Landscape Lighting in Phoenix, AZ
Landscape lighting is a low-voltage lighting system designed and installed to make a property usable, safe and striking after dark. Goodman's designs, installs, repairs and maintains landscape lighting with our own crews — from a single path-light run to a full estate system. In Phoenix, lighting is not decoration. From October to April, the hours people actually spend in their yards are mostly after sunset, and a landscape that disappears at 6 p.m. is a landscape half-used.
Or call 602-861-1144 — design, installation, repair and maintenance.
Why a Phoenix yard needs lighting
It extends the outdoor season.
The valley's best weather runs October through April, and much of it after work hours. Lit patios, ramadas and paths get used; dark ones don't.
Safe paths and steps.
Valley yards are full of grade changes, raised patios, pool edges and granite paths. Step and path lighting is the difference between a yard you walk through at night and one you avoid.
Security and arrival.
A lit entry discourages trouble and welcomes family the right way — you see the path, the door, and what moved.
It shows off mature trees and architecture.
An uplit palo verde, a wall-washed stucco face, a boojum or saguaro picked out against the dark — desert landscaping earns its look twice, once at noon and again at night.
How we design a lighting system
Good lighting design starts with a walk of the property after dark, because a plan made in daylight is a guess. From there:
- Decide where the eye should go. Focal trees first, architecture second, then paths and living areas. A system that lights everything lights nothing.
- Work in layers. Path light for safety, accent light for focal points, wall wash for surfaces, task light for kitchens and seating.
- Keep the color warm. We design around warm white (2700–3000K). A desert yard under blue-white light looks like a parking lot; the same yard under warm light looks like an extension of the house.
- Control glare and protect the dark. Shielded fixtures, aimed down and away from sightlines. The stars over Phoenix are part of the property too.
- Hide the hardware. Fixtures tuck into planting, sit low in gravel, and disappear by day. The light shows; the equipment doesn't.
What we install
Path and walkway lights
Step, deck and hardscape lights
Tree and architectural uplighting
Wall wash and grazing
Outdoor living lighting — kitchens, ramadas, pergolas, pool and fire areas
Entry and security lighting
Timers, photocells and scheduling controls
LED and desert-rated fixtures
Modern low-voltage systems are LED, and that matters more in Phoenix than most places. LED fixtures draw a fraction of the power, last years instead of months, and run cool. The desert finishes cheap fixtures fast: sun-baked plastic housings crack, and monsoon storms find every seal that wasn't made for them. We specify fixtures built for desert exposure, with wire and connections rated for desert ground heat. The system is engineered too: transformer sizing, wire runs and voltage drop are calculated up front so the last fixture burns as bright as the first.
Repair, maintenance and LED retrofits
Goodman's repairs and maintains landscape lighting systems. In the valley, systems fail in predictable ways: hard-water scale on lenses, heat-crisped wiring, rodents and later digging through runs, monsoon wind knocking aim out of true, timers drifting off schedule, transformers giving up after years of summer heat. Maintenance visits handle it all — re-aiming after tree growth, seasonal schedule changes, fixture and connection checks, and a monsoon-season inspection before the storms arrive.And for anyone running an older halogen system, an LED retrofit cuts the power draw, drops the bulb swaps, and usually reuses the existing wire runs.
Trusted across the Valley
Goodman's has worked in Phoenix landscapes since 1984. Homeowners hire us for lighting for the same reasons they hire us for the rest of the yard: we won two ALCA awards in 2020 — Excellence in Landscaping and Best Landscape Management — we're an ALCA member and SLM certified, we've been featured on ABC15, we carry an A+ BBB rating, and we hold a 4.4-star average across more than 175 Google reviews. Every lighting job is run by our own crews out of our own GPS-tracked fleet, managed by supervisors, with nothing subcontracted. The company that lights your yard is the company that keeps it looking right.
Frequently asked questions
Every system is quoted after a site visit, because the number of fixtures, the wire runs and the transformer capacity are what set the scope. A six-fixture path run and an estate system are different projects. The design visit sets the plan first; the investment follows the plan.
How long does installation take?
Most residential systems are installed in one to two days. Larger estate systems with long runs and multiple transformers take longer, and the schedule is set during the design review.
Can you convert my halogen system to LED?
Yes. An LED retrofit usually reuses the existing wire runs and replaces fixtures and lamps, cutting power draw and eliminating most bulb changes.
Will lighting work with my pool, patio or landscape project?
Yes. Because Goodman's runs both a design-and-installation division and a maintenance division, lighting can be built into a larger project from the start instead of added after.
What maintenance does a lighting system need?
Seasonal re-aiming as trees grow, schedule adjustments with the seasons, a monsoon inspection, and fixture and connection checks. Maintenance visits keep a system looking like it did the night it was installed.
See your property in a different light
A lighting design visit starts with the yard after dark and ends with a plan for what it becomes. Call 602-861-1144 or use the form.
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