Adding Lighting to a Pond You Already Have
A retrofit guide: where power comes from, how to route cable without touching the liner, and how to mount fixtures on finished stonework.
Read guide →Pond and Waterfall Lighting Guides for Coastal California
A water feature is used most in the evening, and lighting decides whether it reads as a composed scene or disappears. These guides cover fixture choice, where light belongs and where it does harm, what a scheme costs to install and run, and how to add lighting to a pond that already exists.
What Pond Lighting Costs to Install and Run
Fixture quality, transformer sizing, cable runs, and the real yearly electricity cost of lighting a pond or waterfall on the Central Coast.
Read guide →Underwater or Landscape Lighting? Where Each One Belongs
Submerged fixtures flatter moving water and expose still water. Here is how to decide which parts of a feature go underwater and which get lit from the bank.
Read guide →Pond Lighting Basics: How to Light Water Without Ruining It
Low-voltage fixtures, warm colour temperature, and restraint. How to light a pond or waterfall so it reads beautifully after dark instead of looking like a parking lot.
Read guide →Local conditions
What works in a foggy beach garden is not what works over the hill. These pages cover water features town by town.