About this site
Landscape Lighting Planner exists to be the web companion to a practical homeowner book.
I created this site to accompany the book and extend it in the places where a web experience is simply more useful than print. The original book was written several years ago and updated in 2026 so the information stays current. The site is where that same planning help can keep evolving.
Some parts of landscape lighting work better on the web than they ever will in a book. A transformer sizing tool, a voltage-drop calculator, and quick-reference charts are easier to use when you can interact with them instead of flipping pages.
The site is for homeowners who want a trustworthy resource, not a disguised sales funnel. The goal is to help you make better decisions about layout, fixtures, transformer size, wiring, and buying tradeoffs before you spend money on the wrong setup.
Landscape lighting is one of those projects that matters a lot to the finished look of a home, but it does not get nearly the level of useful online coverage that bigger-ticket remodel categories get. This site is meant to close that gap with practical guidance that respects the reader's time.
Quick answer
This site is here to help homeowners plan low-voltage landscape lighting with better information, clearer tools, and less guesswork before they buy the wrong hardware.
What you should expect here
Expect clear homeowner guidance, real numbers where they matter, and tools that help you pressure-test your plan. The site is not here to pretend every project is simple, and it is not here to push product before the planning work is done.
When a licensed electrician or installer should take over, the site should say so. The point is to help you get the early decisions right, not to blur the line between homeowner planning and professional electrical work.