Designing and building gardens is a massive business and one that is ever expanding. Television show, books, DVDs and magazines have multiplied over recent years and made stars of their writers and presenters. But what remains, is that outdoor lighting ia a vital and key part of any garden plan or design
A well lit garden means that it can be enjoyed and enhanced after daylight to the benefit of everyone. Now it doesn’t matter how large the garden is either or how it is built, the right lighting design can utterly transform it.
The key to this is planning the lighting at the same time as other design elements of the garden areas. Knowing what to use and where to enhance features and ensure an enjoyable and safe experience is a prerequisite to exterior lighting. By knowing what LED deck lighting, landscape lights, flood lights, path lights, for example you might need then it is easy to plan power and budgets needed.
It naturally flows from this initial plan that you can then make your economies where you need to without changing the effects. So replacing some of your decking ideas with solar LED deck lights, or hooking up motion activated lights, could save your electricity bills, wiring and installation costs overall.
The final plan should fulfil the initial brief you set yourself. Do you have defined zones, such as relaxation, pool areas, family activity areas, etc? Does the lighting enhance features that are striking by day and yet compliment the planting and capture the illusive shadows as part of the whole scheme?
The key to outdoor lighting is planning, pure and simple. Put it into effect to ensure a coherent, unified and integrated design that will make your garden and outdoor spaces as special at night as they are in the day.