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Water & Light
The garden's
second performance.
Layered low-voltage and architectural LED systems that turn
dusk into the property's most cinematic hour.
For over 35 years, Lavish Gardens Landscape has transformed outdoor spaces across Northern California โ one masterpiece at a time.
From Rocklin to El Dorado Hills, our licensed and insured team brings meticulous craftsmanship to every property. We understand the local climate, soil, and lifestyle โ so every garden thrives where you live.
Pillar ยท Water & Light
Layered, dimmable,
decade-stable.
Most homes are lit for security, estates are lit for theater. Lighting design is what carries the landscape from sunset into the evening, and it deserves a designer's hand.
We design lighting in three layers โ path, accent, and ambient โ and specify fixtures that disappear by day and perform for decades.
Brass and copper fixtures, 2700K warm-white LEDs, and zone-controlled transformers give us painter's control over the night garden. Wireless dimming lets the system shift mood with the hour.
The Craft
Solid brass fixtures
FX Luminaire and Coastal Source โ fixtures that patina, never corrode.
Zoned dimming
Wireless control of path, accent, and architectural layers independently.
Photometric design
Beam spread and color temperature planned, not improvised.
Specializations
The disciplines inside the discipline.
Architectural LED
โArchitectural LED Lighting
Color-tunable LED systems, integrated into eaves, soffits, and structural details โ designed by lighting professionals, not installed by electricians.
Evening Atmosphere
Lighting that shapes the landscape after dark.
Materials & Spec
The short list we trust.
The Process
Four steps. One studio.
Night walk
On-site after dark to identify hero moments and dark zones.
Lighting plan
Fixture schedule, beam diagrams, zone map.
Install
Trenched runs, fixtures aimed, wattage balanced.
Aim & program
Final aim at night; scenes programmed to your routine.
Considerations
Questions worth asking.
Negligibly. A full estate LED system typically draws less than a single porch incandescent of years past.
Yes โ retrofits are about half our lighting work.
Pair It With
The integrations that make a
project sing.
Design-build means every discipline is drawn at the same table. These are the natural pairings clients ask for next.
Water Features & Ponds
Cascading waterfalls, koi ponds, and architectural basins designed as the garden's gravitational center.
Explore โ PillarOutdoor Living Environments
Kitchens, fireplaces, and shaded pavilions designed as architectural extensions of the home โ not afterthoughts on the patio.
Explore โ PillarHardscape Design & Construction
Terraces, walls, and pavements engineered to a 50-year standard โ drawn, specified, and built by a single studio.
Explore โService Area
Providing landscape lighting from our Rocklin studio across Placer, Sacramento, and El Dorado Counties.
Begin
Discuss your landscape lighting project with Michael & Susan Cole.
Michael & Susan Cole
Founders
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
Premier landscape design-build studio. Owned & led by Michael & Susan Cole. Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years.
Michael & Susan Cole
founders
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
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Rocklin, CA ยท CA Lic. #1110575 C-27 Landscape Contractor