Garden Lighting Made Easy
We all work really hard to make our gardens beautiful by day, but incredibly, very few of us think about making them beautiful at night. On this website you will find some great ways to make your gardens not only beautiful but also safe all night long. With the right kind of garden lighting, the overall effect will make you the envy of your community.
Garden Lighting which can also be known as landscape lighting is easy to install and it is also economical to operate. With a wide range of lighting solutions to choose from, you can create a combination of spot lights for small or specific areas, and flood lights for larger or general areas. The purpose of this website is to help you discover the right combination of types and styles of fixtures to totally transform your garden or yard.
Over time, we are going to explore the incredible range of available lighting fixtures, including Entrance Lights that you can use to illuminate your walkways and driveways. There are Path Lights to accentuate and add soft accents as well. We are going to look at Up Lights, Down Lights and Side Lights to dramatically highlight trees or statues, as well as In Ground Lights that can be used to great effect when accenting trees, shrubbery and buildings.
From time to time we are going to drop you some hints that will make you stop and say, “Man, what a good idea!” Hints like, If you’re not sure what lights should go where in your garden, with the help of a friend grab some torches that have adjustable beam spread and then alternate between spot and flood, and shine them where you think you’d like to install your fittings. This way you can check out which kind of lighting is best suited to each area. You can check for the best kind of lighting angles as well as making sure that the lighting you choose to enhance your garden won’t infringe on your neighbours’ property, or shine through their windows.
We will help you formulate your plan, based upon the decision you make as whether or not the lighting will be functional or purely for aesthetic reasons, and help you choose exactly what sort of garden lighting system is best for your garden.
Now we are ready to formalise our plan. First we need to sketch out a birds eye view of the yard that includes all of its key features. Trees, walls, driveways, pathways and garden beds, then plot the exact location of your light fixtures
The next decision we need to make is, “Do we want to use solar, low voltage or high voltage lighting?” High Voltage is mainly used for commercial projects and should only be installed by a licensed contractor. If you are only using lighting for aesthetic purposes just to dress up your yard or the area you wish to illuminate is a bit too far from a power source then solar lighting is a good choice, you can install them almost instantly, there is no wiring to be concerned with and they run off their own power as they are charged up by sunlight.
If, on the other hand, safety and security are important, then Low Voltage lighting must be a better choice. They are brighter than solar and their performance doesn’t depend on how much sunlight they get.
A good DIY project and the simplest Low Voltage option is installing a lighting kit. Lighting kits usually contain from 6 to 12 lights and include the electrical cables, and control gear necessary to support them. You can find an amazingly wide variety of sizes and styles at almost any hardware store as well as some of the larger electrical wholesalers. If your plan requires a more elaborate set up, then you can buy the components separately and assemble your own custom garden lighting system.
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