How to Install Landscape Lights

Installing low-voltage landscape lighting in your yard isn’t hard and makes a good DIY project. Here’s how to go about it:

  1. Start by choosing the low-voltage landscape lighting fixtures for your yard. These can include path lighting, down lighting, accent lighting, and spot lights to highlight trees or other features.
  2. Layout the location of the landscape lighting fixtures in your yard.
  3. Mount low-voltage transformers near existing outdoor electrical outlets.
  4. Run low-voltage cables so the wires pass next to each of the fixtures.
  5. Install landscape lighting fixtures.
  6. Connect the low voltage fixtures to the cable using snap-on connectors.
  7. Bury cables in the ground or hide them under mulch.

Watch this video to find out more.

Fence at night lit by landscape lights.
Fence at night lit by landscape lights.
Yard and deck at night lit by landscape lighting.
Yard and deck at night lit by landscape lighting.

6 COMMENTS

  1. I watched your “How to Install Low-Voltage Landscape Lighting in Your Yard” video. You should really show the final results. A short clip of what the lighting looked like at night would have been nice.

    • Hi Bob,
      I added some photos at the bottom of the page showing what the landscape lighting looked at night. Scroll all the way down to see them. Thanks for your feedback!

  2. I wanted to install landscape lights in the backyard to look aesthetic, but I didn’t know how to install them, so I took help from today’s homeowners. It was straightforward, and the install couldn’t have been easier! Thanks, Danny.

    • Glad to hear you enjoyed this content, Greg! Please share it with friends — that’s how we’re able to create similar content.

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