Lights for flower beds
30 Garden Lighting Ideas to Make Your Plants Shine
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Enjoy the beauty of your landscaping even at night by adding garden lighting. The most popular options for garden lights are spotlights, stake lights, or string lights—all of which can be solar or battery-powered.
When deciding on the best garden lighting options, consider your purpose. Are you looking for an ambient glow or seeking brighter light to increase visibility along pathways and water features? Warm, soft light is great for giving gardens a glow, while larger, brighter bulbs are typically a better pick if you want to illuminate tripping hazards or keep wandering feet out of your flower beds.
Whether you have a large garden bed, vertical garden space, or container plants, get inspired with these garden lighting ideas.
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Globe Lights
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Make your garden glow with globe-shaped lights.
This spherical alternative to traditional stake lighting provides visual interest and works especially well in gravel gardens or a xeriscape landscaping plan. Place lights along top tier areas of your garden or behind and underneath plants for spotlight illumination. -
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Retaining Wall Lights
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Retaining walls prevent erosion and allow for multi-tiered gardens. Provide plenty of light along the wall and up the stairs by using puck lighting. Underneath the blooming hedges of this retaining wall garden, evenly-spaced lights guide nighttime visitors through the garden safely while putting plants on display. Be sure to choose wet-rated LED lights for this garden lighting option.
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String Lights for Trees
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Trees growing in your garden can make a major statement with the help of string lights. Tiny glowing bulbs covering the trunk and main branches outline the tree's shape while casting a glow on the garden below.
Soft white lights, as seen on the property of this stately home, are suitable for year-round garden lighting. Use solar-powered string lights to avoid the need for a nearby electrical outlet. -
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Contemporary Landscape Lighting
Brophy Interiors
Brophy Interiors softened the front garden of this contemporary Southern California home with warmly lit landscaping around the stone wall and potted plant-lined walkway entrance to create a welcoming glow.
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Backyard Garden Lighting
Brophy Interiors
The sunken backyard of this contemporary home from Brophy Interiors is framed with a retaining wall planted with greenery and softly lit so that it can be used in the evening.
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Lantern Lighting
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Lanterns hanging from a post can be installed along hedges or behind bushes to provide soft lighting from within your garden.
The options for lantern types range in style and materials, but solar or battery-operated candle lanterns give a classic glow. Install posts at even intervals and decided whether you want the lanterns to hover above your foliage (accounting for the mature height of the plants) or peek out of the space between plants. -
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String Lights + Hurricane Lanterns + Fire Pit
Inspired By Charm
A combination of string lights hanging in the trees above, hurricane lanterns lit with candles on the ground, and the light from a fire pit gives this backyard gathering space from Inspired By Charm a cozy feel.
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Arborvitae Illumination
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Arborvitae trees are frequently used as a living privacy fence for gardens. Illuminating the trees can give your garden a bright border that is both attractive and helpful in seeing the edges of your property at night. Upward spotlights highlight the tall, conical shape of the arborvitae while remaining concealed behind the garden's low hedgerow.
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Small Front Garden Lighting
White Sands
Even if your front garden amounts to some small hedges on the curbside and a flight of steps lined with plantings and bushes, like this Southern California home from White Sands, adding warm light that runs throughout the outdoor space can make it feel warm and welcoming when the sun goes down.
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String Lights for Raised Garden Beds
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Raised garden beds are the perfect spot to string small lights, especially if your gardening setup includes a trellis. The string lights provide ambiance but also mean that you can check on your garden at any time of the evening without bringing along a flashlight. In the absence of a trellis, you can use planter posts at the corner of each garden bed or string them along a fence to provide the same effect.
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Make It Festive
My 100 Year Old Home
String lights help bridge the gap on this large backyard lawn from My 100 Year Old Home to make the space feel welcoming for entertaining guests and special events.
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Overhead lighting for seating areas
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Gardens are the perfect spot to sit and reflect and by adding overhead lighting, you can use the lounge area during the day or night. This garden benefits from a group of four pendant lights, placed over an outdoor seating arrangement. The number and type of lights you choose will depend on whether you are looking for soft evening illumination or enough light to enjoy dinner in your outdoor oasis.
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Front Yard Lighting
Blanco Bungalow
The enclosed front garden of this Los Angeles Spanish-style bungalow from Blanco Bungalow is softly lit to highlight palm trees and ensure that the outdoor space feels balanced and bright.
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Statement Lighting
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Garden lighting is usually subtle, highlighting specific plants or providing an ambient glow. However, you can also use a statement light in the garden to provide a focal point at night, as seen in the front yard of this modern home.
The light casts a glow while drawing the eye to its unique shape and design details. Statement lighting for the garden works best when paired with simple, low plants that won't compete for attention or make the space feel too busy. -
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Light the Periphery
My 100 Year Old Home
Lighting the periphery of this backyard from My 100 Year Old Home ensures that the large lawn and pool area is well lit at night.
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Garden Bed Illumination
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A floating garden bed this one commands attention in the center of the yard with its showy display of plants. Use LED lighting to further enhance the garden's features, especially at night when the garden (and its borders) are harder to see. Spotlights are placed strategically in the garden bed to highlight the foliage of ground-level plants along with the taller trees and shrubs. Keep in mind that for symmetry, you want to provide illumination evenly across the entire bed, rather than focusing your lights on one end or another.
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Use Multiple Lighting Sources
Seed Studio Landscape Design / Travis Rhoads Photography
Integrated lighting throughout this Northern California outdoor space from Seed Studio Landscape Design is complemented with a pendant light over the dining table and a fire pit conversation area that creates a warm and cozy atmosphere in the shadow of two large backyard Redwood trees.
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Lily Pond Lighting
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Lily ponds are a beautiful feature for your garden and the right lighting allows you to enjoy their serenity throughout the evening. In this example, the water feature benefits from small underwater lights that make the pond and series of small waterfalls seem to glow. Additionally, the lily pads and other vegetation surrounding the pond are illuminated by the light. It's best to plan out your garden pond lighting when designing your water feature, but a professional can also help you select and install lighting that is compatible with your space.
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Update Your Spotlights
My 100 Year Old Home
My 100 Year Old Home gave the backyard garden a refresh with new raw copper spotlights that glimmer in the sunshine and highlight greenery at night, helping to spread the light throughout the large space.
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Stake Lighting for Garden Pathway
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Stake lighting guides the way along paved garden paths, giving you easy access to gardens, gazebos, or patios even after the sun has gone down. In this example, shaded stake lights provide downward illumination on the path, instead of upward illumination to highlight plants or garden features. It also preserves the serenity of the garden and shields the eye from a bright beam during low light conditions. Solar path lights are the most popular option since the lights require no power source other than the sun's rays.
The Best Solar Pathway Lights to Brighten Your Walkways
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Stake Lights in Flower Bed
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Small stake lights are a great option for garden lighting in flower beds.
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Water Garden Lighting
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Water gardens have a soothing sound and offer the opportunity to grow aquatic plants. Use lighting features to give your garden pond a special spotlight. In this example, the small yet eye-catching water garden features symmetrical lighting on either side of the center stepping stone. The warm hue of the light also harmonizes with other lighting features used in the garden, giving the entire space a cohesive lighting plan.
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Lighting for Vertical Gardens
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Vertical gardens can benefit from lighting, as well. In this example, lights extend out from each tiered wall of the garden, illuminating the plants underneath.
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Lawn Lights
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A lush and healthy lawn is the perfect foreground for a manicured garden, so why not highlight your grass as well? Globe lights placed on the lawn are a surprising option for garden lighting and work especially well during parties or special events as festive décor. Alternate between placing single lights and pairs of lights on the lawn to keep the look unique and unfussy.
