Landscape Lighting: Essential Element in Landscape Design

A well-thought landscape lighting can do wonders in making your garden an absolute treat for the eyes. A good landscape design takes into consideration not only how your garden looks beautifully during the day, but also how to make your garden visually stunning at night, making people driving by your house take a second look because you put something interesting in your garden.

Once the sun sets on the horizon, it is important to make your garden glowing with the warmth of carefully selected lighting to create a more inviting ambiance you, your friends and your family enjoy.  Each of the landscape lighting you install must be carefully selected and integrated in your landscape design and meticulously combined with the natural elements and other accents such as strip light, spotlight and even lighting for your water feature and other focal elements in your garden.

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The most common areas where landscaping lighting is crucial are the following:

     Main Walkway. An exquisitely installed light along your main walkway will lead your guest right to your front door. A landscape design that incorporates pathway lights can make your guest feel more welcome and comfortable, especially in large gardens where it can become dark and unfamiliar. However, you must shun away from placing your garden lights in a very straight line as this would create a runway effect. Rather, aim at installing the light, directed mostly downward, where it would create a soft and warm glow.

     Porches.  A well-placed lighting that enhance your outdoor living space if very crucial. Integrate in your landscape design a provision for lighting that will guide your guests as they enter your front door, illuminating stairways and other potential hazards. A beautifully-lit porch can be a very wonderful place to spend warm evening with your family and guests.

    Back and Side Entrances. An inexpensive lighting can create a heartening effect when place behind the landscape bed. Ensure that our backs and side pathways and entrances are properly lit, making you and your guests experience that warm comfort as you take a stroll at night to catch a breath of fresh air.

There are variety of options that you can choose in terms of your landscaping lighting. The most important trick is to create a well-planned landscape design that combines all your garden design elements to create that warm, soft and translucent glow that will surely keep everyone entertained.