A city named for gardens \u2014 we take that seriously
Before the tract builders arrived, Garden Grove was orchards: citrus along Euclid, walnuts along Brookhurst, stone fruit out toward the 22. Many current yards still have original or first-replant trees, and those trees are a real design asset when they\u2019re healthy.
Our Garden Grove work leans toward preservation: keep what works, rehabilitate what can be saved, replace only what\u2019s beyond rehab. A fifty-year-old Valencia orange will produce more fruit per year than anything you could plant to replace it. We know how to keep it productive.
Old fruit trees are the signature of Garden Grove work
Specific things we do a lot of here:
- Citrus pruning that actually increases fruit yield (open-canopy, no more than 25% at a time).
- HLB (citrus greening) monitoring and prevention.
- Avocado crown restoration on trees that have been over-pruned by well-meaning owners.
- Persimmon and loquat shaping for both yield and ornamental form.
Cultural plant palettes and how we design with them
A lot of Garden Grove has strong Korean and Vietnamese plant traditions: Korean citron, Asian pear, jujube, perilla, goji. We incorporate these as design anchors, not afterthoughts. Our plant sourcing network includes the stores that carry the right cultivars.
