Overview
About Palm Gardens
Palm Gardens covers 46.8 acres and records 334 addresses, all with unit designators, on eight parcels at a median lot of 0.087 acres. Eighteen streets run 1.89 miles inside the boundary and half of them are Caribbean: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman, Freeport, Georgetown, Lucaya, Saint Kitts and Tortola, with English names alongside them in Carrington, Hastings, Highgate, Kingshill, Kitridge, Longford, Montagu, Southgate and Windsor. The general plan carries 36.4 acres at 6.5 to 14 homes an acre and 10.2 acres as recreation and open space, close to a fifth of the community.
The flood layer places 45.8 acres in zone X. Saddleback Valley Unified serves the boundary, and the district assigns campuses through an address locator rather than a published boundary map, so confirm the campus for a specific address at svusd.org before it matters to an offer.
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How Palm Gardens was built
The street names in Palm Gardens point at the Caribbean. Antigua, Barbados, Saint Kitts, Tortola and Cayman are islands of the old British West Indies, Georgetown is the Cayman capital, Freeport and Lucaya are the twin towns of Grand Bahama, and Kingshill sits on Saint Croix. Running through them is a second set straight out of England: Windsor, Hastings, Highgate, Southgate, Longford, Montagu and Carrington.
The land was Rancho Mission Viejo, the cattle and agricultural holding the O'Neill family ran across southern Orange County. The family and its partners formed the Mission Viejo Company in 1963, Orange County adopted its master plan in 1965, and the first families moved in the year after. Palm Gardens holds 334 homes across 46.8 acres.
By the Numbers
Palm Gardens by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Palm Gardens lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Palm Gardens
Saddleback Valley Unified serves Palm Gardens. The district publishes assignment through an address locator rather than a boundary map, so the campuses below are its schools inside Mission Viejo with enrollment from the 2024-25 federal count.
9-12 · 2,475 students
9-12 · 1,566 students
9-12 · 200 students
7-12 · 80 students
7-8 · 713 students
7-8 · 595 students
K-6 · 540 students
K-6 · 444 students
K-6 · 390 students
K-6 · 362 students
K-6 · 308 students
K-6 · 263 students
K-12 · 149 students
FAQs
Common questions about Palm Gardens
Who developed Palm Gardens?
The Mission Viejo Company. Its name appears in the owner's certificate on Tract 11358, recorded in September 1986 and surveyed by Kevin D. McHugh in December 1985.
What is the scenic preservation easement?
Tract 11358 dedicates to the County of Orange an easement for scenic preservation purposes over three of its numbered lots. It sits alongside the more usual arrangement on the same map, under which three lettered lots were granted in fee to the homeowners association for landscape and maintenance.
Where do the street names come from?
Half are Caribbean: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman, Freeport, Georgetown, Lucaya, Saint Kitts and Tortola. The other nine are English: Carrington, Hastings, Highgate, Kingshill, Kitridge, Longford, Montagu, Southgate and Windsor.
How much open space is in Palm Gardens?
The city's general plan carries 10.2 of the 46.8 acres as recreation and open space, close to a fifth of the community, with 36.4 acres at 6.5 to 14 homes an acre.
Which schools serve Palm Gardens?
Saddleback Valley Unified. The district assigns campuses through an address locator rather than a published boundary map, so confirm the campus for a specific address with the district at svusd.org.