What magical effects can I create using Outdoor Garden Lighting?

Love your garden? Taking pride in your hobby is a wonderful thing. Outdoor garden lighting is often overlooked in the process but it is a great way to make your garden stand out.

Whats even better news is that outdoor garden lighting will make your garden look even better at night than during the day.

How you ask? Well, one thing us lighting people always pride ourselves on is our ability to illuminate what we want people to see and keep everything else in the dark; literally.

Outdoor Garden Lighting tips for you to use like the pros

When lighting any heavy green or darker colored plants a higher voltage lighting fixture may be necessary to achieve the desired result. This is because darker colors absorb light making your garden look darker when compared to lighter colored plants. Lighter colored plants will need less light because they reflect more of it.

Use your garden's natural greenery to camouflage your fixtures. Outdoor lighting fixtures come in so many colors but the basic green, black, or gray will do nicely to blend into your scenery.

Whenever designing your outdoor garden lighting, test to see what your outdoor garden will look like from the viewing angle it was intended to be seen. A viewing angle further away may mean that more light is needed so to get the best view from that viewing angle.

Creative uses of outdoor garden lighting

Glare can sometimes become an unavoidable problem but there are a few things you can do to minimize it. Consider the amount of light being used, can it be reduced and still create the effect your looking for? Angle your fixtures to shine away from your guest's eyes and use frosted lenses to minimize the impact of a bulb glare.

Use textured walls surrounding your garden to create a needed effect. Graze the surface of your wall by placing a lighting fixture near the walls surface and have it work it's way up the wall. This brings out the unique texture and color of the wall to add as decor to your garden.

Don't worry about that plain wall either. Planting small trees or grasses can be used with lighting. Direct garden lighting up through the grasses or small trees to create a large shadow effect on the wall. This draws attention and makes your garden look more interesting at night.

Have some plants or small trees with interesting stems or branches? Place fixtures behind your plants and trees and uplight your plain wall. This will create a wonderful silhouetting effect in you garden for a different look.

Make your pieces of art come alive at night. Incorporating art into your garden can really bring your personality into full effect. The use of uplighting, downlighting, or crosslighting will make it even more interesting.

You can really create some cool effects if you own a pool or a pond. Use your pool or pond as a reflective source and create a mirrored effect.

Don't make outdoor garden lighting a difficult task. The use of solar garden lights make it easy for anyone to install garden lighting without ever having to call an electrician.

Trees can become your best friend in outdoor lighting. Use them to hide and mount fixtures high up to create a smooth subtle fill light for your garden. Outdoor tree lighting can be tricky so consult with a professional before attempting this daunting task.

Path lights are a great way to make your low standing shrubs and flowers stand out. Make them a decorative part of your garden, they are great to draw attention to small shrubs.

So get the creative juices flowing and make lighting a part of your garden.



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