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.

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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.

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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

Aliso Viejo Gets New Pond

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Aliso Viejo Gets New Pond

TRU Landscape Services was rewarded a pond installation project in Aliso Viejo. Aliso Viejo is located in Orange County, California. Aliso Viejo is surrounded by the cities of Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, and Laguna Niguel. Aliso Viejo has a population of roughly 50,000 people and was Orange Counties 34 city. We enjoy working in Aliso Viejo, especially installing or maintaining ponds. TRU Landscape Services has been installing ponds in Orange County for 25 years. Yes, it’s true we are a landscape company. But ponds are one of our specialty items. We have been trained on many different types of ponds. One company trained us in Washington state. In Washington they build larger ponds than here in Orange County. Larger ponds are more maintenance than the smaller ones. Ponds located in a partial sun environment are less maintenance. We try and always build some shade shelter over our ponds. Direct sun and heat create more algae. Algae blooms can create large problems for pond owners. There are many different ways we go about clearing up a Orange County pond. Give us a call and we will come out to your property and give you an estimate to clean up your pond.

Benefits of a Pond

Ponds can provide a focal point in your landscape. Ponds provide beautiful sounds to listen too. There are many different plants that can be grown in ponds. There are many different types of ponds. A garden pond is your basic pond, that has a small waterfall and some plants growing in it. These types of ponds are pretty much low maintenance. A fish pond or also called Koi pond has a few different elements than your normal garden pond. The main one being fish. Fish can be more maintenance, but provide enjoyment to your landscape. Most fish do great in Orange County ponds. In other states they have to deal with ponds freezing over, not so in our beautiful climate. The newest pond is the pond less type. This pond has some major differences than the other two ponds we mentioned. First of all it doesn’t have your normal pond. It has a basin that holds the water under the ground. If you were looking at this type of pond, the first thing you would wonder about is where does the water go? Usually we build a holding reservoir and then cover it with rocks. This type of pond is low maintenance. The water running down the streams and waterfalls usually keeps it clean. This type of pond is safe for the children to play around, since there is no pool of water to fall in. Because these pond don’t require a large amount of area they are great for the smaller yard. These types of ponds provide beautiful sounds. If you have allot of car traffic these ponds are great for buffering out all the noise from the cars.

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If you live anywhere in Orange County including the neighboring cities of Laguna Woods or Laguna Hills landscaping, we are at your service! Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Orange County Landscape

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Orange County Landscape

We thought it would be fun to have a project of the month. So from now on we will tell you about one of our projects every month. The first project is located in the city of Orange. We love working in Orange! Especially with the fuel prices of today. This project actually started last year. We ran into a young gentleman at our local feed store. After seeing the signs on our truck, he asked for one of our cards. A couple of days later we meet with his wife. Very nice people! We helped his wife with the landscape design. The one problem we faced was this young couple has four dogs. After discussing the problem with our customers, we decided to build a dog run on the side of the house. This would allow us to install the back yard landscape without the dogs interfering. Synthetic Turf is a great product to install in dog runs.

Orange County Concrete

The dog run was the first thing to do on our list. First we ran a new drain line to the street. This would allow the customers to wash down the dog run and with four dogs they have to do this on a regular basis. After installing the drains, we installed the concrete and everything went well. We built a gate to keep the dogs in the dog run. At this point the customers wanted to take a break before starting the second phase. After a couple of months our customer called us and were worried about the concrete in the dog run. After washing down the dog run they had an area of standing water. TRU Landscape Services takes pride in our work. After seeing the area of concern we decide to remove a small section of concrete and install new concrete in this same area. This is a great time to bring up the fact that we have been landscaping in Orange County for over 25 years. This means when some problem arise we are fast to respond to fix it. We always receive calls from customers asking us to fix someone else problems, because the other company went out of business or changed their phone number. After 25 years we still have the same phone number. After installing this new concrete in the dog run all of the water drained out properly. The customer was happy with our quick response to fix this issue.

