spot, or digs a hole in it. Our install techniques provide our customers the strongest turf installations in Orange County. We have been a sponsor to the orange county police canine association for several years. The dogs that the police k-9 units use have a high drive to them, so needless to say our Turf and install techniques have been put to the test and proven worthy. The turf we use has been proven to led free. Our Turf is made in the USA. TRU Landscape has been working in Orange County for 20 plus years.

Synthetic Turf Orange County

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

Orange County LED outdoor Lighting

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LED Lighting In Orange County

Driven by a growing interest in smart Eco-friendly solutions, as well as rapidly rising electrical costs, the entire landscape lighting industry has turned it’s attention to high-efficiency products. TRU landscape has been sharpening our LED skills. Already being a Orange County Landscape Lighting leader. We have been on the cutting edge of the new LED lights. Since 2002, average electricity rates in the United States have risen by more then 25%, so there is a real demand for solutions that can control energy use. Our new LED lights are a great step towards a green life style. TRU landscape predicts that LED lighting will replace traditional incandescent sources, providing equal light output while using 80 to 90% less energy. Call TRU Landscape today for a Free night demo. 1-866-487-1359Gallery is empty!

Synthetic Turf Yorba Linda

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Synthetic Turf Yorba Linda, Orange County

Synthetic Turf makes a great playground product. Synthetic Grass has really changed the appearance for playgrounds in Orange County for all of the children. Waterless Grass makes it allot safer for Orange County children to play without getting hurt. TRU Landscape takes pride in building a safe playground. We took a look at a playground we installed with Artificial Grass two years ago. The Synthetic Turf has held up really nice. Providing many years of enjoyment for children of Orange County. We installed a two inch rubber mat under the Fake Grass in all of the fall zone areas. This will allow for a much safer fall, Compared to the concrete of the past. We installed a rubber product in the Artificial Grass that will add a layer cushion for falls. This new rubber we use is Fungus Free. All of our Synthetic Turf we install has been tested and proven to be lead free. Our Artificial Turf has a 8 year warranty. Ask about one of our maintenance programs to keep your Turf maintain properly.

Artificial Grass, Orange County California

Professional Landscape Maintenance

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It is good when you find a company that knows all about followup, especially when you are dealing with any manner of landscape jobs that are everywhere in Orange County. You need to be sure that you are getting the best in quality work by an established firm that stays on the cutting edge and has enough pride in their craftsmanship to service what they sell with landscape maintenance.

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That’s why the discerning client who wants to be sure they’re getting professional work from a licensed, bonded and insured landscape company with an excellent portfolio of satisfied customers turns to Trulandscape.com. These are the folks that understand saving you money while keeping your lawns, trees and shrubbery well watered with the latest Toro Precision Series Spray nozzles that can save you 35% on your water bill is part of a complete package.

You’ll find these are the people that have made it their mission to learn everything there is to know about all of your general landscape needs. They ‘ll get it done right the first time and make sure it stays that way with professional landscape maintenance.

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Synthetic Turf Orange County

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Synthetic Turf, Waterless Grass

Did you know that 3/4 of all the residential water is used in the yards? How would you like to have your water bill lowered by 25% to 40% ? Fake Grass is one way of doing that. By installing Waterless Grass you can save hundreds of dollars on your water bill alone. You can help save space in landfills by installing Synthetic Turf. Most grass clippings do not get recycled. They get sent to the landfill. Fake Grass has been making great improvements over the last couple of years. The appearance is much more natural and the strength is better. If your not a fan of Synthetic Turf we have many other options to save you money. The new ET sprinkler timers can save you up to 25% of your water usage. We have new precision nozzles by Toro that will reduce your water usage by 35%.

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Synthetic Turf In Orange County,

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TRU Landscape installed a Putting Green in the City of Orange. The City of Orange is located in Orange County, California. The city of Orange borders Anaheim Hills, Villa Park, and Santa Ana. The install of Synthetic Turf helps the environment in so many ways. If you in install 750 Square Feet of Synthetic Turf . You can save up to 20,000 Gallons of water per year. With Southern California in a huge drought every gallon can help. You can stop using Fertilizer and Pesticides. You will cut down urban run off. Think about all the gas you’ll save not running the lawn mower. Most Synthetic Grass should last up to 20 years. TRU Landscape takes pride in installing quality Putting greens.

Waterless Grass 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