Landscape
40 Years Plus Half a Million Trees Equals…
The Greening of The Irvine Ranch
On The Irvine Ranch, one statistic says it all: half a million.
That's the estimate--and it's a conservative one--of the number of trees that have been planted on The Irvine Ranch since master planning began more than four decades ago.
The number highlights an often taken-for-granted fact: Landscaping is a founding principle of master planning on The Irvine Ranch. It is as central to The Ranch's appeal as the variety of homes, excellent schools, plentiful jobs and preserved open spaces that make The Ranch such a desirable place to live and work.
Indeed, beautiful, bountiful landscaping helps set Irvine Ranch communities apart and is intrinsic to their long-term desirability. It's everywhere, in every form imaginable: lush tree-lined streets, distinctive village entries, neighborhood and community parks, meandering trails, expansive meadows, forested hillsides, groves of native oaks and sycamores. Every community on The Ranch is graced by a variety of evergreen and deciduous trees complemented by a wide array of shrubs, hedges, groundcovers and flowers.
Landscaping is so abundant, it's easy to forget that the hundreds of thousands of trees, plants and flowers that enrich Oak Creek, Woodbridge, Northpark, Newport Coast®, Tustin Ranch and other communities have been invaluable planning tools since The Irvine Company created the original Master Plan for The Ranch in 1960.
Among myriad other benefits, landscaping: