No Winter Here, Just Longer Nights: Light Up Your Boca Raton Yard for the Holidays

By Boca Raton Landscape Design · October 18, 2026

A garden path through palm trees lit by warm low lights at night

Boca Raton does not get a winter worth shoveling, but it does get shorter days. Right now the sun sets around 6:50 p.m. Once clocks fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026, sunset jumps to about 5:37 p.m., and by late November it is closer to 5:27 p.m. (times from timeanddate.com). That means more of your evenings by the pool, on the lanai and around the grill happen in the dark, just as the holidays fill the calendar with guests.

Good landscape lighting fixes that. It makes the yard usable after dinner, shows off the palms and plantings you paid for, and makes paths and steps safer for visitors.

Where light does the most for a Boca yard

Palms and specimen trees. One or two spotlights at the base of a palm turn it into the centerpiece of the yard at night.
Paths and steps. Low path lights along the walk from the driveway to the door, and to the pool deck, help guests find their footing.
The pool and patio edge. Soft light around the deck sets the mood without glare in anyone's eyes.
The front of the house. A few wall-washing lights make the home look finished and welcoming from the street.

A simple holiday lighting plan

Walk the yard at night. Note the dark spots, the trip hazards and the two or three features you want people to notice.
Pick a low-voltage system. 12-volt kits run from a transformer that plugs into an outdoor outlet, so they are safer and easier to move than line-voltage lights.
Place fixtures before you bury anything. Set the lights out, turn them on after dark, and adjust the aim until it looks right.
Plan the cable runs. Keep cable and fixtures clear of irrigation heads and mower paths.
Set a timer or photocell so the lights come on at dusk without anyone thinking about it.

A note for homes near the beach

If your yard can be seen from the beach, lighting rules are different. Boca Raton has a beachfront lighting ordinance to protect nesting sea turtles, and the city notes that nesting season on this coast begins March 1, with most nesting from May 1 through October 31. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's sea turtle lighting guidelines boil down to keep it low, keep it long (amber, orange or red light) and keep it shielded, and to skip decorative uplighting that is visible from the beach. Check the city's rules before you aim anything toward the ocean.

The lighting kit we would start with

From our outdoor shop, this is a complete starter set for palms, beds and paths:

Eight bronze spotlights, four bronze path lights, a slim stainless transformer box and coiled black cable

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VOLT 12V LED landscape lighting kit (8 spots, 4 path lights)

A complete 12V LED kit with eight solid brass spotlights, four solid brass path lights, a 150W low-voltage transformer, mechanical timer, LED bulbs, junction hubs, stakes and 250 feet of direct burial cable.

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Twelve black landscape spotlights with ground stakes beside a black transformer box and two remotes

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SUNVIE RGBW landscape lighting kit with 300W transformer

Want holiday colors? A 12-pack of color-changing RGBW spotlights with a 300W timing transformer, photocell and two remotes. The listing notes low-voltage wire is sold separately.

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When to bring in a pro

A plug-in low-voltage kit is a realistic weekend project. Call a landscape lighting pro when you want lights tied into a new design, need a new outdoor outlet or anything wired into your electrical panel (that is a job for a licensed electrician), have a large property with long cable runs, or live on the beach side and need fixtures that meet the turtle rules.

The local landscape designers we work with can plan lighting together with plantings, hardscape and the pool deck, so it all looks like one finished space by the time your holiday guests arrive.

Want your yard lit up before the holidays?

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