Houston Landscape Lighting, Low Voltage and Built to Last
Most of the year the yard is used after work, in the dark. Lighting is designed as its own layer — what gets lit, from where, and how bright — so the space reads at night without glare.
What’s included in the work.
Every project has the same core scope, adapted to the specific property and program.
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Lighting Plan
Fixture types and positions worked out against the planting, hardscape, and architecture rather than spaced evenly along a bed line.
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Path & Step Lighting
Circulation, stairs, and level changes lit for safety, with the source shielded so you see the surface and not the lamp.
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Uplighting & Accents
Specimen trees, walls, veneer, and structures lit to give the yard depth after dark instead of a flat wash.
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Hardscape Integration
Fixtures set into walls, coping, risers, and structures during the build, so conduit and wiring never have to be retrofitted.
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Transformers & Zoning
Low-voltage runs sized correctly, split into zones so areas can be switched independently.
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Controls
Timers, photocells, or app-based control, set up and handed over working.
Everything you see.
Everything you don’t.
What separates a landscape that lasts from one that fails in two summers is the work you never see — grade, drainage, soil preparation, and compacted base. On Houston clay, that is most of the job.
And what you do see — the joint lines, the bed edges, the level of a terrace against the house — we hold to the same standard.
Roughly what it costs.
The range below is what work of this kind typically runs in Houston, so you can place yourself in it before you call. It is a starting point, not a quote — every project is scoped to the specific property, program, and material selections.
We confirm a clear investment range in the initial consultation and issue a detailed proposal after the design phase.
- Fixture count, and how far the low-voltage runs have to reach
- Fixture quality — cast brass and copper against aluminium
- How many zones are switched separately, and transformer sizing
- Whether conduit is set during a build or retrofitted through finished landscape
$4,500 – $15,000
Most projects of this type
- At the lower end
- A front elevation and entry walk — a handful of uplights and path lights on a single transformer.
- At the upper end
- A whole property lit in zones — front, terrace, pool, specimen trees, and structures, on app-based control.
A range, not a quote. Your figure depends on square footage, materials, how much grading and drainage the site needs, and equipment access.
Landscape Lighting we have built.
Frames from completed projects across Houston. Every photograph is our own work — follow any of them through to the project it came from.
Work that goes with this.
Most projects combine several of these, and doing them together costs less than doing them one at a time.
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French drains, catch basins, area drains, and regrading — moving standing water away from the foundation, the lawn, and the patio.
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Paver, travertine, flagstone, and poured concrete terraces built on a base that holds its line through Houston clay and rain.
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Pergolas, patio covers, and louvered structures engineered for Houston wind loads and built to match the house.
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Written about this work.
What we have published on it — what it costs, what it is like to live with, and how it is put together.
- Plants & Planting · 5 min read · By Chris GosselinHow Much Sun Does Your Yard Really Get?A simple way to map light across your yard before choosing plants — and why “full sun” on a plant tag means something different in Houston.
- Pools & Outdoor Living · 6 min read · By Chris GosselinLandscape Lighting Design: Why Layers Beat FloodlightsOne bright floodlight flattens a yard. Three layers of light — path, feature, and ambient — make it usable after dark. Here is how the layers work.
- Landscape Design · 6 min read · By Chris GosselinLandscaping Around Big Oak TreesHow to plant, pave, and light around a mature live oak without damaging the roots that keep it alive — and what to avoid inside the root zone.
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