Landscape Lighting for Lakewood Ranch Homes
The right lighting turns your landscape into an outdoor room you can enjoy long after sunset. Paradise Palms Lakewood Ranch designs and installs custom low-voltage landscape lighting that highlights your palms, walkways, and architecture while improving safety and curb appeal.
Instead of harsh floodlights or randomly placed fixtures, we focus on a layered approach—soft path lighting for visibility, accent lighting to highlight key features, and subtle washes that give your home a warm, welcoming glow. Every project is tailored to your property and designed to work with the landscape plan we’ve created or the plantings you already have.
Benefits of Professional Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting is one of the highest-impact upgrades you can make for your Lakewood Ranch home. It adds beauty, security, and comfort without major construction. Homeowners often choose lighting to:
- Highlight palms, specimen trees, and architectural features
- Make driveways and front entries safer and easier to navigate at night
- Extend the hours you can enjoy lanais, patios, and pool decks
- Create a resort-style ambiance for guests and evening entertaining
- Showcase fresh landscaping and hardscapes after dark
- Increase perceived home value and curb appeal
Types of Landscape Lighting We Install
Our team designs systems using quality low-voltage fixtures intended to handle Florida’s heat, humidity, and storms. Each layout is customized, but most projects include a mix of the following:
- Path & Walkway Lights – Gentle, glare-free lighting that guides guests safely from the driveway to the front door, side gates, or backyard spaces.
- Palm & Tree Uplighting – Directional fixtures placed at the base of your palms or feature trees to highlight trunks, fronds, and canopy structure.
- Accent & Spot Lights – Focused beams used to call attention to stonework, entry columns, fountains, or other key features in the landscape.
- Wall Wash Lighting – Soft, even light that grazes exterior walls or privacy hedges, reducing harsh shadows and adding depth to the yard at night.
- Step & Riser Lights – Low-profile fixtures tucked into steps or retaining walls to increase safety on elevation changes.
- Lanai & Patio Perimeter Lighting – Fixtures that blend into the landscape while making outdoor living areas more comfortable and usable after dark.
Designed for Florida Nights & Lakewood Ranch Lifestyles
Your lighting plan should feel intentional, not overpowering. We design lighting with Lakewood Ranch’s lifestyle in mind—neighbors walking dogs, families gathering on the lanai, and homeowners wanting a subtle, polished look instead of a bright, commercial feel.
We pay attention to fixture placement, beam spread, and color temperature so your home feels warm and inviting rather than cold or washed out. Our recommendations always consider:
- Views from the street and from inside the home
- Reflection and glare on windows, pool surfaces, and screens
- How shadows fall on walkways and seating areas
- Preserving a comfortable level of darkness for stargazing
Our Landscape Lighting Installation Process
A clean, professional installation is just as important as a great design. Our crew takes care to protect your existing landscaping, hardscapes, and irrigation during lighting work.
- Walkthrough & Night-Use Goals – We start by understanding how you use the space after dark: where you walk, sit, entertain, and want more visibility or drama.
- Fixture Layout & Proposal – We plan fixture locations, wiring paths, and transformer placement, then provide a clear proposal so you know exactly what’s included.
- Low-Voltage Installation – Our team carefully runs wiring, sets fixtures, and connects everything to a high-quality transformer with appropriate load balancing and zoning.
- Aiming & Fine Tuning – Once the system is live, we adjust angles and brightness to get the lighting effect just right.
- Instructions & Maintenance Tips – We show you how timers or smart controls work and share simple care tips to keep your system looking its best.
Integrating Lighting with New or Existing Landscapes
Many Lakewood Ranch homeowners ask us to install lighting at the same time as a new landscape or hardscape project. This approach allows us to hide wiring, coordinate fixture placement with plantings, and design everything as a cohesive whole. If your landscaping is already in place, we can still retrofit a lighting system that looks intentional and clean.
Lighting works especially well with:
- Fresh palm installations and accent trees
- New rock or mulch beds with defined edges
- Walkways, driveways, and entry columns
- Lanai, pool cage, and patio upgrades
Why Choose Paradise Palms for Landscape Lighting
As a design-driven landscape company, we look at lighting as part of the entire outdoor experience—not a bolt-on feature. Our team handles both the creative and technical pieces, so your system works beautifully and looks like it belongs there from day one.
- Local, owner-led team based in Lakewood Ranch
- Designs tailored to your home’s architecture and landscaping
- Neat, minimally invasive installation and cleanup
- Clear communication on scope, pricing, and scheduling
Light Up Your Lakewood Ranch Landscape
If you’re ready to see your home in a new light—literally—Paradise Palms can help. From simple path lighting to a full property lighting plan, we’ll design a system that makes your outdoor spaces safer, more welcoming, and more enjoyable every night.
Ready to Upgrade Your Landscape Lighting?
Share your night-time goals and we’ll design a custom lighting plan that highlights your palms, pathways, and outdoor living spaces with a clean, professional finish.