Landscape Lighting Services

Light the features, hide the fixtures

Good lighting design is mostly about what you cannot see. Fixtures get tucked into beds, behind trunks and under cap stones so what registers is the lit tree, the textured wall or the glowing step — not a row of bright dots along the driveway.

We aim and shield everything on site after dark, because a fixture set in daylight almost never lands where you thought it would.

Techniques we use

A typical system mixes several of these:

• Uplighting on specimen trees and stone faces
• Path and area lights along walkways
• Wall washing across textured hardscape
• Recessed step and seat-wall lights
• Downlighting from mature trees for moonlight effect
• Submerged lighting in ponds and water features

Low-voltage, LED and controlled

Everything runs at 12 volts through a transformer, so cable is safe to work around, easy to extend later and cheap to run. LED fixtures pull a fraction of the power of the old halogen systems and last for years without relamping.

Systems go on an astronomic timer or a smart controller so they follow sunset through the year rather than needing resetting every few weeks. Brass and copper fixtures are worth the upgrade if you want them still looking right in fifteen years.

See your yard after dark

We are happy to do an evening walk-through so you can see what will be lit before committing to anything.

Call (509) 276-6894 to arrange it.