Hillside Landscape designs and installs low-voltage architectural, path, and garden lighting across Lake County and Chicago's North Shore — 180+ installs since 2001 using 25-year fixtures. Each design is previewed at night before any fixture is placed, so you know exactly how your home will look.
Lighting that's designed, not just installed
Every install starts with a scheme for the whole property — which features to light, how warm, how bright — so the house, trees, and paths glow the way you'll actually enjoy them after dark.
See your home lit before we install
We design the lighting scheme for the whole property — architecture, trees, beds, and paths — then use AI visualization to preview how your actual home will glow at night. Try warm vs. bright, more fixtures or fewer, uplights vs. path lights on screen before a single fixture goes in the ground. No guesswork, no “we'll see how it looks” after the trenches are dug.
Architectural & facade lighting
Uplights and grazing washes that pick out your home's best features — stone, columns, gables, and specimen trees — so the property looks its best from the street.
Path, step & safety lighting
Path lights, bollards, and step lighting placed so you can walk the property safely after dark — no dark corners, no trip hazards, no motion-sensor glare.
Garden & accent lighting
Subtle accents on trees, beds, water, and focal points that give the whole landscape depth at night without ever looking like a runway.
25-year warm-LED fixtures
Durable, low-voltage, energy-sipping fixtures built to last decades in Chicagoland winters — installed by the same family crew that designed the scheme.
Typical investment
Typical ranges for Lake County and the North Shore — every property is quoted individually. Your free on-site estimate is exact.
From first walk to a home that glows
Walk the property
We meet you on-site, talk through what you want lit and how you use the space after dark, and take the measurements the design is built on. Free, no obligation.
Design & estimate
You get a complete lighting scheme with photoreal AI previews and a clear estimate — so you can picture the glow and price it before deciding.
Install with our crew
Our family team installs everything — fixtures, low-voltage runs, transformers — cleanly and carefully, then walks the property with you for an evening lighting demo.
Tend & adjust
We fine-tune aim and brightness as plantings mature and seasons change, so the scheme keeps looking its best year after year.
A family name on every install
Landscape lighting questions
- Are the fixtures really 25-year?
- Yes. We install professional-grade, low-voltage fixtures built to last decades — solid brass and composite bodies with warm LED lamps rated for tens of thousands of hours. They're made to hold up through Chicagoland winters, not the seasonal big-box kits you replace every couple of years.
- Will landscape lighting raise my electric bill much?
- Barely. The whole system runs on low-voltage warm LEDs that sip power — a typical residential install draws about as much as a few household bulbs. You get a property lit beautifully all evening for a few dollars a month.
- Is the first consultation really free?
- Yes. We walk your property with you, talk through what you'd like to light and how you use the space after dark, and take the measurements we need — at no cost and with no obligation. You only move forward if the scheme and estimate feel right.
- Can you add lighting to an existing landscape?
- Absolutely. Most of our installs are on established properties — we design a scheme around your existing beds, trees, and hardscape, then run everything cleanly with minimal disruption to what's already there.
- What areas do you serve?
- Lake County and the North Shore — Glenview, Northbrook, Deerfield, Highland Park, Winnetka, Lake Forest, Riverwoods, Lincolnshire, and the surrounding communities.
Start with a free lighting consultation
Tell us a little about your property and what you'd like to light up. We'll set up a free on-site walk-through and start turning it into a scheme.
- Free, no-obligation on-site visit
- Complete lighting scheme + photoreal AI previews
- Clear estimate — no surprises
- Designed & installed by one family crew
