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Transform Your Backyard into an Outdoor Paradise with TRU Landscape Services

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Imagine stepping into your backyard and finding yourself immersed in a luxurious outdoor paradise, where every detail embodies your idea of perfection. From the soothing sounds of a cascading swimming pool to the inviting warmth of an outdoor fire feature, your outdoor space can become the ultimate retreat for relaxation, entertainment, and unparalleled beauty. This dream can become your reality with TRU Landscape Services.

Crafting Your Outdoor Paradise

Crafting Your Dream Backyard

At TRU Landscape Services, we understand that your home is a reflection of your lifestyle and personal taste. That’s why we specialize in designing, building, and managing bespoke outdoor living spaces that seamlessly blend functionality with aesthetic appeal. Whether you’re envisioning family gatherings under a spacious patio cover or sophisticated soirees in an elegant outdoor kitchen, our team is dedicated to turning your vision into a tangible experience

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Swimming Pools

A centerpiece of any outdoor paradise, a swimming pool designed by TRU Landscape Services is more than just a place to cool off during the summer months. It is a breathtaking oasis that elevates your outdoor living experience. Our custom pool designs are tailored to complement your home’s architecture and your personal style, ensuring that your pool area is as stunning as it is enjoyable. Call today for a free consultation 1-866-487-1359

Patio Covers

Extend your living space and enjoy the outdoors regardless of the weather with our bespoke patio covers. These structures not only protect you from the elements but also enhance the beauty and value of your home. Designed with your comfort in mind, our patio covers provide the perfect shaded retreat for dining, lounging, or entertaining guests in the fresh air.

Outdoor Kitchens

Elevate your outdoor entertaining with a fully equipped outdoor kitchen designed by TRU Landscape Services. From high-end grills to stylish countertops and storage solutions, we create functional and visually appealing outdoor kitchens that make al fresco dining a delightful experience. Tailored to your culinary needs and preferences, our outdoor kitchens allow you to host memorable gatherings with ease and flair. 1-866-487-1359

Outdoor Living

Outdoor Fire Features

There’s something inherently mesmerizing about an outdoor fire feature. Whether it’s a cozy fire pit or an elegant fireplace, these elements add warmth and ambiance to your outdoor space, making it the perfect spot for intimate gatherings or peaceful evenings alone. Our team crafts each fire feature with safety, style, and your unique lifestyle in mind.

Hardscapes

Transform your backyard into a visually stunning and practical paradise with our diverse hardscaping services. From pathways and driveways to retaining walls and patios, our expert team uses the highest quality materials to create durable and attractive hardscapes that complement your outdoor living areas and landscape design. We are a Belgard Preferred installer

Why Choose TRU Landscape Services?

Choosing TRU Landscape Services means partnering with a team that is committed to bringing your outdoor paradise to life. Our dedication to excellence, attention to detail, and personalized approach ensure that your outdoor living space not only meets but exceeds your expectations. We believe that your backyard should be your personal haven, and we’re here to make that happen.

Begin Your Journey to an Outdoor Paradise

Ready to transform your backyard into the ultimate outdoor retreat? Contact TRU Landscape Services today to schedule a consultation. Our team is excited to work with you to design and build an outdoor living area that you and your family will cherish for years to come. Embark on this exciting journey with us and see how your dream outdoor paradise becomes a reality.

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Orange County Concrete Fire Pits

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Orange County Concrete Fire Pits

Need the right addition to your landscape? Consider installing a fire pit. Our Orange County Concrete fire pits provide a focal point for outdoor gatherings. They are built from quality materials, and look great. Read more to see our last concrete fire pit installation.

Earlier this week we finished a North Tustin Landscaping project that transformed our customer’s backyard. In the previous landscape blog we showed some pictures of the completed Orange County Stamped Concrete Patio. In this blog, we’ll be moving into another area of the backyard landscape, the fire pit area.

The patio area surrounding the fire pit is dark stained stamped concrete

Fire Pits Balance Design and Functionality

This rectangular fire pit includes a poured in place concrete cap with stucco siding to match the home. Square and rectangular fire pit designs are becoming popular. We also build traditional round fire pits. Other style options include variations in sidings from veneers to stack stone to stucco. We can also color the fire pit’s concrete cap to match your backyard landscape.