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Backlighting for Potted Trees
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If you have potted trees in your garden, backlighting is a great option for highlighting their beauty even at night. In another example, this potted tree benefits from the warm glow of a spotlight behind the large container. The warm light plus the yellow-hued foliage is a perfect combination in front of the privacy screen completing this intimate garden setting.
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Spotlights for Garden Features
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Pivoting spotlights give you flexibility and options for illuminating your garden area. In this lush garden setting, the spotlight on the perimeter of the water feature is angled to illuminate the heron statue and tall grasses along the edge of the garden. In comparison to fixed-position stake lights, you can adjust the beam of light to hit the right spot. Change the light's focal point as your plants grow or you make adjustments to garden sculptures or features
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Lighting for Ornamental Grasses
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Ornamental grasses are a full, soft feature for gardens of all sizes. While many garden lighting options focus on flowers or tree foliage, shining a light on your garden's thick, full ornamental grasses is another great option for nighttime visual interest. In this garden, a small water feature makes the perfect spot to conceal a lighting fixture that casts light onto the surrounding grass plants.
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Scattered Spotlights
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Scattered spotlights contribute only a small beam of light on their own, but when viewed together, this is an effective option for garden lighting. As seen in this garden, small spotlights distributed throughout the garden area illuminate small, medium, and large plants, giving the garden excellent visibility without a single, overpowering light source. When arranging garden spotlights, divide the garden into zones and aim to use the same amount of spotlights within each zone. Periodically step back to view the garden as a whole and make adjustments to keep the look balanced.
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Container Garden Lighting
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Container gardens are a great option for adding color and visual interest to patios or courtyards.
You can enjoy the beauty of your potted plants even at night by adding some garden lighting. In this example, string lights on the potted palms illuminate the container garden and seamlessly blend into the string lighting along the wall of the patio. -
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Light the House and Garden
Design by AHG Interiors / Photo by Nick Glimenakis
This 1960s Catskills home from AHG Interiors is lit up like a fairytale in the woods with string lighting that extends from the A-frame facade to the yard.
What lighting is best for the garden?
The best type of lighting for your garden depends on the size of your outdoor space and whether you are looking to make your plants look better or to light up an outdoor space for safety reasons. Warm, soft, ambient light works well for highlighting trees, plants, or flowers, and creating a relaxing atmosphere if you plan to use your outdoor space at night. If you’re more concerned with keeping visibility high and discouraging intruders of the human and animal variety, opt for brighter, whiter light.
How can I light up my garden?
You can light up your garden with anything from inexpensive outdoor LED string lights to an integrated lighting system designed to highlight special trees or turn your garden into a magical setting for outdoor entertaining. Be sure to spread the light around your garden to avoid shadowy patches and ensure visibility of the entire space to make it comfortable to use.
How do I light my yard at night?
You can light the periphery of your yard with ground-level uplighting spread all around a fence or retaining wall for a balanced glow. Use landscape lighting to highlight flowerbeds, trees, fountains, or other special features. Add layers of ambient light to your yard with portable LED lamps or torches, LED candles, or a fire pit. Whatever you do, just don’t rely on a single glaring floodlight that will make your outdoor space feel unwelcoming and cold.
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Solar-Powered LED Bronze Garden Lights
When it comes to choosing the right solar garden lights, it’s important to look at ones that are the best reviewed. This LED outdoor flower bed lighting option received four out of five stars on Amazon, making them a top pick for 2019. They’re great for illuminating outdoor spaces, but also serve as a lovely decoration to your garden. The pack contains six solar lights for flower beds that can provide six to eight hours of light, once they are fully charged.
Here’s everything you need to know to build a beautiful raised garden bed.
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Solar Garden In-Ground Lights
These solar LED lights work great to illuminate your flower beds.
This means more light for your path or driveway and supreme illumination of your beautiful flowers. The lights switch on automatically at night and turn off at dawn, providing eight to 10 hours of illumination. Plus, they’re a bargain—32 lights for $20!
