The Orchard — Local services in Lake Forest

"The Orchard: Where Security Guards and Golf Carts Go to Hide!"

Hi Juliette/ Management of The Orchard… Thanks for your response to my last email… NOT!

Here’s the latest dispatch from the lawless frontier of The Orchard, where chaos reigns and security is a mythical creature, last seen sitting by his car, dreaming of a golf cart he can’t even access!

From 6-9 PM tonight, I roamed this retail jungle, and guess what? No security in sight—again! If you can’t afford a golf cart, how about bikes with flashlights? Or, I don’t know, an actual security guard who’s PRESENT and not just napping by his sedan? I half-expected to see a tumbleweed roll by, followed by a shirtless guy smoking pot on the side of Goodwill—oh wait, that actually happened!

The scene outside Peet’s? A homeless encampment that’s basically a pop-up village now. Meanwhile, the ULTA area is still a magnet for unsavory types—stealing, harassing, and scaring employees and customers alike. I took it upon myself to investigate, and the one guard I found admitted he can’t even get to the golf cart because the keys don’t work for the enclosure. What is this, a comedy special? "The Great Golf Cart Lockout of 2025"?

Juliette, you say there are two guards until midnight, but where are they? Hiding in the bushes? Playing hide-and-seek with the keys? This place is turning into a free-for-all, and I’m not here for the “shop-and-dodge” experience. The Orchard used to be a gem in Lake Forest, but now it’s a circus—minus the clowns, unless you count the guy I saw loitering shirtless by Goodwill.

Pics attached for your viewing pleasure: encampments, pot-smokers, and zero security presence. Fix this, or I’ll be back with more 1-star reviews and...

The orchard is a very nice place with quite a great deal of stores and dining places in there as well as an optical place of Ralph's grocery store which is not as you would expect it is a very large confusing store but they don't cater to some things that people are used to in another maybe different area but the other stores are very nice there used to be a beautiful park at the corner of it at Richland and El Toro it was so wonderful to sit in but apparently the city has let it been run down and they gated it off which was a beautiful spot to sit and have lunch but I guess they did have a problem with some homeless people about 6 months to a year ago and they instead of fixing it up and making sure the problem didn't come back they have just blocked it off then you're welcome to join it there's also a Goodwill in there if you need to go there and across the street is Ross dress for less and sprouts market as well as on the uncore a del Taco harbor freight a fish market and a 99 cent store but the arbor has quite a lot to offer and it's a good stop if you want to go shopping all four corners is that area or excellent except for the part when they closed off that sitting area out...

The Orchard needs Security - this Dad has had enough!

‏Where are the security guards?? My wife has sent multiple messages to your office with concerns?

‏Every shift, my little girl tells me about shoplifters running wild at ULTA—stealing thousands in products, sketchy guys on drugs wandering in, and creeps harassing her and her coworkers. One time, a naked guy stormed in and caused chaos at the Benefit Brow Bar—customers fled screaming! ‏She’s scared, I’m furious, and you’re letting The Orchard turn into ‏crime zone! ‏Outside Peet’s, there’s a homeless encampment. ‏By Goodwill, shirtless guys smoke pot like it’s a tailgate party! ‏Pics attached—see for yourself!

‏Juliette, The Orchard was once a Lake Forest gem, but now it’s a danger zone. You say two guards patrol until midnight, but where? Hiding? My daughter and her team deserve to feel safe, not like they’re in a bad movie dodging thieves and weirdos. Fix this—cameras, guards, a golf cart that actually rolls—or I’ll rally every parent I know for 1-star reviews and...