Landscape Lighting Company Winnetka
Landscape Lighting for Your Winnetka Home
American National Sprinkler and Lighting can help you add to Winnetka’s natural beauty by updating or adding a new landscape lighting solution to the outside of your home.
The village of Winnetka is a small and exclusive town just under 20 miles from Chicago. It’s full of family oriented neighborhoods and calm streets. It sits on a natural setting along the shoreline of Lake Michigan full of shops, restaurants, beaches, and parks.
Winnetka is known for being the home of a few notable people. Rock Hudson, the late famous Hollywood actor, was born and raised in Winnetka. The owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, Rocky Wirtz, currently lives in Winnetka and Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, attended New Trier High School. While Winnetka is known for a variety of noteworthy people its also known for an abundance of trees and its green landscape. It illustrates that the community of Winnetka appreciates its outdoor environment and maintaining its unique appearance.
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I highly recommend American National sprinkler and Lighting. They make the process to have our sprinklers opened and closed so easy. Jose Luis and his team always do such a great job!
Sima Nielsen
October 31, 2019
Our Landscape Lighting Options
While American National provides in-ground residential sprinkler systems, it also provides the residents of Winnetka landscape lighting designs to keep their landscape vibrant. Landscape lighting can highlight the unique features of your home and keep it illuminated during the night hours. It will also create a distinctive ambiance that will make your house stand out on the block.
We offer a variety of landscape lighting options. We can design lighting solutions for specific areas of your outdoor landscape such as:
- Patio
- Garden
- Security
- Pathway
- Home exterior
- Front and backyard
Working with Us – Landscape Lighting Company Winnetka
American National Sprinkler & Lighting can help you design and bring your lighting vision to life. We can help you highlight certain areas of your outdoor landscape and keep it lit at night for security. Our knowledgeable team has over 30 years of experience in the business and will help you along the way in executing your lighting design. All of your materials are high-quality and are made to last.
We have many satisfied customers in Winnetka including the residents of Hubbard Woods, East Winnetka, and Oakhill subdivisions, and Winnetka Community House. Call us at (847) 566 0099 or schedule a free consultation to get started. We look forward to helping you illuminate your home!
The Winnetka Landscape Lighting Design Process
Every American National lighting project begins with a free nighttime design consultation at your Winnetka property. Our designers visit after dark to evaluate your home architecture, existing landscape features, ambient light conditions, and your vision for the finished result. This on-site evaluation ensures our design maximizes the unique character of your property rather than applying a generic template.
After the consultation, we provide a detailed proposal including a fixture count, layout diagram, product specifications, and transparent pricing. Once approved, our installation team handles everything from trenching and wiring to transformer placement and final aiming. Most residential installations are completed in one to two days.
Types of Landscape Lighting Fixtures We Install in Winnetka
Uplights & Spotlights
Directional fixtures placed at ground level to illuminate trees, architectural features, and focal points from below. We use WAC Lighting adjustable LED spotlights that can be precisely aimed and feature multiple beam spread options to match each application. Uplighting creates dramatic shadows and depth that transform your Winnetka property after dark.
Path Lights & Bollards
Low-profile fixtures that line walkways, driveways, and garden borders. Available in a wide range of styles from contemporary to traditional, path lights provide essential safety illumination while adding elegant structure to your landscape design. We space fixtures for even, overlapping light pools that eliminate dark spots.
Well Lights & In-Ground Fixtures
Flush-mounted fixtures installed at ground level for a clean, unobtrusive look. Ideal for uplighting trees and walls where visible fixtures would detract from the landscape. Our WAC Lighting and Kichler well lights feature durable brass or stainless steel construction and sealed housings rated for underground installation.
Hardscape & Step Lights
Compact fixtures integrated into retaining walls, steps, pillars, and other hardscape elements. These fixtures provide critical safety lighting for elevation changes while adding architectural interest. Perfect for Winnetka homes with stone walls, seat walls, and tiered patios.
Downlights & Moonlighting
Fixtures mounted high in trees or on structures to cast gentle, downward light that mimics natural moonlight. This technique creates soft, dappled shadows on the ground below and is one of the most natural and beautiful lighting effects available. Ideal for the mature tree canopies found throughout Winnetka.
LED vs. Halogen Landscape Lighting
We exclusively install WAC Lighting and Kichler LED landscape lighting for Winnetka properties. Here is why LED is the clear choice:
- Energy savings — LED uses 75-80% less electricity than halogen, significantly reducing your energy costs
- Longevity — LED fixtures last 40,000-50,000 hours compared to just 2,000-4,000 for halogen bulbs
- Less heat — LED fixtures run cool, eliminating the risk of burning plants or mulch near fixtures
- Better color — Modern LED offers warm, natural color temperatures (2700K-3000K) that rival the warm glow of halogen
- More fixtures per transformer — Lower wattage means you can run more fixtures on a single transformer, reducing installation costs
If your Winnetka home has an existing halogen system, we offer complete LED retrofit services that replace your bulbs and fixtures while keeping the existing wiring and transformer.
Landscape Lighting Maintenance in Winnetka
Professional landscape lighting requires minimal but important maintenance to perform its best year after year. American National offers annual maintenance plans for Winnetka homeowners that include cleaning fixture lenses of dirt, debris, and mineral deposits, re-aiming fixtures that have shifted due to ground settling, frost heaving, or landscaper contact, trimming vegetation that has grown to block light output, checking all wire connections and splice points for corrosion, testing transformer output and timer programming, and replacing any damaged or worn WAC or Kichler fixtures.
Regular maintenance keeps your lighting system performing at its peak while catching small issues before they become expensive repairs.
Also Serving Winnetka with Sprinkler Systems
Beyond landscape lighting, American National is a full-service Winnetka sprinkler system installation and repair company. Combine your lighting and irrigation projects for a complete outdoor transformation. See our sprinkler system repair page or schedule your spring sprinkler startup.
Nearby Service Areas
American National Sprinkler & Lighting also provides professional landscape lighting design and installation in surrounding Chicagoland communities: