After Dark
A garden has a second life.
It begins when the sun goes. An oak becomes architecture. Water becomes light. A house that had closed for the evening opens again, and the whole property is somewhere you want to walk.
It begins when the sun goes. An oak becomes architecture. Water becomes light. A house that had closed for the evening opens again, and the whole property is somewhere you want to walk.
Projects are shown by area, never by name. Our clients value their privacy, and we do not publish addresses, house numbers, or anything that would identify a property. If we work for you, the same applies to your home.
Projects are shown by area, never by name. Our clients value their privacy, and we publish no addresses and no client names.
Stone treads lit tread by tread, the pool held as the one cool note in a warm garden.
A long side approach carried by lanterns, so the walk to the door is the first thing the property says.
Old trees uplit against the house, steps and stonework picked out low and warm.
Woven globes in the canopy and light kept off the tables, so the room reads as a garden.
A courtyard lit as an outdoor room.
Fifteen Washingtonias uplit so the trunks carry the eye to the crowns and the whole grove becomes the architecture of the property after dark.
Deep planting lit behind the seating so the terrace has a green edge in every direction, and a lawn beyond it that keeps the city lights at a distance.
Statues and clipped box lit from below so the geometry of the garden still reads after dark, and the water holds a little of the sky.
Old olives grazed from the base so the trunks carry the light and the walk between them stays dark enough to feel like a garden.
A fireplace terrace lit to the level of the fire itself.
Light laid flat along stone so the coursing and the texture do the work.
A contemporary elevation lit in planes rather than points — a grazed wall, a run of light along the lawn, the pool held cool against it.
The sequence a guest actually walks: the turn of the drive, the tread of each step, and a fountain lit last so the eye lands on the water.
Task light where the cooking happens, kept warm and low, with the fountain wall lit softly behind so the courtyard has a far edge.
A beachfront property where the planting does the work — lit low and warm so the ocean stays the darkest thing in view.
Stone treads lit one by one so the descent is safe without a single glare source in view. The pool is left as the one cool note in an otherwise warm garden, and a water wall answers it from the far side.
A long side approach, lit low. Lanterns set the rhythm and the planting is grazed behind them, so the walk to the door becomes the first thing the property says to a guest.
Old trees uplit against the elevation, steps and stonework picked out warm and low. Nothing in the garden is bright; everything in it is visible.
Woven globes lifted into the canopy and the light kept off the tables. Guests sit in a garden after dark rather than under a fixture.
A courtyard lit as an outdoor room. Bamboo grazed from below so the canes read as columns, lanterns at seat height, and the pool left to glow on its own.
Fifteen Washingtonias uplit so the trunks carry the eye to the crowns and the whole grove becomes the architecture of the property after dark.
Deep planting lit behind the seating so the terrace has a green edge in every direction, and a lawn beyond it that keeps the city lights at a distance.
Statues and clipped box lit from below so the geometry of the garden still reads after dark, and the water holds a little of the sky.
Old olives grazed from the base so the trunks carry the light and the walk between them stays dark enough to feel like a garden.
A fireplace terrace lit to the level of the fire itself. Nothing brighter than the flame, and the canopy overhead kept just visible.
Light laid flat along stone so the coursing and the texture do the work. The wall becomes the fixture; the fixture disappears.
A contemporary elevation lit in planes rather than points — a grazed wall, a run of light along the lawn, the pool held cool against it.
The sequence a guest actually walks: the turn of the drive, the tread of each step, and a fountain lit last so the eye lands on the water.
Task light where the cooking happens, kept warm and low, with the fountain wall lit softly behind so the courtyard has a far edge.
Our work is on private residences across Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Santa Monica, the Palisades and Malibu, alongside the architects, landscape architects and house managers already on the property. We publish no client names, no addresses, nothing that identifies a home. If we work for you, the same applies.