Outdoor Lighting Designed for Life After Dark
Landscape and architectural lighting that extends your outdoor season, adds safety, and shows off the work you've put into your yard.
A yard that disappears at sunset is only half-finished.
Good lighting is what makes a patio, pool, or garden bed usable after dark instead of going dark with the sun. Premier Custom Landscapes designs and installs custom outdoor lighting systems across Longmont, Boulder, Erie, Niwot, Broomfield, Fort Collins, Mead, and the surrounding Front Range, planned alongside your hardscape and plantings rather than added on as an afterthought.
[ CONTACT US ]Whether you need a few path lights for safety, uplighting to highlight trees and architecture, or a fully programmable system for entertaining, we'll design a lighting plan built around how you actually use your yard. Reach out for a free consultation to get started.
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Why we choose Vista Outdoor Lighting
Built for outdoor exposure. Fixtures rated for direct weather exposure so they resist corrosion, moisture, and Colorado's freeze-thaw cycles without failing after a season or two.
Low-voltage safety and efficiency. Professional-grade low-voltage systems use less energy than line-voltage lighting and are safer to install throughout planting beds and walkways.
App-based control options. Modern systems let you adjust brightness, scheduling, and zones from a phone, rather than relying on a single timer for the whole yard.
Backed by a manufacturer warranty.
LED Lamps & Integrated Components: Warranted for 5 years.
Fixture Electrical & Mechanical Internal Components: Warranted for 3 years.
Types of Outdoor Lighting We Install
Path & Step Lighting
Low-profile fixtures placed along walkways, steps, and driveways to guide movement safely after dark. These are usually the first layer of any lighting plan, both for safety and for defining how a yard reads at night.
Uplighting & Accent Lighting
Fixtures aimed up into trees, positioned along architectural features, or tucked behind plantings to create depth and highlight the features you actually want noticed after sunset, a mature tree, a stone wall, a water feature.
Patio & Entertaining Lighting
String lighting, wall sconces, and zoned fixtures designed around patios, outdoor kitchens, and fire features, so the spaces built for entertaining are just as usable at night as they are during the day.
Low-Voltage vs. Solar: Which Lighting Fits Your Yard
One of the first decisions in planning outdoor lighting is choosing between a wired low-voltage system and solar fixtures. Here's how they compare:
Low-Voltage Wired Delivers consistent, reliable brightness regardless of weather or season, with the flexibility to dim, schedule, and zone different areas of the yard independently. It requires professional installation and a transformer, but performs far more predictably than solar over the long run.
Solar Requires no wiring and is the simpler, lower-cost option upfront, but brightness and runtime depend on how much direct sun the fixture gets, a real limitation during Colorado's shorter winter days or in shaded areas of a yard.
We'll walk through this decision with you during your consultation based on your budget, the layout of your yard, and how much control you want over the final look.
Why Homeowners Choose Premier Custom Landscapes
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From wiring and transformer placement to final fixture aiming and adjustment, one team manages your entire lighting project — no coordinating between separate contractors, no gaps in communication.
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Every fixture and wiring choice accounts for our freeze-thaw winters, hail, and intense summer sun, so your lighting system keeps performing reliably year after year.
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Serving Longmont, Boulder, Erie, Niwot, Mead, Broomfield, and Fort Collins. As a locally owned company, we understand the properties and climate we're building for.
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We walk your space, talk through your vision, and provide a detailed quote before any work begins — full clarity on scope and cost, with zero obligation to move forward.
