Overview
About The Orchards
The Orchards holds 224 homes on 15 acres, reached from two streets, Sunningdale Drive and Ternberry Court, along 0.82 miles of pavement. The homes stand together on four parcels rather than on a lot for each.
The city carries the whole boundary as Planned Community Residential inside specific plan area 8. Heritage Park is about 1,366 feet away and Tustin Sports Park about 1,599 feet, and Tustin Unified serves the community with Tustin Ranch Elementary 0.25 miles from the boundary.
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How The Orchards was built
The Orchards was built in 1994 and its two streets, Sunningdale Drive and Ternberry Court, read as British golf links, Sunningdale and, in a respelled form, Turnberry. There is a joke in it the developer probably did not intend: the community is called The Orchards because the ground was orchards, and its streets point at golf because the Tustin Ranch Golf Club, a Ted Robinson design, is a short walk away.
The Irvine Company decided to build here in 1982, the county approved construction in 1986, and Tustin annexed 2,257 acres of Irvine Ranch land the same year. The eighteen hole course on 165 acres and the Tustin Market Place, open on Jamboree Road since 1990, were the anchors of the plan.
By the Numbers
The Orchards by the numbers
Lifestyle
The The Orchards lifestyle
The city runs seventeen parks of its own. The largest is Veterans Sports Park at Tustin Legacy, 31.8 acres on Valencia Avenue with lighted ball diamonds and multi-use play fields, followed by Tustin Sports Park at 22 acres on Robinson Drive.
Citrus Ranch Park holds 16.9 acres off Portola Parkway, where the city keeps a hilltop gazebo and a lemon grove knoll. Cedar Grove Park on Pioneer Road covers 10.7 acres and carries a nature trail and a grass amphitheater.
Old Town repays a walk. The sidewalk tour along Main Street and its side trips runs a little over two miles past buildings that go back to the 1880s, and the Tustin Area Historical Society keeps its museum at 395 El Camino Real.
Schools
Schools serving The Orchards
Tustin Unified serves The Orchards. Tustin Ranch Elementary stands 0.25 miles from the boundary, C. E. Utt Middle 0.67 miles and Ladera Elementary 0.68 miles. The district assigns a campus by address rather than by distance.
9-12 · 2,776 students
9-12 · 2,126 students
9-12 · 1,627 students
6-12 · 964 students
9-12 · 142 students
6-8 · 971 students
6-8 · 929 students
6-8 · 583 students
6-8 · 554 students
K-8 · 1,373 students
K-8 · 1,085 students
K-5 · 830 students
K-5 · 613 students
K-5 · 585 students
K-5 · 567 students
K-5 · 542 students
K-5 · 520 students
K-5 · 502 students
K-5 · 460 students
K-5 · 456 students
K-5 · 436 students
K-5 · 433 students
K-5 · 426 students
K-5 · 399 students
K-5 · 395 students
K-5 · 345 students
K-5 · 313 students
K-12 · 268 students
FAQs
Common questions about The Orchards
How big is The Orchards?
It covers 15 acres and holds 224 homes on the city's address record, across four parcels and 0.82 miles of street.
When was The Orchards recorded?
Tract 14883 was recorded on 7 December 1994 by K. W. Lawler and Associates under surveyor Kerry W. Lawler RCE 23927.
Which school district serves The Orchards?
Tustin Unified. Tustin Ranch Elementary is 0.25 miles from the boundary and C. E. Utt Middle 0.67 miles, though the district assigns campuses by address.
What kind of housing is in The Orchards?
The city records 224 homes standing together on four parcels rather than on a lot each, reached from Sunningdale Drive and Ternberry Court.
Is there a park near The Orchards?
Heritage Park is about 1,366 feet from the boundary and Tustin Sports Park, 22 acres on Robinson Drive, about 1,599 feet.