Check out these ideas for dressing up a cheap planter.
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Low-Voltage LED Outdoor Landscape Spot Light Fixtures
If you are trying to focus light on a specific element in your flower bed, these spotlights lights will do the trick. Utilizing a low-voltage LED bulb that can last for years, these 7-inch tall outdoor flower bed lights give off warm-white light and come in a pack of two.
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Metal Flickering Flame Solar Torch Lights
This pair of solar powered ultra-bright spotlights features a realistic flame design with a warm, yellow -colored light.
The lights can be can be installed into the ground using the provided stakes, or they can be wall-mounted. Once fully charged under sunlight for about eight hours, these solar torches can light up to 10 hours in summer and 5 hours in winter.
Looking for colorful plants for your landscape? Try these!
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In-Ground Low-Voltage Landscape Lights
These flower bed lights feature 300 lumens of warm light. The convex lens on each light is clear, so these LED landscape lights appear brighter than most. These lights withstand the elements thanks to the high-temperature tempered soda-lime glass that offers high-impact resistance against corrosion, cracking and rust.
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Plug-In LED Flower Bed Spotlights
These flower bed lights are an energy-efficient flower bed lighting option. Each LED mini floodlight produces 400 lumens, equivalent to a 35-watt halogen light. According to the manufacturer, that means you’ll save 85 percent on your energy bill. We especially love the warm white light that provides a natural glow with which to illuminate your landscaping.
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Low-Voltage Cast Aluminum Path Lights
We love the sleek design of these cast iron flower bed lights. They brighten up your night-time landscape with 120 lumens of warm-white light. Also, they’re weatherproof thanks to the protective frosted-plastic lens and durable black finish cast aluminum body.
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Garden lamps: types, installation features
As you know, 80-90% of all information coming from the outside world, a person receives through the organs of vision. Therefore, it is extremely important for us to be able to see the objects that surround us at any time of the day. In cities, this problem is solved centrally, and on the backyard of a country house, each owner organizes lighting independently. To do this, there are many varieties of garden lamps that will help not only brightly illuminate the garden, but also create truly magical pictures of multi-colored light and shadows in it.
Purpose of garden lamps
Outdoor lighting in a country house can serve different purposes, and for their implementation it is necessary to use the appropriate types of fixtures.
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Emergency lighting. It is necessary for the convenience of moving around the estate at night and includes, as a rule, illumination of the gate, lanterns along the paths, lamps of the entrance group, lighting of the terrace or arbors.
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Security lighting. This group is represented, as a rule, by powerful spotlights that illuminate the perimeter of the fence, the front and side entrances to the house, the street section in front of the house, and, if necessary, the entire territory of the site.
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Facade lighting. Small directional luminaires are placed against the walls to emphasize the texture of the finish, expressive architectural details or decorative elements. Similarly, pavilions, gazebos and other small architectural forms are often illuminated.
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Landscape lighting. Directional or diffused light luminaires favorably highlight groups of trees or shrubs, flower beds and other landscape objects, forming separate zones in the garden or emphasizing the beauty of design solutions.
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Underwater lighting. If the site has a pond or a fountain with a bowl, highlighting the water allows you to create spectacular visual effects.
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Decorative lamps. Their only purpose is to decorate the garden, since the light they emit is too weak to illuminate the surrounding area.
As a rule, when designing a site, several different types of lighting are used, which are switched on independently of each other. So, landscape lighting is usually turned on when you want to spend evening time in the garden, with family or with guests. For emergency lighting, as a rule, lamps with motion sensors are used so that the light flashes when a person approaches and automatically turns off after he leaves. Security lighting is part of the general security system and works during the absence of the owners.
Form and location of fixtures
Depending on the shape and design, the following types of garden lamps are distinguished.
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Ground. As a rule, these are solar-powered devices, which are a lighting element on a low leg with a pointed end. For installation, it is enough to stick the leg into the ground with force. Due to their autonomy, they can be installed in any corner of the garden, used to illuminate walls, trees, statues, arbors, etc.
