Your home's second reveal.
Architectural lighting that transforms your landscape after sunset, warm, layered, and quietly dramatic, revealing a property you only thought you knew.
Half of your backyard's life happens at night.
Most beautiful landscapes disappear at sunset. The stone, the trees, the water, all of it gone to darkness at exactly the hour you finally have time to enjoy it. Lighting gives those hours back, and for most families, evenings are when the backyard truly earns its keep.
We light landscapes in layers. Soft grazing light across stone walls. Moonlight filtering down through oak canopies. A warm pool of light over the dining table, a quieter one along the path. Never floodlights, never glare, never runway strips. The goal is light you feel more than see.
Good lighting is also confidence. Steps are safe, entries are welcoming, and the property feels watched over without a single harsh fixture. It may be the highest return-per-dollar feature in all of outdoor design.
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Light in every layer.
A complete lighting plan considers each of these as one composition.
Architectural Accents
Grazing and wash light on stone, columns, and facades that give the home presence from the street and the garden.
Tree & Canopy Lighting
Uplights and down-lit moonlighting that turn mature trees into evening sculpture.
Path & Step Lighting
Low, warm light that guides movement and makes every step safe without ever glaring.
Dining & Lounge Light
Layered light over kitchens, tables, and fire lounges, bright enough to serve, soft enough to flatter.
Water & Pool Lighting
Underwater and feature lighting that makes pools and fountains glow like the center of the property.
Smart Control & Scenes
Scenes for dinner, parties, and quiet nights, scheduled and dimmed from your phone.
The discipline of beautiful light.
Hide the source
You should see glowing stone and silver leaves, never the fixture itself. Concealment is the first rule of elegant lighting.
Warmth over wattage
We specify warm color temperatures that flatter stone, planting, and people. Cool white light has no place in a luxury garden.
Darkness is a material
Contrast is what creates drama. We leave deliberate shadow so the lit moments matter more.
Layers, then scenes
Ambient, task, and accent layers are designed separately, then blended into scenes for the way you actually use your evenings.
See it in real homes.
What to expect.
Complete landscape lighting systems with our firm typically begin around $20,000, with full-property architectural lighting commonly ranging from $20,000 to $80,000.
Lighting is designed alongside your hardscape and planting, so conduit and fixtures are planned before construction rather than retrofitted after.
- Property size and fixture count
- Architectural versus garden coverage
- Smart control and scene systems
- Underwater and specialty fixtures
- Transformer and wiring infrastructure
Every project begins with a complete design. Design engagements begin at $7,500, and as part of a complete outdoor environment our construction budgets typically start around $150,000.
Start Your Design →Frequently asked questions.
Honest answers, before we ever get on a call.
Why does professional lighting design matter?
Will lighting raise my energy bill?
Can lighting be added to an existing landscape?
What is the typical investment?
What is moonlighting?
Often designed together.
Let's design yours.
Tell us about the property and the life you want to live on it. Design engagements begin at $7,500, and every application is read personally.
Start Your Design →Tell us about your project.
Design engagements begin at $7,500. The application takes two minutes. Craig reads every one personally, and the projects we can serve well are invited to a Discovery Call.