Landscape Construction & Design in Citrus Heights, CA
Rated 4.9★ by Citrus Heights homeowners | Licensed - Bonded - Insured | Since 2008.
Most Citrus Heights backyards were laid out between 1972 and 1989.
The ranch house went up after Sunrise Mall opened, the builder dropped a concrete slab off the back door, framed a 6-foot redwood fence, sodded the rest, and called it done.
Forty years later that lawn is threadbare, the slab is cracking at the cold joints, the fence is leaning, and a 40-year-old liquidambar is now sitting on top of the sewer line.
South Canyon Construction is a Citrus Heights landscape contractor built for that yard.
We design, permit, and rebuild original ranch-era backyards into modern outdoor spaces, working around the mature trees the neighborhood is known for and the City’s tree-preservation ordinance that protects them.
One licensed crew handles design, demo, drainage, hardscape, and planting under one contract.
All of Our Citrus Heights Landscaping Services
Most Citrus Heights projects pull from four or five of these categories at once, patio demo and rebuild, drainage retrofit, retaining wall, artificial turf or drought-tolerant planting, and a shade structure are a common combination on a 1970s ranch lot.
We design, permit, and build all of it under one contract.
Landscapes Built for 1970s Citrus Heights ranch yards, mature trees, and pre-code drainage
Three things separate a Citrus Heights build from a Roseville or Folsom build, and all three trip up crews who don’t work here often.
Aging hardscape and structures.
Most Citrus Heights ranch homes still have their original 4-inch concrete patio, redwood fence, and railroad-tie planters. The concrete has cold-joint cracks and no rebar. The fence posts have rotted at grade.
The ties are leaking creosote into the planting beds. None of it can be patched, but it can be designed around so you don’t pay to demo what’s still serviceable. We walk every yard and tell you what’s worth saving before quoting.
Citrus Heights tree-preservation ordinance.
Municipal Code Chapter 50 protects native and landmark trees citywide, and a 40-year-old liquidambar, sycamore, or valley oak in the back of a Birdcage or Sunrise Oaks yard almost always qualifies.
We map protected drip lines before excavation, hand-dig inside root zones, and pull a tree permit when the design requires it. If an arborist sign-off is needed, we coordinate it.
Pre-code drainage.
Citrus Heights’ older neighborhoods, Sylvan Old Auburn, Arcade Creek, Stock Ranch, were built before modern stormwater requirements. Lots slope toward the house, downspouts dump at the foundation, and winter runoff pools against the slab.
Half of our Citrus Heights projects include a drainage retrofit (French drains, regraded swales, downspout extensions to daylight) tied into the new hardscape before a single paver goes down.
One Licensed Landscape Contractor, Not Five
Most Citrus Heights homeowners we meet have been quoted by two or three “landscape designers” who then sub out the concrete, sub out the drainage, sub out the masonry, and disappear during the build.
We’re the licensed contractor (CA #919620, bonded, insured), and the same crew that draws the plan handles the demo, drainage, hardscape, and final planting.
That means:
- One contract, one schedule, one phone number for the duration of the build
- Tree-permit and drainage paperwork handled in-house when required by the City
- Engineered drawings for retaining walls over 4 feet, structural shade pergolas, and pool-adjacent hardscape
- Transparent change orders if site conditions force a revision, no surprise mid-build invoices
- One project at a time. We don’t take a second job halfway through yours.
Citrus Heights neighborhoods we do Landscaping in
Citrus Heights is not one yard pattern, it’s three, and the build approach changes between them:
Original ranch and tract subdivisions (Sunrise Ranch, Sunrise Oaks, Birdcage, Park Oaks).
Older established areas (Sylvan Old Auburn, Arcade Creek corridor)
Newer infill builds (Stock Ranch, parts of Sunrise Mall corridor)
Most Citrus Heights builds run between $20,000 for a focused patio-and-planting refresh and $90,000+ for a full backyard rebuild with drainage, retaining walls, a shade structure, and irrigation.
We give you a realistic price band at the site walkthrough, before you spend anything on design.
Start your Citrus Heights backyard project
Schedule a free design consultation.
We’ll look at the yard, the trees, the drainage, and what’s there today, then tell you what’s realistic before you commit to a design fee.
Call: (916) 742-3992
Email: Zak.dennisss@gmail.com
Office: 7520 Telegraph Ave, Orangevale, CA 95662
Hours: 8AM-7PM, Monday-Sunday