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Landscape Lighting

Landscape Lighting Design and Installation on Martha's Vineyard

Enhance the safety, usability, and night-time beauty of your Vineyard home. We design and install durable, low-voltage outdoor lighting systems tailored to your property.

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Landscape lighting installation on Martha's Vineyard places brass and copper fixtures along paths, steps, patios, planting beds, and architectural features. Infinity Landscaping designs the lighting plan, runs low-voltage cable to a properly sized transformer, sets fixtures with field-adjustable aim, and coordinates power feeds with licensed electricians. Most residential installs are completed in two to five days once the design is finalized.

Landscape Lighting

What this page covers

Custom lighting design

Every home has different architectural details, pathways, and garden focal points. We design custom layouts that highlight your property's best features, using precise beam spreads and fixture placements to guide movement and create inviting outdoor rooms.

Salt-air fixture specifications

Vineyard air is highly corrosive due to moisture and salt. We source and install heavy-gauge, marine-grade solid brass and copper fixtures that resist weathering, ensuring your lights perform reliably and develop a natural patina over time.

Low-voltage wiring & trenching

A lighting system is only as reliable as its wiring. We route appropriately rated low-voltage cable with attention to planting roots, future digging, hardscape crossings, service access, voltage drop, and manufacturer requirements. Connections are selected and installed for the outdoor conditions in which they must perform.

Tree-mounted downlighting

To create a natural moonlight effect, we install shielded downlights high in mature tree canopies (such as oaks or pines). This technique provides soft illumination across lawns, paths, and patios without exposing glare or the fixture itself.

Brass directional uplight set in a garden bed with low-voltage cable run to a multi-zone transformer during installation
Landscape Lighting

Designing for Vineyard properties

Unlike standard residential neighborhoods on the mainland, Martha's Vineyard properties often sit on large lots with mature trees, historic stonework, and very little ambient street lighting. This requires a balanced approach that prioritizes subtle, layered lighting over harsh, flood-style illumination.

We coordinate our lighting installations directly with your hardscaping and planting plans. For example, routing low-voltage wiring behind retaining walls, under stone walkways, and into garden beds during the initial design phase eliminates the need for future disruption to finished landscapes.

Process

Our Lighting Process

01

Discovery call

We talk through the property, timing and what matters most: safe paths and steps, patio evenings, the architecture, or the whole property.

02

On-site consultation

We walk the property with you, note the features worth lighting and the routes people use after dark, and check the lighting rules for your town.

03

Lighting plan and proposal

A fixture-and-zone plan with fixture types, beam spreads, transformer and controller, and a detailed proposal.

04

Coordinated installation

Low-voltage cable, fixtures, transformer and controller go in with minimal disturbance to lawn and beds. A licensed electrician handles any line-voltage outlet or feed.

05

Night calibration and handoff

A daytime check that cables are buried and fixtures are set, then an after-dark walk to aim every fixture, balance the zones and program the schedules. You get documentation of your system.

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Why the process matters

Two systems with the same fixtures and the same wattage can look completely different depending on where each light sits, how it is aimed and how the zones are grouped. The most common problem in residential lighting isn't failed equipment; it is placement that was never designed: lights aimed at the wrong angle, beams that wash out the planting, zones that mix path lights with accents. The plan and the night calibration exist to prevent that.

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Lighting Techniques We Use

  • Path and steps: Down-directed, shielded path lights spaced to create overlapping pools of light on walkways, steps, and elevation changes.
  • Accent & grazing: Uplighting and side-lighting techniques that emphasize the raw texture of fieldstone chimneys, shingle siding, and specimen tree bark.
  • Silhouetting: Placing fixtures behind architectural plantings or garden features to outline their unique shape against a softly illuminated wall.
  • Stonework integration: Embedding compact, low-profile ledge lights under steps and wall caps to illuminate patios and outdoor kitchens directly.
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Decisions to make before installation

  • Priority zones: Separate essential arrival and circulation lighting from entertaining and accent zones.
  • Transformer location: Confirm power access, service clearance, visibility, cable distances, and room for any approved future expansion.
  • Hardscape coordination: Install sleeves or conduit before patios, walls, steps, and walkways are closed.
  • Control strategy: Decide which zones need timers, astronomical scheduling, dimming, app control, or integration with other home systems.
  • Night review: Reserve final aiming and brightness adjustments for an after-dark walkthrough from actual viewing positions.
  • Maintenance access: Place fixtures and connections where lenses, aiming, plant growth, and wiring can be serviced without damaging the landscape.
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Lighting in Our Recent Projects

On this coastal bluff, the path light cable was run while the wall was being built, so nothing had to be dug up afterward. See the full wall project on our retaining walls page.

Plan your next step

A clear starting point for your property

A few details help us understand the work before the first conversation.

The areas you use after dark

Identify entrances, paths and outdoor gathering spaces that need comfortable, useful light.

Existing equipment

Share fixture and controller photos if you already have a system, and describe what is not working.

Comfort and control

Discuss brightness, scheduling and light spill toward neighboring properties before choosing a layout.

Discuss your property
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Frequently asked questions

Most installations take between two to five days on-site, depending on fixture count and trenching complexity. We use clean, minimal-impact trenching techniques to lay cable under turf and plantings, leaving your landscape neat and intact at the end of each day.

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