Fair Oaks Landscaping & Design-Build, Done by One Local Team
Rated 4.9★ by Fair Oaks homeowners | Licensed - Bonded - Insured | Since 2008.
South Canyon Construction is a landscape contractor that has been building Fair Oaks yards and landscapes since 2008.
Patios, pools, retaining walls, drought-tolerant gardens, outdoor kitchens, full property redesigns – one team handles the design, the install, and everything in between, so you get a finished yard on one schedule with one point of contact.
17+ Years in Sacramento County Licensed CA Contractor #919620 4.9 Star Rated Orangevale-Based
All of Our Landscaping Services in Fair Oaks
We’re a true design-build contractor, which means you can hire us for a one-off paver patio or a full property redesign and get the same crew either way.
The services below all run out of the same Orangevale shop, on the same schedule, under one license.
If your project crosses a few categories – say, a new pool with a paver deck, retaining wall, and refreshed planting plan – we sequence the whole thing without subcontracting the parts that matter.
Why Fair Oaks Homeowners Choose South Canyon
Fair Oaks has more landscaping options than most Sacramento suburbs.
Here’s what separates us from the rest of the page-one results you’ve already clicked on:
- 17 years building in Fair Oaks and the surrounding Sacramento County area. Founded in 2008, we’ve worked through three drought cycles, two rebate eras, and roughly every soil type the county throws at you.
- Design-build under one roof. We don’t draw plans and then hand them off to a stranger. The crew that designs your yard is the crew that builds it – fewer translation losses, faster decisions, and no finger-pointing when something needs adjusting on day three.
- A local team, not a Roseville drive-in. Our shop is in Orangevale, about ten minutes from Fair Oaks Village. Site visits, walk-throughs, and warranty calls are short trips, not all-day expeditions.
- A 4.9 star rating across our reviews. From a small front-yard refresh to a full backyard rebuild, the bar we hit is the same.
- A full service menu. Most Fair Oaks competitors stop at design and a few hardscape items. We also do pools, masonry, saunas, French drains, and stone veneer, which means one contract instead of stitching together three.
What Makes a Fair Oaks Yard Different
Landscaping in Fair Oaks isn’t the same job as landscaping in a newer Roseville tract. The homes are older, the trees are bigger, the soil is rockier, and the rules around water are stricter every season. A good Fair Oaks landscape contractor designs for the lot you actually have.
Mature heritage oaks. Fair Oaks lives up to its name – protected valley oaks, blue oaks, and interior live oaks anchor a lot of these properties.
We design around the drip lines, avoid soil compaction inside critical root zones, and use grading and irrigation strategies that don’t drown old trees. If a tree’s protected by the Sacramento County Tree Ordinance, we build the plan around it, not through it.
Granite and decomposed-granite soils. Big swaths of Fair Oaks sit on hardpan or DG. That changes how we trench, how we set footings for retaining walls, and how we backfill. Skipping that step is how driveways crack and walls lean in year three.
Older irrigation systems. Most homes built in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s still have galvanized supply lines, sprung valves, and overhead heads watering hardscape instead of plants.
We re-zone, swap to drip on the bed plantings, and run smart controllers that hit the new Sacramento County water-use targets.
Inland heat and water rules. Summer days run over 100F more often than they used to, and the Regional Water Authority’s outdoor watering windows tighten most years.
We lean drought-tolerant by default – California natives, Mediterranean species, artificial grass where lawn doesn’t earn its keep, and hardscape that takes pressure off the planting plan.
Fair Oaks Neighborhoods We Serve
We build across the whole 95628 zip and the unincorporated pockets around it. A few of the Fair Oaks neighborhoods we’ve worked in recently:
- Fair Oaks Village – historic core, older lots, heavy oak canopy
- Old Fair Oaks – bluff lots near the American River Parkway
- Phoenix Field – established ranch homes, generous backyards
- Rollingwood Bluffs – view lots, often with grade and drainage work
- Mills Ranch – newer builds, room to design from scratch
- Winding Oaks – heavy tree cover, careful root-zone design required
- Highland Hills – sloped lots, retaining-wall and step territory
- Northridge Estates – larger lots, full-property design opportunities
If you don’t see your neighborhood, we likely still cover it – we also work across Sacramento County, Placer County, and El Dorado County including Orangevale, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Granite Bay, El Dorado Hills, and Rocklin.
Ready to Start Your Fair Oaks Project?
If you’re planning a patio, a full yard redesign, a pool build, or just trying to figure out what to do with that side yard nobody uses – we’ll walk the property, give you a real read on what’s possible, and follow up with a written estimate.
No charge for the consultation.
South Canyon Construction Inc 7520 Telegraph Ave, Orangevale, CA 95662
Phone: (916) 742-3992 Email: Zak.dennisss@gmail.com Hours: 8AM-7PM,
Monday through Sunday
Licensed CA Contractor #919620