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The tree is architecture after dark.

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Kichler landscape lighting: WholeHomeAsset Dusk AllLightsOn Cover 1920x1440
Kichler · porch and treeAn uplit trunk, a lit porch and path lights between them. Kichler marketing image; it appears to be a computer rendering, not a photograph of a real house.Image: Kichler Lighting

One trunk lit from below, the porch lit from above and a line of low path lights between them: three jobs, each done once.

From the project

Kichler says homeowners use landscape lighting for beauty, safety and entertainment1. The three jobs in this picture map onto that list: the tree for beauty, the path for safety, the porch for the evening.

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Kichler landscape lighting: WholeHomeAsset Dusk AllLightsOn Wide 1920x700
Kichler · whole-home viewA stepping-stone path carries the light to a porch; the garden around it stays dark. Kichler marketing image; it appears to be a computer rendering, not a photograph of a real house.Image: Kichler Lighting
Kichler landscape lighting: Landscape Aimed Bollard 16263BKT30 Overall Night AllOn 1920x1080
Kichler · front walkAimed bollards along a front walk: the light falls on the path and the planting edge, not into the sky. Kichler marketing image; it appears to be a computer rendering, not a photograph of a real house.Image: Kichler Lighting

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  1. Kichler LightingKichler — Landscape lightingUndated page · checked 2026-09-28
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p.08 · The kit · Path lightsA low light makes a long shadow.p.09 · The kit · PowerThe transformer is the quiet part.p.10 · The kit · PathsThe path can be the whole point.

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This story is from the October 2026 Toronto issue of Dazzle Digest, a free monthly magazine about lighting and life after dark.

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