- County
- Travis County
- From central Austin
- Based in Austin, with most city neighborhoods 10 to 25 minutes from our shop
- ZIP codes
- 78701, 78703, 78704, 78705, 78723, 78731, 78732, 78749, 78757, 78759
Landscape lighting across Austin's neighborhoods
No two Austin yards light the same way. A 1930s bungalow in Hyde Park with a deep front porch and a pecan canopy wants something very different from a limestone-and-stucco home on a canyon lot in Great Hills, or a two-story built in the early 2000s in Circle C where the live oaks are only now reaching the roofline. Austin Landscape Lighting has designed and installed more than 500 systems across the city since 2020, and the first thing we do on every project is read the property: the architecture, the trees, the grade changes, and how the family actually uses the yard after dark.
West of MoPac, in Tarrytown, Barton Hills and Northwest Hills, lots tend to slope and mature live oaks dominate. East of I-35, in Mueller and the older East Austin grid, homes sit closer together on flatter ground and lighting has to respect a neighbor's bedroom window a few feet away. Up Loop 360 and out RM 620 toward Steiner Ranch, the terrain turns to Hill Country limestone, Ashe juniper and long views, and the design shifts toward grazing stone and keeping light off the horizon.
What Austin homeowners ask us for most
Our landscape lighting Austin TX projects usually begin with the front of the house and work outward. The most requested services here are:
- Architectural uplighting for limestone, brick and stucco facades. Austin's older neighborhoods have beautiful masonry that disappears at night without it.
- Garden and tree lighting, especially moonlighting from inside large live oaks in Tarrytown, Allandale and Travis Heights, where the canopy is the best feature on the lot.
- Path and walkway lighting for sloped front walks and limestone steps, which are everywhere west of Lamar.
- Smart lighting controls so zones for the pool, the patio and the front elevation run on separate schedules from a phone.
Pool lighting is a close fifth. A large share of homes in Barton Hills, Westlake-adjacent 78746 and Circle C have a pool, and our pool and water feature lighting work ties the deck, the water and the planting beds into one scene.
Local details that shape an Austin lighting design
A few conditions come up on almost every Austin job. First, limestone. On the west side the soil is often only a few inches deep over caliche and rock, so wire runs are planned around what the ground allows and fixture stakes are chosen accordingly. Second, oak wilt. We never nail or screw fixtures into live oaks, and we avoid any pruning cuts to oaks during the spring transmission window; tree-mounted downlights are installed with adjustable straps that can be loosened as the tree grows. Third, heat. Austin summers push fixture housings and transformers hard, so we specify solid brass and copper bodies and size transformers with headroom.
Glare and light trespass matter more here than in most Texas cities. Austin's land development code includes outdoor lighting standards for commercial sites, and residents in neighborhoods like Zilker and Bouldin are protective of the night sky over Lady Bird Lake. We design with shielded, warm-white LEDs aimed at surfaces rather than at the street, which also keeps the light out of your own eyes when you pull into the driveway. On wooded lots along Loop 360, in Great Hills and Steiner Ranch, white-tailed deer are a daily visitor, so we route wire and set fixtures to survive hooves and browsing.
How Austin Landscape Lighting works in the city
Because we are based in Austin, most neighborhoods are a short drive for us, which makes scheduling simple and follow-up visits easy. The process starts with a free on-site design consultation. We walk the property with you at or near dusk when possible, talk through priorities, and leave you with a written, no-surprise estimate. Most residential installations are completed in a single day, and we clean up as if we were never there. Every system is a 12-volt low-voltage LED system, which is safe around kids, dogs and pool decks and costs a fraction of line-voltage lighting to run.
We are licensed and insured, and we back our labor with a two-year workmanship warranty on top of the manufacturer warranties on fixtures. If you are comparing companies, our 4.9-star rating across 127 Google reviews is a fair place to start, and our project gallery shows real Austin homes rather than stock photos. For a rough budget before we visit, the cost estimator gives planning ranges based on lot size and fixture count.
Neighborhoods we serve in Austin
We work throughout Travis County, with regular projects in Tarrytown, Pemberton Heights, Hyde Park, Allandale, Crestview and Northwest Hills in central and north-central Austin; Barton Hills, Travis Heights, Zilker and Bouldin Creek south of the river; Circle C Ranch, Shady Hollow and Oak Hill in the southwest; Great Hills, Balcones and Spicewood Springs along US 183 and Loop 360; Steiner Ranch and River Place out RM 620; and Mueller, Cherrywood and Windsor Park on the east side. If your zip code starts with 787, we have almost certainly worked near you.
Book your free design consultation
Whether you want a few well-placed uplights on a Travis Heights cottage or a fully zoned smart system on a Steiner Ranch hillside, Austin Landscape Lighting is the local team to call for landscape lighting Austin TX homeowners trust. Contact us to schedule a free on-site consultation, or call (281) 704-7210 Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm and Saturday from 9am to 2pm. You can also browse our full list of services or check other service areas around Central Texas.
Austin neighborhoods we light
- Tarrytown
- Barton Hills
- Travis Heights
- Hyde Park
- Allandale
- Circle C Ranch
- Steiner Ranch
- Great Hills
- Zilker
- Mueller
Landmarks nearby: Zilker Park, Barton Springs Pool, Lady Bird Lake, Mount Bonnell, Texas State Capitol, Lake Austin.
Popular services in Austin
Architectural Uplighting
Architectural uplighting turns a facade that disappears at dusk into the focal point of the street. Austin Landscape Li…
- Brass fixtures, 2700K warm white
- Glare-free, dark-sky aware aiming
Garden & Tree Lighting
A mature live oak is often the most valuable feature on an Austin lot, and it vanishes the moment the sun sets. Austin …
- Species-specific beam and output
- Moonlighting from the canopy
Path & Walkway Lighting
Good path lighting is the layer guests notice least and depend on most. Austin Landscape Lighting places shielded brass…
- No runway effect, staggered placement
- Shielded hats, zero glare
Landscape lighting in Austin: FAQ
Can you light the large live oaks in older Austin neighborhoods without damaging them?
Yes. In Tarrytown, Hyde Park and Travis Heights, mature live oaks are often the best feature on the property. We mount downlights with adjustable tree straps rather than screws or nails, avoid pruning oaks during the spring oak wilt transmission period, and loosen straps on maintenance visits so the tree can keep growing without the hardware cutting in.
How does the shallow limestone soil in West Austin affect installation?
On lots in Barton Hills, Great Hills, Northwest Hills and Steiner Ranch, there is often only a few inches of soil over rock. We plan wire routes along beds and edges where trenching is possible, use heavy-duty stakes or surface mounts where it is not, and protect runs with conduit at driveway and walkway crossings. The design visit is where we confirm what the ground will allow.
Will landscape lighting bother my neighbors on a small lot in Mueller or Hyde Park?
Not when it is designed properly. On close-set lots we use shielded fixtures, lower wattage LEDs and precise aiming so light lands on your facade, trees and walkways rather than on a neighbor's window. Warm 2700K color temperature and dimmable zones also keep the effect soft. Most clients find the finished system looks brighter from the street while putting out far less stray light than a porch floodlight.
How long does a typical Austin residential installation take?
Most residential systems in Austin are installed in one day. A standard front-yard project with 10 to 20 fixtures, a transformer and a smart timer is usually finished the same afternoon we start. Larger estate lots with pool, patio and tree lighting may take two days. We confirm the schedule in the written estimate so there are no surprises, and we return after dark to fine-tune aiming if needed.