Outdoor & Garden Lighting

Lighting for gardens and landscape are an integral part of modern garden design.

Lighting for landscaping is increasingly important. Not only for safety reasons but also to improve the aesthetics of gardens. Spotlights on trees and other garden features can add interest to outdoor areas at night in an economical manner as well as improve visibility.

Outdoor Lighting Types include:

• Pool and Pond Lighting,
• Garden lighting
• Solar lighting,
• Low voltage lighting.
• Wall and water feature lighting,
• In-ground and path lighting,
• Waterproof and weatherproof lighting.

An easy way to make your garden a feature 24 hours a day is to add some garden lighting.

Lighting in a garden can help you make the most of outdoor living spaces as well as providing safety. However garden lights can also be an important addition to garden design, viewed from both inside the home as well as from decked areas.

Being able to illuminate garden features, statues or individual plants can help make a dramatic impact in overall design.

Very popular are Bollards or Post Lighting. These are raised and are an excellent choice for driveways, paths and decks. Check for durable low maintenance materials.

In ground lights are less obtrusive during the daytime, recessed into paths, decks or even rocks many use low voltage LED technology.

Other styles include traditional Victorian post lights which are well suited to traditional formal gardens, spotlights used as feature tree lights and wall mounted lighting great for garden courtyards

Which is the best landscape lighting

We are dealing with three main choices here

• Mains or 240v lighting. This is the most efficient, brightest, and also the most costly to install and run
• Low voltage Easier installation but in general not a bright, an excellent choice for the home and cheaper to run
• Solar garden lighting
• Easiest to install and no running costs, however, for reasonable brightness you will need a battery back up and the light will not be as bright

Garden Lighting Choice

Consider the three main functions, safety, to make an outdoor or garden area more functional and useable at night and importantly as a design element when choosing.

• The safety function of garden lighting allows paths and other access areas to be sufficiently lit to allow safe and easy access to buildings and other areas of the garden.
• The functional aspect of exterior lighting is to allow nighttime use of outdoor entertain areas
• The design aspect of garden lighting can allow various elements of garden design to be lit at night to create a highlight and connectivity between indoors and outdoors.

Where To Buy

The best range of quality outdoor lighting is usually available from companies that design and install systems.

Specialists in the field will have a better understanding of landscaping needs and will custom design a system to be low maintenance, economical to run  and that will provide effective and attractive lighting to your outdoor area.

 

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