Path Lighting

Path lighting combines safety and aesthetics by illuminating walkways, driveways, and garden paths with low-level fixtures that guide foot traffic and highlight landscape features after dark. These fixtures are specifically designed to cast light downward or at ground level, reducing glare and light pollution while providing enough illumination for safe navigation. Properly designed path lighting transforms the nighttime garden into a magical landscape of pools of light and soft shadows. Path lighting systems range from simple solar stake lights to sophisticated low-voltage hardwired installations. Low-voltage systems operating on 12-volt transformers offer the most reliable performance and design flexibility, with options including mushroom-top diffusers, bollard posts, and flush-mounted recessed fixtures. LED technology has become the standard, offering 50,000-hour lifespans, minimal energy consumption, and consistent color temperature. Professional landscape designers typically mix fixture styles and heights along a single path to create visual rhythm and prevent the monotonous "runway" effect of identical fixtures at uniform spacing.