Landscape Lighting in Southlake, TX | Tree Uplighting & Design

Why Southlake

Big lots, old oaks, long drives

Most of the metroplex is new build on compact lots with young landscaping, and there is only so much landscape lighting can do with a six-foot crape myrtle.

Southlake is the exception. The established neighbourhoods have mature post oaks and live oaks, properties deep enough that the house sits back from the street, and the kind of long approach drives that are genuinely transformed by being lit well.

Those trees are the asset. A single fixture at the base of a sixty-year-old live oak, aimed correctly, does more for a Southlake property after dark than a dozen path lights. The house is only half of what people see from the street.

“On a lot with real trees, the trees should be the lighting. Everything else is supporting.”

Jaxen Wright, Owner

Stone-fronted home with landscape uplighting on the front beds and warm white roofline lighting — Wall grazing on stone, with the roofline above

What we usually end up doing here

A typical Southlake scheme

The trees first. Uplighting the specimen oaks, and moonlighting where there is enough canopy height to mount into. Moonlighting is the one almost nobody asks for by name and almost everybody prefers once they have seen it — light falling down through the branches throws real leaf shadow across the lawn and the drive.

The elevation second. Southlake homes tend to have substantial stone and brick frontages. Grazing light up the face at a shallow angle rakes across that texture and makes the material read at night instead of going flat.

The approach third. Long drives and deep front walks need the route made obvious without being lined like a runway. This is where restraint matters most — spacing fixtures too close together is the single commonest mistake on expensive properties, because the budget allows it.

Hardscape last. Step treads, seat walls, pool surrounds and outdoor kitchens, with fixtures tucked under caps so you see the light and not the source.

Where we work in Southlake

Timarron
Carillon
Clariden Ranch
Shady Oaks
White Chapel
Dove Road corridor
Southlake Town Square

Trees firstThe mature oaks do most of the work

Walked firstFixture positions marked before anything is buried

Low voltageCable below grade through beds where possible

PhasedFront now, back garden later, nothing redone

The techniques

Six things, and when each one is right

Uplighting

A fixture at the base of a tree, aimed up through the canopy. On a mature live oak or post oak this does more for a property after dark than anything else you can buy. The angle matters more than the output — too steep and you light the trunk, too shallow and you light your neighbour's bedroom.

Moonlighting

Fixtures mounted high in the canopy, aimed down. The light falls through the branches and throws leaf shadows across the lawn and drive. It is the most natural-looking thing in landscape lighting and almost nobody asks for it by name, because most people have never been told it exists.

Path lighting

Low fixtures along walks and drives. The job is to make the route obvious, not to line it like a runway. Spacing is the whole game — fixtures too close together is the single most common mistake in residential landscape lighting.

Wall grazing

Fixtures set tight to a stone or brick elevation, throwing light up the face at a shallow angle. It rakes across the texture and makes the material read at night. On a Texas limestone or dry-stack facade it is worth more than three extra path lights.

Silhouetting

Light placed behind a specimen plant, aimed at the wall behind it. You see the shape, not the detail. Works on anything with a strong outline — agaves, ornamental grasses, a well-shaped Japanese maple.

Hardscape and step lighting

Fixtures tucked under caps, treads and seat walls so the light shows and the source does not. On a property with outdoor living space this is the difference between usable after dark and decorative.

“The commonest mistake in landscape lighting is too many fixtures at too high an output. It stops looking like lighting and starts looking like a car park.”

Jaxen Wright, Owner

How it works

Four steps, and you only do one of them

Send a photo

Text one picture of the front of your house. That is genuinely all we need to start. No appointment to book, nobody at your door.

See it lit

We send back a picture of your house with the lights on, built from your photo. The roofline is traced from your actual structure — nothing moved, nothing redrawn.

Written price

Priced by how much roofline we light and how tall and accessible the house is. You get it in writing. Nothing to sign on the spot.

Install

Track mounts to the fascia — the trim board under the roof edge — never through your shingles. Then we set it up on your phone and show you how to run it.

What people say

Five stars, from people you can call

We would rather you drove past a finished job after dark than read a paragraph about one. These are verbatim from our Google profile.

★★★★★

“Jaxen and Colton did an amazing job on our lights. They gave us the options available to us and within one day our lights were installed and look beautiful.”

Terri HornGoogle review

★★★★★

“It starts with the communication from any company for me and Jaxson was great from the start. The pricing is incredibly reasonable — this is coming from a single mom so you know it has to be very reasonable!”

Lisa BuflerGoogle review

★★★★★

“Great customer service and did a great job putting lights on my house!”

Jace RollerGoogle review

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Also in Southlake

Most people end up doing both

Landscape lighting handles the ground. Permanent roofline lighting handles the house, and because it is installed once it never comes down again. On a Southlake property the two together are what makes the whole thing read as deliberate rather than decorated.

Straight answers

Questions we get asked

Do you light mature trees, or only beds and paths?

Trees are usually the main event, especially here. Uplighting at the base for specimen oaks, and moonlighting from up in the canopy where there is height to mount into. On a Southlake lot the trees are the asset and the beds are supporting.

What is moonlighting?

Fixtures mounted high in a tree and aimed down, so light falls through the branches and throws leaf shadows across the ground. It is the most natural-looking effect in landscape lighting. Hardly anyone requests it because hardly anyone has been shown it.

How much does landscape lighting cost in Southlake?

It depends on what is already on the property, how far the cable has to run and how much you want lit. Southlake lots tend to run higher than the metro average simply because they are bigger and there is more worth lighting. We walk it with you and put the number in writing.

Can we start with the front and do the back later?

Yes, and that is how most of these go. Front trees, elevation, walk and drive first; pool surround and back garden as a second phase. The system is built so adding later does not mean redoing what is already in.

Will my HOA have an opinion?

Possibly, and Southlake has a lot of managed neighbourhoods. Landscape lighting is usually a softer conversation than roofline lighting because the fixtures are low and largely hidden, but check your covenants and we will supply whatever the board needs to see.

Do you do the wiring and transformers?

Yes, it is a low-voltage system installed as one piece of work. We walk the cable route with you before anything goes in the ground so you know where it runs.

Landscape lighting
in Southlake

Big lots, old oaks, long drives

A typical Southlake scheme

Six things, and when each one is right

Uplighting

Moonlighting

Path lighting

Wall grazing

Silhouetting

Hardscape and step lighting

Four steps, and you only do one of them

Send a photo

See it lit

Written price

Install

Five stars, from people you can call

Most people end up doing both

Questions we get asked

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