A city built on landscape bones — we work with the bones
Fountain Valley’s early 70s builds came with generous yards and serious plant material: redwoods, magnolias, Italian cypress, deodar cedar, eucalyptus. Fifty years later, those plantings are either assets or liabilities depending on how they’ve been maintained.
Our Fountain Valley work is mostly about triage: which specimens are still contributing, which are creating structural risk, and how to restore the yard’s original intention without pretending nothing has changed.
Drought-tolerant conversion is the #1 FV call
Fountain Valley lawns are typically big — 2,000 to 4,000 square feet of fescue or Marathon, irrigated on original rotor heads. The math on conversion is compelling: MWDOC turf-replacement rebate + OCWD efficiency credit + 40–60% lower water bill = payback inside three years on most conversions. We handle the rebate submission, the plant palette, and the ongoing maintenance shift.
Tree management for the 40-year canopy
Most of what we remove in Fountain Valley was planted by people who aren’t here anymore. We replant with species chosen for the next fifty years: California sycamore, western redbud, palo verde, trident maple, crepe myrtle — right-size, well-behaved, beautiful as they age.
