California homeowner guide

Landscape Lighting & Water Feature project guide

Add low-voltage path, step, and accent lighting or repair landscape water features as part of your outdoor project. Identify the areas you want to use, highlight, or navigate after dark and note any existing transformer, wiring, pond, or fountain equipment.

Define the work

Build a clearer landscape lighting request

Start with the outcome, affected area, approximate size, existing conditions, timing, and budget range. Photos and measurements can make the first contractor conversation more useful.

Path and step lights Tree and architecture accents Low-voltage system repair Ponds, fountains, and waterfalls

How the C-27 directory fits

Landscape Genie uses the project ZIP to rank public C-27 records. A classification is not a specialty claim, so ask each business whether it performs this exact scope, serves your property, and has availability.

Planning questions

Landscape lighting FAQs

Use these answers to prepare—not as a substitute for a site visit, written proposal, or current license verification.

What should a landscape lighting plan consider?+

A plan should balance safe movement, useful illumination, glare control, fixture placement, voltage drop, controls, maintenance access, and respect for neighbors.

Can a C-27 contractor install landscape lighting?+

Low-voltage landscape lighting can fit C-27 scope in qualifying landscape work. Confirm that the contractor is licensed for the full scope and uses qualified trades for work outside it.

How are contractor records matched to my project?+

Your exact project ZIP is prioritized first. The list then expands by approximate straight-line distance between California ZIP centers until it reaches 22 searchable records.

Local planning guides

Explore this project across California

City pages add local planning context and nearby public C-27 records without claiming an unverified specialty or service area.