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After fixing the dog run we went right into building this back yard. We installed a new planter wall that was wide enough for people to sit on. We always recommend building the planter walls in this fashion, it provides great areas for people to sit down during a party. The planter wall was covered in stack stone. We installed a raised area for the new fire pit. The customer decided on a flag stone for this area, which we thought was a great idea. It helped break up all of the concrete in the back yard. It really made the fire pit the focal point. We installed new concrete in the back yard. Now came the time to design the new planters. This was the tough part; this couple is on the move at all times! So to make an arrangement to meet at the nursery was a little bit of a challenge. TRU Landscape Services has been working in Orange County for over 25 years. We find that meeting our customers at the nursery allows them to see the plants we are using. We know what the plants look like but our customers need to see them before we plant them in the ground. After installing the plants, we installed the new sod. The sprinklers we used were Toro precision nozzles. These nozzles will save 30 % of the water used. All of the planters were installed with a drip line. Drip line is a great way to water small planters. Our customers were happy with the finished product.

Video Of The Project

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the past 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 Pavers

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Orange County Interlocking Pavers

TRU Landscape Services was awarded a landscape project in Costa Mesa. Costa Mesa is located in Orange County and is surrounded by the cities of Newport Beach, Fountain Valley, and Huntington Beach. We began this project with the install of interlocking pavers. In order to give our customer the longest lasting interlocking pavers, we started out digging out six inches of dirt for the whole patio area. By removing six inches of dirt it allowed us to pitch the pavers away from the building, so that all the water would run away from the building. Our bobcat usually makes quick work of the dirt removal, but this project had a huge Ash tree. This Ash tree had huge roots running through the entire yard. We had to make a quick call and have another crew member pick up our stump grinder. This machine grinds roots and stumps into small pieces of wood. With both machines working hard we were able to get the entire patio area dug out in two days. With over 20 years in business in Orange County, TRU Landscape Services have several different types of machines to make our job as easy as possible and provide our customers with the most professional services. After removing the top six inches of dirt we installed a road base product. Road base is made up of crushed concrete. This base allows us to provide a level and firm foundation for our interlocking pavers. This part of installing interlocking pavers is where allot of companies will cheat their customers. They will install very little road base. This causes the pavers to sink in the future. The major problem is the pavers look good in the beginning but soon start sinking. By the time the customer notices the pavers sinking; these fly by night, non license companies our long gone. Hire a license contractor. The customer saves money in the beginning but pays more in the long run by using these low ball companies. After compacting the road base we install a small amount of Decomposed granite (DG) by doing this it gives a level surface to install the pavers properly. Our customer already had pavers installed in another part of their yard and asked if we could match the pavers. This was no problem for our professional installers. We also match the existing pattern too. We install our border pavers in concrete this allows us to establish the grade and gives us a stronger edge. After installing the majority of the pavers, we were now to the part of the project that makes or breaks a good paver install, the small pieces. You can notice a bad install by the sloppy cuts made on the small pieces of pavers. Our professional installers did a great job.

Orange County Landscape Paver Systems

TRU Landscape Services has been installing interlocking Pavers in Orange County for the last 14 years. Pavers have so many shapes, styles, colors and designs that the options are unlimited. You can use pavers in driveways, walkways, and entry ways. There no slip texture makes them excellent around pool decks. One of the greatest things about pavers is that a single stone can be removed and replaced. This makes repairs easy. If you’re tired of the color or design we can replace all of the pavers and add new designs to your existing pavers. This option is what sets them apart from concrete or natural stone. Our expert installers take every step possible to give our customers the longest lasting job with the best appearance. In business over 25 years in Orange County, we give you the reassurance that we will be here for you in the future for all of your questions or warranty needs.

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Orange County Sprinkler Repair

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Orange County Sprinkler Repair

TRU Landscape Services was called out to Yorba Linda to repair a broken sprinkler. Yorba Linda is a city in Orange County, California. After seeing the broken sprinkler we informed the customer it was over spraying into the street by five feet. There were other sprinklers in this area also over spraying onto the street. The customer told us that the sprinklers were only 2 years old. They told us the name of the company that installed them and we were surprised that they did this sloppy work. We gave the customer an estimate to move some sprinklers around and they approved it. The estimate was a few hundred dollars. We installed new Toro precision nozzles. These nozzles will save up to 35% of the water used. The customer was already saving money by calling us out. We installed new nozzles on all of the sprinklers in this area, this corrected the over spray problem . The customer was wondering why their car always had water spots on it. The sprinklers were spraying it every time they left it in the street. Plus they were sending thousands of gallons of water straight into the storm drains. If all of the residents in Orange County could save 35% of the water they use on their landscape the whole county would benefit. Poorly installed sprinkler system alone waste thousands of gallons of water used every day in Yorba Linda. By installing the sprinkler system properly you can have a beautiful landscape without going broke on your monthly water bill.

