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Tree and garden lighting
Lighting trees is popular and it is also the thing local dark-sky guidance pushes back on hardest. A good installer designs around that.
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What the county says
Douglas County's outdoor lighting page says landscape lighting is "discouraged, especially up-lighting or 'moonlighting' of trees and other landscape features." It is guidance for residents, not a ban, but HOAs and architectural committees read it. In Highlands Ranch every fixture must keep its light cone inside the property and not cause glare to other properties, per the HRCA guidelines.
Ways installers keep it neighbor-friendly
- Low-output spotlights with hoods or glare shields, aimed so the beam stays on the tree.
- Warm color temperature: the county suggests 3000K or lower, and HRCA prefers warm white.
- Lighting the lower trunk and bed instead of washing the whole canopy into the sky.
- Timers that switch off by 11 pm, which Lone Tree encourages for floodlights and HRCA requires for holiday lighting.
What it costs
Angi's 2026 installed ranges: spotlights $150 to $350, accent lights $150 to $400, floodlights $200 to $500 each. Two lights per tree is common, so a few trees adds up fast.
Lighting evergreens
Dense spruce and juniper hide the cable and fixtures well, but they grow. Leave room in the design to move fixtures as the trees fill in. If you're planting a screen first, see lighting a privacy screen.
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- Lighting a privacy screen of evergreens
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Sources
- Douglas County, Outdoor Lighting (Dark Skies)
- Highlands Ranch Community Association, Residential Improvement Guidelines (adopted October 2024, PDF)
- City of Lone Tree Municipal Code, Chapter 16 Article XXX (Lighting Standards), Sec. 16-30-20 (via Zoneomics)
- Angi, How Much Does Landscape Lighting Cost? (updated Oct 29, 2026)
Prices are ranges published by the sources above, not quotes. Your price depends on the design, fixtures and site; local installers quote after seeing the yard.