Concrete fire pits should be built by licensed contractors. Why risk your landscape construction on an unlicensed contractor? Our certified landscape crews will safely install the fire pit gas line, and use top quality materials and careful construction practices.

Fire Pits aren’t just beautiful, they’re also practical. For one, the fire pit’s poured-in-place concrete cap can be used as a as a table. And of course, a built-in gas fire pit will provide warmth and light to any outdoor gathering. Warmth and light.

Fireglass is one option for your fire pit’s filling.

Fire Pit Fillings: from sand to fireglass

Many new fire pit owners chose unique fillings for their fire pits. We supply everything from lava rock or sand to our custom American Fire glass. It all depends on what your landscape design needs.

As you can see, tumbled fire glass can be chosen to match any color scheme of furniture or otherwise, so it is often a good option for homeowners with an existing color pallet. In this way, each element of your landscape will work in harmony. Using different construction techniques, fillings, and surrounding patio materials, Fire pits can be constructed to match any shape, style, or color of landscape.

Concrete Fire Pit Installation

Outdoor Living with Fire Pits

There are many benefits to using built in fire pits. Fire is striking!

Few other landscape elements will have as much impact (especially at night) as a fire element.
Concrete fire pits are also very low maintenance (especially when properly constructed). They start with ease and eliminate the need to gather and throw additional wood onto the fire.
Your neighbors probably don’t have one. You’ll easily be able to one up the Joneses with a sick new pit. They’ll be jealous and probably move away out of sheer envy.

The Difference of a Landscape Remodel

So the finished area looks pretty nice, right? It’s a completely useable space with matching outdoor furniture, some expertly finished stamped concrete, and of course the styled Orange County concrete fire pit. It’d be easy to step out your back door, put your feet up, and relax. But only a few weeks before these pictures were taken, the backyard landscape was a mess!

Before TRU Landscape Services arrived, the backyard was a messy dusty garden with scattered dry planter beds. The whole yard was a slope, and was difficult to navigate if you were walking through it. Tree stumps and struggling old plants made it look depressing. Mounds of dry dirt were lumped along the corners of the rotting planter beds. After demolition, leveling and grading the yard, we built the fire pit form. With that in place, our crews finished the stamped concrete patio and the fire element. The finished outdoor living area looks totally new!

What used to be a completely unusable space was transformed into a totally unique and inviting patio area. If you’re ready to do the same for your backyard landscape, call TRU Landscape today and ask about the option of installing your own Orange County Concrete Fire Pit!

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Concrete Entryway Remodel & Landscape Lighting

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Concrete Entryway Remodel

We recently completed this front yard landscape remodel in Orange County California. Stick around till the end for a cool video of the finished landscape project!

Concrete Entryway Orange County
The landscape was transformed from unappealing and unfinished to inviting and complete with the addition of a concrete entryway. All it took was a little elbow grease, concrete, landscape lighting, sod and plants. But, it all started with a palm tree removal.

We were called out to a landscape in Westminster for a tree job. When our salesman arrived at the customer’s house, the customer told him that the palm tree could be dropped across the yard. Why? Because they were planning on installing a new front yard landscape.

Before and After Pictures

The customer told us that they had their backyard landscaped 6 months back. They wanted to hire the same contractor, but he was not returning our customer’s phone calls. Luckily, TRU Landscape Services is much more than a tree service! Our salesman explained to the customer that we perform all of that work they needed to complete the project. The customer requested an estimate for the entire front yard landscape remodel. A few days later, the customer called us back and hired us.

On day one, we removed the Palm trees and the grass from the front yard. On this project we had to change the grade of the front yards to flow away from the house and the new installations. Concrete Walkway Orange County

Concrete Walkway and Planter Walls

As an Orange County concrete contractor, we were well prepared for the scope of installations on this remodel. To begin with, the customer had an idea of the design for the front yard, but was open for suggestions. The purpose of re-landscaping the front yard was to add curb appeal, accent the already beautiful home, and provide a more inviting entryway. To achieve this, we built a concrete walkway, stucco planter walls, bullnose concrete steps, and a ceramic tile front porch.

Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Orange County

Our design for the concrete walkway includes concrete bull nose steps as you can see in the picture. It also incorporates path landscape lighting into the steps themselves. The customer really liked the idea of the walkway being surrounded by a planter wall. We installed a block wall with a concrete cap on top of the wall. We applied stucco to the side of planter walls for a finished look. To finish the entryway experience, we installed a custom tile on the front porch. Our customer really liked the wood grain ceramic tile. And with that, from sidewalk to porch, the entryway was complete.

Ceramic Tile Porch

Landscape Lighting Orange County

After completing the concrete work we moved onto installing the softscape, plants and lighting.

On this project, we meet the customer at the nursery to go over the plants. After meeting, we had a clear idea of the trees and plants that the customer wanted. Once the plants were set in place, the crew planted soil amendments and fertilizer tabs. That’s how you start things off right! These fertilizer tablets last up to 3 years giving the plant all of the proper nutrients to grow big and healthy.

Landscape Lighting Orange County

After our crews were done planting, we installed LED low voltage lights. LED landscape lighting was placed in key positions throughout the planters. We haven’t taken any night pictures of the property, but it looks great in the dark!

To display all of the trees, we also installed “up lights”. Path landscape lighting completed the picture. We installed LED step lights on the walkway steps to provide visibility at night. This low voltage landscape lighting installation showcases the concrete work and plants. Now, whether day or night, our customer can enjoy their property to the full!

You can see the completed front yard landscape remodel in this video:

If you’re looking for an Orange County front yard landscape remodel, call us today for a free estimate. Just dial 1-866-487-1359 to reach us during the day. Feel free to leave a phone message or send an email if you are outside of service hours: info@trulandscape.com

Interlocking Pavers & Landscape Grades

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Interlocking Pavers & Landscape Grades

There’s a lot that goes on before a landscape job. To read the story behind this Irvine Landscaping project, check out our blog “Choosing the Right Licensed Landscape Contractor.” In summary, TRU Landscape was hired because our company is licensed and can complete an entire landscape job under one roof.

Pavers Entryway Before and After

Orange County Interlocking Pavers

The primary part of the Irvine Hardscape installation was a patio of interlocking pavers. The job itself entailed a lot of work although the yard itself was on the small side. In preparation, we removed 8 inches of dirt from the whole yard to set the grade. The dirt removed amounted to several tons! While we were removing the dirt, our team dug out the patio cover footings. We also installed drains to receive water coming off of the grade. Setting Landscape Grade During the inspection, the Orange County landscape inspector noticed that we had our grades set up so that all of the water would run away from the house into the drains. He told us we were doing a professional job! It’s always nice to get a complement from a city inspector.

What is a landscape grade?

A landscape grade is set up to keep the water flowing away from your house. In the case of installing interlocking pavers, we make sure that all of the pavers slope away from the house to the drains. Over 25 years in the landscape industry, we have seen a lot of grades that drain into the house! The city inspector has most likely seen many of these improperly graded landscapes as well. Water sitting on pavers is a slipping hazard and may cause water damage over time. Also once the water is sitting against your house, it can cause moisture issues and even destroy the stucco. Most of the time this happens because the contractor doesn’t want to haul away all of the dirt to get the grade of the dirt down low enough or they don’t use a transit.

What is a transit?

It’s a spyglass-like tool that is used to measure grades. For our projects we use a laser transit to ensure an accurate measurement. This is crucial when pouring concrete patios, decks or interlocking pavers. If it’s possible, we always install a drain system and have all the water run to the drains. Keeping water off of your backyard patio and away from your house will ensure the longevity of your landscape! That’s exactly what TRU Landscape Services is all about. We are confident that our experience and attention to detail will produce a long lasting and beautiful landscape for your home. Pavers Installation To learn more about other Irvine Landscaping Projects or to contact us for a free estimate, call us now at 1-866-487-1359 or send us an email info@trulandscape.com

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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