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Built-in. These are moisture-proof light sources in a durable sealed case, which are built into the paving of paths and platforms, stairs, walls and other elements of building structures or directly into the ground surface. As a rule, they are used for emergency lighting: lighting paths, stairs, terraces.
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Facade, or wall. Lamps of this type are mounted on the facade of the house, on the walls of a veranda or a separate pavilion, on gates, etc. Depending on the design and lamp power, they can be powered from the mains or be autonomous. Light sources are used to illuminate the facade, illuminate the entrance group or gate, illuminate the veranda, gazebo, pavilion.
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Suspended. Due to the presence of a pendant mount, these luminaires can be hung on the ceiling of an open veranda, the gable of the entrance group, as well as on a bracket attached to a wall or a pole. As a rule, pendant lamps are designed in retro style, but there are also modern models.
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Ground, or poles. The classic type of outdoor lighting device is a lamp on a leg, concreted in the ground or attached to the pavement. The length of the leg can be any, but short columns are popular today, which illuminate the surface of the paths, do not blind the eyes and allow you to admire the night garden.
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Decorative figurines. These lamps are used exclusively for landscape decoration and do not carry any useful function. They are installed in the middle of flower beds, under bushes, near water bodies and in other picturesque places. They do not connect to the network, the light bulb is powered by a solar battery or a conventional battery.
As a rule, several different types of lanterns and lamps are used to illuminate the garden, each of which is used to solve a specific task.
Street hanging lamp DUEWI Sheffield black 1x60 E27
Power supply
Depending on the method of power supply, garden lamps are divided into:
Each of these methods has its pros and cons.
Luminaires connected to the mains
From the mains, lamps and spotlights are usually powered, which must work for a long time. As a rule, they are installed near the house or from electrified buildings on the site. For installation, it is necessary to dig ditches into which an electric cable is laid, therefore, such lighting is installed at the stage of building a house and arranging a site. Most network lights are designed to be connected to a 220 V network, but when using halogen bulbs, it becomes necessary to organize a separate 12/24 V lighting network.
Street lights connected to the mains are reliable lighting equipment.
This includes both weak local luminaires and bright, powerful spotlights for large areas. It is easy to form an automatic system from them, controlled by light or motion sensors. The complexity of installation is fully compensated by the functionality, power and controllability of lighting.
Solar lamps
Solar-powered light sources consist of a light bulb (usually a low-energy LED), a solar panel, and a battery. During the day, they accumulate electricity, and at night they spend it, illuminating garden paths, trees and other landscape elements. These are self-contained devices that do not require a network connection and are located anywhere, anywhere in the garden. It is only necessary to take care that during the day the solar panel is under direct sunlight at all times to ensure that the battery is fully charged. If this condition is met, the energy is enough to provide 8-10 hours of lamp operation.
As a rule, batteries in the budget segment do not withstand frost well, therefore, inexpensive lamps are usually stored for winter, and re-installed in the spring on the site.
In addition, during the cold season, the sun is almost always covered by clouds, which is why the solar panel produces an insufficient amount of energy. If a high-quality nickel-cadmium battery is installed in the lamp, then it can be used in winter, but only on condition that the thermometer does not fall below -10 °C.
Camelion Solar Lamp Suspension SG-144
Illumination options
In order to organize comfortable and eye-pleasing illumination of the night garden, it is advisable to take into account many different factors and select appropriate lamps for different zones.
Direction of light beams
According to this criterion, the lamps are divided into:
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Ball - spreading light in all directions, convenient for placement on poles, walls, gates.
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Up light - with a light beam directed upwards, they are used for expressive illumination of walls, trees and shrubs, statues and other landscape elements.
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Down light - with a downward beam of light, most often used to illuminate paths, stairs, terraces.
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Swivel - with a changeable direction of the light beam.