Orange County Sprinkler Systems

Many water districts in Orange County are raising their water rates. Plus many of the water districts are putting customers on tier systems for their invoice charges. The tier systems go by how much water is used. Customers who use larger amounts of water will land in the higher tiers and will be penalized for this. TRU Landscape Services believes we can make a difference in this problem. Let us come out to your property and design a proper sprinkler system. If your sprinkler system is on the newer side, we can retro fit your system to save water. There are many new efficient ways of saving water. We have successfully changed hundreds of sprinkler systems in Orange County. New Et based controllers can save you up to 25% of the water used on your landscaping. One more great benefit is after the new timer is installed there is very little adjustment required. Your sprinkler run off will be cut down too. These new Et. timers will water one area for a small amount of time. Then move onto another area in your landscape, water for a short time and then go back to the first area to water some more. This gives the water time to soak into the soil. Plants with deeper root systems require more water. The sprinkler timer will turn these areas on and off many times during the water window to achieve this goal. Your current sprinkler timer would turn on for a long time and a large amount of this water will run off of the landscape and be wasted. We had a customer ask why I can’t set my sprinkler timer for a shorter amount of run time and have multiple start times. The answer is yes you can and we recommend this. You just need to watch the weather and when it’s colder out turn down the amount of water being used. The new smart timers do this for you the whole year. TRU Landscape Services provides sprinkler repair and installs to commercial & residential customers through out Orange County.

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Orange County Concrete

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Orange County Concrete

TRU Landscape Services installed a concrete project in Orange, California. This concrete project was at an outdoor mall. We started the project on a Tuesday night at 11 Pm. We had to wait until the entire mall was cleared. After the mall was cleared out we began removing the existing concrete. This concrete had many cracks in it, which were not level creating numerous trip hazards. The first night we finished removing all of the concrete. The second night we installed all of the rebar and some small areas of regular colored concrete. We attached the rebar to the existing surrounding concrete. This prevents the new concrete from separating from the existing concrete. The main area of concrete was installed with color. By installing two different colors of concrete you create a design. On the third day we installed the main area of concrete. This project had ten foot squares cut into the new concrete. These squares have a one foot border in them; this border has a broom finish on it. With the different colors of concrete and all of the different designs of the borders it really gave this area a nice finish. The main area had a sand blast finish. There is two steps to this process, first we installed the concrete and sprayed it with a chemical (top cast). The chemical stays on it over night. Then on the final day we pressure washed the chemical off of the new concrete. This gives the concrete a beautiful finish. TRU Landscape Provides all of your concrete needs.

Orange County Concrete

Commercial Concrete In Orange County

TRU Landscape Services provides all different types of concrete to our commercial customers. Here are some different concrete finishes we provide:
Stamped Concrete
Sand Blast Finished
Acid Stain Finish
Salt Rock finish
Exposed aggregate
Sandblast
Acid etched
Broom finish
Hand trowel

Residential Concrete In Orange County

TRU Landscape Services provides all of your concrete needs. Here are some different types of concrete work we provide:
Concrete driveways
Concrete Walkways
Stamped Concrete
Brick Walkways
Brick Planters
Pavers
Block Walls
Please give us a call if you don’t see the service you’re looking for, because we probably do provide it.
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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 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

Orange County Landscape Maintenance

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Orange County Landscape Maintenance

TRU Landscape Services provides landscape maintenance through out Orange County California. We have been in Landscape Maintenance for 25 years. We service Business, Commercial, and Residential customers. We are licensed, Bonded, and insured for your protection. With 25 years of experience in the landscape maintenance industry we take customer service to a higher level. We’re proud to say we still have our original residential customer that we started out with in Garden Grove and still provide maintenance to our first commercial customer after 25 years. By keeping your Landscape Maintained you will add value to the property. Plus you’re doing your part to help keep our urban environment green and clean.

