Category Design & Inspiration

I have spent more than a decade lighting outdoor spaces in the American Southwest, and the Mediterranean patio is the…

A tropical garden at night should feel like a different world. During the day, the bold foliage, the bright flowers,…

A beach house yard is a different kind of landscape. The soil is sand, the air is salt, the wind…

The desert Southwest has a quality of light that exists nowhere else. The air is dry and thin, the sky…

I spent four years fighting solar lights in a wooded lot outside Olympia before I figured out what actually works…

Mid-century modern homes have a specific lighting problem. The architecture is from an era (roughly 1945 to 1970) when indoor…

There is a particular quality of light that a shade garden deserves. Not the bright, even wash of a suburban…

A moon garden is built around a simple idea. White flowers and silver foliage reflect whatever light reaches them, making…

I work in the high desert of New Mexico, and I have installed solar lighting in yards where the ground…

The first time I sat in my garden at dusk and watched a moonflower unfurl, I understood why people build…

Bog gardens and wetland areas are some of the most rewarding spaces to light at night, but they are also…

Water transforms garden lighting in ways that no other element can. A still pond doubles every light source, creating mirror…

A specimen tree is the anchor of a garden design. It is the plant you built the rest of the…

There is a specific kind of relaxation that happens in a hammock or garden swing at night that you cannot…

A garden bench is an invitation. It says, sit here, stay a while, look at what is around you. But…