Path & Garden Lighting
Path & Garden Lighting
Path and garden lights placed to wash walks, steps and beds evenly, so the way to the door is easy to see and the planting still reads after dark.
- Safe, even light on steps and walks
- Low-glare fixtures placed by design
- Highlights beds, borders and features
- Durable buried low-voltage wiring
Safe underfoot, easy on the eye
Path lighting should light the ground, not blind you — so we space and aim fixtures to wash the walk and steps evenly instead of lining them up like a runway. The same soft, warm light brings out planting beds, borders and garden features after dark, and marks changes in level so nobody misses a step.
Built to last
We use solid-metal path fixtures on buried low-voltage wire, so they hold up to mowers, weather and time. It’s a smaller project than a full property lighting design and a great place to start.
Path lighting around Nashville
Walks, steps and garden beds are lit in these 12 towns in 5 counties: Nashville (Davidson County), Franklin (Williamson County), Brentwood (Williamson County), Nolensville (Williamson County), Spring Hill (Williamson County), Hendersonville (Sumner County), Gallatin (Sumner County), Lebanon (Wilson County), Murfreesboro (Rutherford County), Smyrna (Rutherford County), Hermitage (Davidson County), and Mt. Juliet (Wilson County). Each town is on the service areas page.
Answers
Path & Garden Lighting questions
How far apart should path lights be?
There is no single right spacing: it depends on how far each fixture spreads its light and how wide the walk is. The aim is light on the ground that is even from one end of the path to the other, which a matched row of lights at fixed intervals rarely gives you.
How do you keep path lights from causing glare?
With fixtures that send their light down onto the ground and keep the lamp itself out of sight at eye level. The walk and the edge of the bed get the light; the person walking toward the door does not get it in their eyes.
Will path lights hold up to mowers and weather?
Solid-metal fixtures on buried low-voltage wire hold up far better than plastic stakes on wire laid over the mulch, and that is what goes in along walks and beds. A cheap kit is usually the thing that fails in its first season.
Is path lighting a good place to start?
Yes. A lit walk is a smaller job than lighting the whole property, and it does the most for safety on the first night. If the transformer is sized with room to spare, tree and facade lights can be added to the same system later.
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