Coastal Source, manufacturer and marketer of outdoor audio and lighting systems, is returning to the 2026 Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) for its 12th consecutive year, showcasing solutions for outdoor living environments for landscape professionals, designers and homeowners.
Coastal Source will demo EVO, an outdoor lighting fixture that seals the LED chip, drive electronics, cabling/connections, and optics, into a compact, thermally efficient, and watertight brass field serviceable package. EVO provides landscape professionals with flexibility to create outdoor lighting scenes for the homeowner and can be mounted in softscapes, hardscapes, along paths, hanging and in-trees.
“The fully integrated, custom-designed EVO fixtures are incredibly powerful, compact, and versatile; they can either blend seamlessly into a landscape or stand out as a striking outdoor design feature,” said Franco D’Ascanio, founder and CEO of Coastal Source. “With two patents already awarded, EVO opens the door to a new era of creative outdoor lighting, offering homeowners everywhere an elevated experience of their outdoor spaces.”
Ovation, Coastal Source’s first in-ceiling outdoor speaker and a significant expansion of the company’s audio ecosystem, will make its MANTS debut. Designed for covered patios, lanais, cabanas, and breezeways. Ovation features a patented elliptical driver design that delivers larger, fuller sound from a smaller grille, paired with a circular ribbon tweeter for higher frequencies. Its extruded aluminum grille and weatherproof construction resist salt, UV and moisture.
“With Ovation, our outdoor audio ecosystem now reaches beyond landscape and on-wall formats, giving dealers and integrators a complete, unified offering that works flawlessly with our amplifiers,” added D’Ascanio. “Ovation strengthens Coastal Source’s standing as the leader in outdoor audio—and as the brand redefining what’s possible outside.”
Additionally, at MANTS this year, Coastal Source will introduce integration with Lutron CASETA, enabling dealers to connect Coastal Source transformers, offering a simple, reliable pathway to bring intelligent lighting control to outdoor environments.
Alongside EVO and Ovation, Coastal Source will showcase its complete portfolio of outdoor lighting and audio solutions. Coastal Source will exhibit its latest innovations at Booth #2608 at MANTS.
