8 garden lighting ideas for your home

You can choose lanterns, floor lights or string lights to illuminate your outdoor space.

Outdoor lighting solutions may convert your gardens into beautiful locations. With the interplay of light and shadow, correctly placed garden lights may play a prominent role when twilight falls, bringing attention to the texture and shape of plants or ornamental objects and giving a feeling of depth and space.

 

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Set the mood with eco-friendly festoon lights

This summer’s biggest outdoor lighting trend is clearly festoon lights. LED festoon party lights are the ideal outdoor option due to their adaptability, style, durability, energy efficiency, extended lifespan, and ease of installation.

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Convert a pergola into an entrancing lit focal point

With Google searches for ‘Pergola lights’ growing significantly, it is apparent that setting the mood and creating a cosy ambience has become a priority for many of us when building our outdoor areas with the greatest yard-enhancing features.

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Add a whimsical element to your outside space

Bring pattern bursts from the inside to the outside with an eye-catching design that adds colour and flair to your outdoor tables. The greatest outdoor dining chairs will provide plenty of flair and practicality.

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Create a lovely atmosphere by hanging lanterns from trees

Hang lanterns on trees or low-level vegetation to generate a flickering glow and dynamic shadows that can be seen from all angles for soothing and fuss-free illumination.

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Experiment with different amounts of layered illumination

In order to create interest at all levels and to play with dynamics, add a range of lighting styles and kinds into your landscape design.

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Begin by lighting your landscape from the ground up

Floor lights are gaining popularity since they can make a small garden appear larger with a few strategically positioned spotlights. Placing spotlights in shrubbery regions, where they are covered beneath little shrubs and branches, will always look wonderful. 

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Use solar lights to harness the power of the sun

Solar-powered lights are a beautiful and eco-conscious alternative for your outdoor area, harnessing the light of the sun throughout the day and coming on automatically at twilight to produce a magnificent glow in the yard. Solar lights, which require no power supply, are great for everything from sun-soaked balcony ideas to stunning flower gardens.

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Use wall lights in a straight line

Placing linear or rectangular wall lights along one wall or border is a simple way to provide visual balance to your yard. If you want to make it more personal, light a few candles.

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FAQs

How do I illuminate the outside of my home?

Solar-powered stakes in borders and festoons strung from the heights of a pergola, for example, can be used to illuminate the outside of your home.

What kind of lighting is ideal for use in gardens?

Running expenses should not be an impediment to realising your garden lighting dreams. LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and fibre optics are energy efficient, and solar-powered systems have no operating costs. A successful scheme blends in with your surroundings, providing layers of light and focus points.

How can I illuminate my patio?

There are several options to illuminate a patio area, including uplighting surrounding trees or bushes, downlighting pergolas or structures, and placing lanterns around a dining area. String lights may also be entwined with pergola supports for a subtle yet stunning appearance.

 

Got any questions or point of view on our article? We would love to hear from you. Write to our Editor-in-Chief Jhumur Ghosh at jhumur.ghosh1@housing.com

 

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