Orange County Landscape Services

TRU Landscape Services maintains all properties according to our customer’s desires. We provide the following services in Orange County on a daily basis:

Lawn Mowing
Lawn Edging
Weed removal
Plant maintenance
Tree maintenance
Flower rotation
Parking lot maintenance
Sprinkler maintenance
Low Voltage Lighting repair
Fertilization
Pond Maintenance
Green Recycling
Day Porter Service

If you don’t see a service on our website please call our office there’s a good chance we provide it.

Orange County Residential Gardener

TRU Landscape Services has small properties that we maintain on a regular basis in Orange County. We provide landscape maintenance on high end residential properties on a weekly basis. Some of our customers have us maintain their BBQ, outdoor furniture and Koi ponds. By doing all of these services we save our customers headaches and money, they don’t have to hire multiple companies to do these tasks. Call out our sales staff to give you a Free estimate.

Orange County Commercial Gardener

TRU Landscape Services provides landscape maintenance for hundreds of commercial properties in Orange County. Some of our larger properties we provide a day porter service. A day porter service is where we have one person or several people on your property maintaining it 5 days a week. We can maintain everything on the outside of your property. Give us a call and let us design the right Landscape Maintenance program for you.

Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the past 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.
Please call Tru Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Orange County Landscapes

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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 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.

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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

Orange County Ponds

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Orange County Ponds

TRU Landscape Services was called out to Orange to install a pond. Orange is a city in Orange County, California. Other cities that surround Orange are Villa Park, Anaheim Hills, and Santa Ana. This customer had called us out for a estimate originally for a pond. There are many different types of ponds available to choose from in Orange County. After seeing the property and talking to the customer, we decide on a Pondless waterfall. A Pondless waterfall is a type of pond that uses a catch basin to store the water underground. This holding tank has a pump installed inside of it, which pumps the water up to the top of the waterfalls. The customer already has a pool in their back yard. They didn’t want another body of water to worry about their grandchildren falling into. This was the main factor behind choosing to install a Pondless waterfall. The second reason was they didn’t want a lot of maintenance. All ponds do have some minor maintenance, but a Pondless waterfall has very little maintenance at all. Orange County doesn’t get cold enough during the winter to freeze the water, so no need to drain it during the winter. Another great thing about Pondless waterfalls is the water is constantly being cleaned by the rocks and gravel we use to build the waterfalls. There will always be debris to clean up, but most gardeners can take care of this problem. One of the customers concerns was about the water level getting too low and burning up the pump. We like to install a auto water filler in our ponds. When the water reaches a certain level a valve will turn on the water for a short time to replenish the reservoir. This customer already had a outdoor drain system in their back yard, so we installed a drain line into the water reservoir. If the water level rises too high from rain it will allow the water to drain out through the pipes.

Orange County Water Features

TRU Landscape Services has been installing ponds in Orange County for 20 years. We work with our suppliers to constantly be updated on the newest techniques and materials available. Orange County has a great climate to grow plants from all over the world. We can provide all of your water plants along with your bedding plants. One of the most common questions we receive from our customers is do ponds waste water? It is true, you will lose some water through evaporation and water splashing around on the waterfalls, but this water usage is a lot less water if you were to landscape this same area. The Pondless waterfalls are children friendly. All of the water is held under ground, so there is no way for a child to fall in the water. However, you will want to watch them so they don’t start throwing rocks from your new waterfall. We can use all types of materials to build you a Pondless water feature. We have used wooded barrels, Fountainscapes and vases for a few examples. Rain harvesting systems are getting popular in other parts of the world. Orange County receives such little rain fall that it hasn’t become real popular. TRU Landscape Services can build your dream pond, whatever type you choose. We build garden ponds, Koi ponds and Pondless water features. Water features always become the focal point of your garden area. Let us design the right water feature for your landscape and budget.

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