Landscape Design & Construction in Gold River, CA
Rated 4.9★ by Gold River homeowners | Licensed - Bonded - Insured | Since 2008.
Gold River is a 30-year-old planned community with old original landscapes, an active architectural review process, and high expectations for outdoor design – and South Canyon Construction has been doing licensed design-build landscaping for Gold River homeowners since 2008.
We handle design, plans, ARC submittal, construction, and the final punch list under one contract, so a Riverlake refresh or an Eagle’s Nest full backyard build moves on a single schedule with a single accountable team.
We work out of Orangevale, about ten minutes from Gold River, which means short response times for site visits, material checks, and punch-list walkthroughs.
Our Gold River Landscape Construction Services
From front-yard refreshes that pass ARC review on the first submittal to full backyard design-build projects with pool, patio, and outdoor kitchen, we handle every trade in-house.
Pick the service that fits your project – we’ll quote scope, materials, and a real schedule the same way for any of them.
Built for Gold River's Architectural Review Process
Living in the Gold River means there’s documented standards brought by the Gold River Community Association that everyone must abide by.
This covers front-yard plants, palettes, hardscape coverage, fencing, and other visible structures.
However most homeowners don’t really want to read a 40 page guideline document before starting a project.
Most contractors haven’t even read it, which is why submittals come back with a ton of corrections and projects start to stall out.
Our team designs using the ARC standards as gold, from the beginning conversation and sketch.
We take deep consideration into plant lists, hardscape, all percentages and measurements such as fence heights, and structures before the plan ever leaves our office.
If ARC tries to bill for a revision it’s ours, we don’t bill it back to you.
Refreshing Old Gold River Landscapes
Most of Gold River was built between 1989 and the mid-1990s.
The original front and back yards have done their job for thirty years, but a lot of them are at end-of-life such as:
PVC irrigation that leaks under the slabs, concrete patios, junipers and pittosporum, and lawns that have thinned out, and even landscaping around pools.
A Gold River refresh isn’t a teardown.
It’s pulling out what’s tired, keeping the mature trees and good bones, and rebuilding the systems underneath.
We’ve worked on lots backed onto the American River Parkway, interior courts, and corner lots with the long ARC-visible street frontage. We’re here to bring you the best in:
- New drip irrigation on a smart controller
- sub-drainage replacements
- Refreshed hardscaping
- New planting palettes that fits the canopy you already have
- Upgrading your outdoor living area
The design problem is different for each one, and so is the construction sequence.
Why Gold River Homeowners Choose South Canyon Construction
- One licensed team, start to finish. Design, plans, ARC package, procurement, build, punch list. CA License #919620, bonded, and insured.
- We know the community. Gold River-specific ARC process, neighborhood character, and the substrates under your yard.
- Local proximity. Our shop is on Telegraph Ave in Orangevale – roughly 4.5 miles from Gold River. Site visits and punch-list walks happen on short notice.
- Honest scopes and milestones. Written scope, transparent allowance line items, scheduled milestones, and daily on-site cleanup.
- Design-build, not design-then-bid. Cost-aligned design means the plan you fall in love with is the plan we can actually build for the number on the page.
- Recognition. Rated 4.9 on Houzz with Best of Houzz service honors.
Gold River Neighborhoods We Serve
We work across all of Gold River, including:
- Riverlake and Cresleigh Riverlake
- Eagle’s Nest
- Gold River Estates
- Hagan Park area
- The Crossing
- Sundance Lake
- Stonebrook
We also serve the immediately adjacent communities – Rancho Cordova (95670), Fair Oaks, Orangevale, Carmichael, and Folsom – and projects from Sacramento County out into Placer and El Dorado Counties.
Get a Gold River Design Consultation
Tell us what you’re picturing – a front-yard ARC-compliant refresh, a full backyard with pool remodel and outdoor kitchen, or a drainage and hardscape fix that’s been on the list for two summers.
We’ll come out, walk the site, talk through the ARC implications, and put a real scope and schedule on paper.
Call (916) 742-3992 or send us details through the consultation form. Most Gold River site visits get scheduled within the week.
- Phone: (916) 742-3992
- Email: Zak.dennisss@gmail.com
- Shop: 7520 Telegraph Ave, Orangevale, CA 95662
- Hours: 8 AM – 7 PM, Mon-Sun
- License: CA #919620 – licensed, bonded, insured