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Cathie Hunsberger
★★★★★3 weeks ago
Sunny is a very knowledgeable and considerate gardener. I’m already enjoying our new colorful flowers in our front yard!
Landscaper in Anaheim for design, installation and full yard makeovers
You get one family crew from the first sketch to the final sweep. Sunny Gardening Service plans your front or back yard on paper, builds it with our own people, and hauls every bit of debris away. New planting beds, low-water yards, artificial turf, fresh sod and full makeovers across Anaheim and nearby cities. Call (657) 202-2644 for a free estimate.
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Five quick questions. It goes straight to our phone, and we usually send a price the same day.
- Free estimates on every job
- The same crew every week
- Clippings and debris hauled away
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Landscape design: the plan before the shovels
On a full makeover, your yard gets decided on paper first, so nothing gets bought twice or torn out twice.
- Layout
Where lawn ends and beds begin, paths, sitting areas, and how the yard flows from the driveway to the back gate. Drawn to your actual lot.
- Plants that live here
A palette for Anaheim's heat and clay: drought-tolerant structure, color that survives August, trees placed where the shade pays off.
- Materials
Sod or artificial turf, decomposed granite, river rock, mulch and borders, chosen together so the yard reads as one design.
- Water
Lawn zones, drip in the beds and slope handling decided early. That is what keeps your water bill boring.
Garden design and planting beds
When the project is beds and planting rather than the whole yard, we lay it out with the 70/30 rule: evergreen structure that carries the yard all year, plus seasonal color where you see it from the street.
- Front beds built from tough evergreens like rosemary, westringia and pittosporum, with salvias and lantana for color.
- Shade beds under the mature trees of the older neighborhoods, built around ferns and clivia instead of fighting the shade.
- Raised beds with real soil mix and drip, placed for sun, for herbs and vegetables that actually produce.
- The finishing layer: borders, pots, trellises, decorative rock and mulch. That is what makes a garden read finished instead of just planted.
Landscape installation: how a build week runs
- Day one is tear-out: old turf and tired plants out, hauled the same day. Old turf, roots and concrete chunks leave with us.
- Then the ground: clay amended, soil graded away from the house so winter rain drains instead of ponding, and any irrigation lines trenched while the yard is open. Doing the water while the ground is open is the money-saver most people miss.
- Then the build: hard materials before plants, plants and trees set at the depth and spacing they need in five years, then mulch and clean edging.
- Walkthrough to finish: we run the irrigation with you, hand over the plant list and leave the yard swept. A new landscape gets checked more often its first year while plants settle in, and our lawn and landscape maintenance visits can keep it groomed after that.
What Anaheim yards ask for
- Hill lots in Anaheim Hills and Nohl Ranch are slopes, clay soil that sheds water, fire-smart plant spacing near the canyons and HOA standards on what the street sees. Drainage and plant choice matter as much as looks.
- Flat tract yards in central and West Anaheim usually want a lower water bill and better curb appeal from the same square footage. That is where a desert or rock yard, artificial turf or new sod comes in. If you are replacing live lawn with plants, read our Anaheim turf rebate steps before anything is torn out.
- Older streets around The Colony get designs that respect mature trees instead of fighting them.
- Yorba Linda and Placentia lots get bigger, and so do the projects.
How a landscaping project starts
- Walk and estimate. We meet you at the yard, measure, talk through what you want, and give you a price for the exact scope. Free, no obligation.
- One crew builds it. The same people who mow lawns and trim trees for us all week do the installation.
- Clean exit. Every job ends with the debris hauled away and the property left clean. It is the thing customers mention most in reviews.
Where we do landscaping work
From the tract lawns of West Anaheim to the hillside lots of Anaheim Hills and the half-acre yards of Yorba Linda, we build and maintain landscapes across north Orange County. Our base is in Anaheim Hills, with Placentia, Orange, Fullerton and Brea a short drive away.
Landscaping services
What clients say
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Namtran Ta
★★★★★1 month ago
Sunny Gardening service did a great job on my front yard. They make it look spotless and helped me to put mulch on. The price is also right. Highly recommended company.
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Mary Hoshide
★★★★★1 week ago
Sunny is a very reliable and consistent landscaper. I am always happy with their work and plan to keep working with them for many years!
Before you call
What moves the price
- Yard size and what goes in it. Turf, plants, rock and irrigation each carry their own material cost.
- Design first on full makeovers, so nothing gets bought or torn out twice.
- Our own crew does the installation; no subcontractor found that morning.
- We walk the yard with you and give you a price for the exact scope. Free, no obligation.
Landscaping questions we get in Anaheim
How much does a landscaping project cost in Anaheim?
It depends on the size of your yard and what goes in it. Turf, plants, rock and irrigation each carry their own material cost, so a small front yard refresh and a full back yard makeover are very different jobs. We walk the yard with you and price the exact scope in writing before anything starts. The estimate is free.
Do you handle the design and the installation?
Yes. On bigger jobs the layout, plants and materials are decided on paper first, then our own crew builds it. If you already have a plan, from us or anyone, we can build that too, and we flag a wrong plant or a drainage problem before it goes in the ground.
Do I need a landscape architect?
For a home yard in Anaheim, almost never. Architects handle engineered work like retaining structures and commercial sites. A homeowner redesigning a yard needs a practical plan and a crew that builds it.
Can the design fit my HOA's rules?
Yes. Bring your HOA landscape guidelines, common in Anaheim Hills, Placentia and Brea, and we design inside them: approved plant lists, turf rules, all of it, so approval happens on the first submission.
How long does an install take?
Most single-yard projects run from a couple of days to about a week: tear-out and grading first, hard materials next, plants and trees, then irrigation checks and cleanup. You get the sequence up front, so there are no mystery days.
Can we build in phases?
Most customers do. The plan covers the whole yard; the build can go front first and back later, or bed by bed, without redoing anything.
What is the 70/30 rule in gardening?
Roughly 70 percent of a garden as evergreen structure that looks good all year, and 30 percent as seasonal color. It works well here because the structure carries the yard through the long dry season while the color rotates.
Get a free estimate
Call us, or send a text with a photo of the yard and the city you are in. That is usually enough for us to give you a price the same day.