Garden Lighting Ideas
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When good weather will be just around after monsoon, then it’s the time to consider what you can do in the garden to get it ready for barbecues, garden parties and get-together that go on long after the sun’s gone down. Outdoor lighting is the key element of garden and should be taken care of very seriously. Outdoor lighting helps you to make the most of your garden, but where and what should you illuminate? Take a look at our 11 outdoor lighting ideas to get your garden glowing…
Illuminating Outdoor with portable Lanterns:
Current trends are lantern in various design and shapes and they are perfectly portable outdoor lighting option. They can be clustered on patios for a cosy addition to garden seating, they can line paths to guide your guests to the dinner table, or even add an intimate glow to the table itself. Lanterns also protect candles from the elements making them a better option for outdoors.
Festoon Lights for festive mood:
When small or medium sized bulb are tied in string and made hanging from one corner to other, they are generally called festoon lights. They are a fabulous addition to any garden and are loved for their laid back feel. Particularly dramatic and inviting when zigzagged over a seating or dining area, they create a canopy of lights worthy of the finest festivals. If you don’t have anything around your seating area to attach the lights to, you’ll also find lighting poles to suspend them from or use them in other spaces in your garden like around fencing which will be equally as effective.
Bulk Heads Light for Larger area:
Delicate lighting options like festoons and lanterns are essential for creating a cosy atmosphere but will usually need to be supplemented by brighter lighting, especially in high use areas. You’ll want your guests to be able to actually see their food after all. Bulk Head Lights are robust and completely watertight making them excellent options for year-round outdoor lighting. Evenly space these on the outside walls of your home as the foundation of your garden lighting, then you can layer more decorative lighting in key areas.
Focus on garden’s best feature:
Your garden is certain to have some features you want to show off. From carefully curated flower beds and show-stopping trees, to water features and sculptures, make sure to shine a light on your garden’s best bits. Uplighters/down lighters strategically placed and pointed will bring certain aspects of your garden to life as the night draws in and will let you get even more enjoyment out of these features.
Highlights Steps or any other accident prone area
When highlighting the best aspects of your garden, don’t forget about any potential hazards too. Do you have steps? Decking at different heights? Or a severe slopping lawn? Make sure to make these stand out too to avoid accidents. If you have water like ponds, pools or even a fountain make sure these can be seen in the dark too, not only will they look spectacularly serene, you’ll also be able to see if anyone takes an unexpected tumble.
Illuminate through Tree Branches:
Another great use for the festoon lights we’ve mentioned before is draping them from tree branches to create an ethereal glow. If you have a tree near your outside dining area, the branches can also be used to hang outdoor pendant lights which will offer a brighter light for al fresco dining.
Highlight walkways & pathways:
Not only are well-lit pathways essential in any garden but by creating a glow in these areas they give your garden a subtle magical quality that invites you to explore where the path leads. With many path lights solar powered, they are one of the most hassle-free lighting options and are often attached to stakes that easily stick in the ground so they can be moved around as needed too.
Uplighters & Down lighters for wall beauty
Uplights and downlights (or mixes of both) are becoming an increasingly popular way to highlight your home both front and back. Instantly drawing the eyes, these lights bring whatever they shine on to the forefront making them fabulous for fixing to uniquely textured walls and fences.
Enlighten Porch:
Lights for your front door are not only warm and inviting but essential too, helping you to avoid fumbling for your key and then the lock when you get home at night and keeping you safer as you let yourself in, a door light is a must-have for any home. Available in all styles from impeccably modern, to classically country, they will greet you every time you come home.
Spotlights for your favorite trees
We’ve already mentioned how great spotlights are for highlighting your favorite garden features, but there’s another way you can use them to create intrigue in the garden. By placing them behind key shapes, whether that be large pots, works of art or statement statues, you can play with the balance of light and dark by casting shadows. A contrast to highlighting features, the shadows add a more dramatic flair to your outdoor space.
Sensor based Security light
Lighting your outdoor space well not only makes it a fabulous place to hang out in, but it has a practical purpose too as a well-lit garden is a safer garden. Helping to make burglars to think twice, a well illuminated home and garden will give you more piece of mind and now a day’s sensor based lights are readily available for added securities which are perfect to place near garages, back gates and external doors.