When choosing fixtures of the desired type, it is desirable to pay attention not only to the direction of the rays, but also to the diameter of the illuminated surface, i.e., to the brightness of the light.
Color effects
First of all, we are talking about the correct choice of the light temperature of the lamps. As a rule, warm or neutral, eye-pleasing lamps are chosen for night illumination. But, if we are talking about a security lighting circuit, cold light lamps should be used here mainly.
For colored decorative lighting of the site, you need to follow the rules for mixing colors so that the illuminated objects look attractive. So, for underwater lamps installed in a pond or pool, it is not recommended to choose yellow or red color, since the water in such lighting seems dirty and muddy.
But these colors are great for highlighting trees or shrubs. When choosing a color backlight for a flower bed, you need to be especially careful, because the wrong shade can “kill” the natural beauty of the petals and give the impression of withering plants.
Bulb type
Many parameters of the lighting network, such as power consumption, depend on the type of light sources used. Today, for this reason, many people refuse traditional incandescent lamps: they are short-lived, not particularly bright, get very hot during operation, and most importantly, they are monstrously energy-consuming compared to other types of lamps. The most relevant at present are economical and unpretentious LED lamps. Often used fluorescent "housekeeper", halogen and metal halide devices.
Surface mounted lamp KANLUX Sani 1x10W GU10 IP44 white
Materials and degrees of protection
Garden lamps are operated outdoors, and this circumstance makes it necessary to pay increased attention to the materials from which they are made.
Products of the budget segment are made mainly of plastic, but it is hardly worth expecting that they will retain their appearance and performance for longer than two or three summer seasons. For stationary fixtures, housings are made of metal or durable composite plastic. Often used:
The materials of the ceiling lamps are glass or durable anti-vandal plastic.
Since garden lamps and lamps are operated outdoors, it is necessary to pay attention to the index of the degree of protection against the ingress of moisture, dust, insects, etc. The minimum allowable indicator is IP44. Most high-quality models meet the requirements of IP55 (increased protection against dust and water ingress on the device case). If you need a flashlight for underwater lighting, it must have a protection factor of at least IP67.
Additional equipment
Light and motion sensors are used as additional devices that expand the functionality of garden lighting. With the help of a light sensor, the lights are usually turned on automatically when it gets dark.
Motion sensors:
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allow you to save electricity by turning on the lights when people appear and turning off the lights after they leave;
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ensure the protection of the site, including floodlights when strangers appear on the territory of the garden and thereby scare away possible intruders.
Sensors can be located separately, but it is more convenient when they are included in the package of fixtures.
In addition, the lighting circuit may include a controller that regulates the brightness of the lighting, the color of the lamps, the frequency of their inclusion, and other parameters.
Street lamp FUMAGALLI Mizar Cefa E27 IP55 ant.bronze, transparent
Installation of garden lights
If you are going to limit your garden lighting to solar-powered lamps, then for their installation you just need to choose a suitable place and fix the body of each device in the ground or on the wall.
For a country house in which you spend no more than two or three months a year, this is quite enough. But if lighting needs to be organized in the area around the house in which you live all the time, then you will have to attend to the installation of reliable and powerful lanterns powered by the mains.
To install stationary lamps, it is necessary to stretch the electrical cable to each mounting point of the lighting fixtures. These works should be carried out in accordance with the rules of electrical and construction safety.
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A ditch for laying outdoor lighting cables can be dug no closer than 0.6 meters from the walls of the house and other buildings.
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The cable route should not pass near other communications. The permissible distance to the sewer and water pipes is not less than 0.5 meters. Between the cable and the gas pipe, the distance must exceed 2 meters in any section of the route.
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The cable for street lighting should not run next to other cable lines - no closer than 0.
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Be sure to dig a trench deep enough (0.7 meters or deeper) to lay the cable. Although in private homes this parameter is usually not checked by anyone, we are talking about your safety. If the wire is accidentally damaged when loosening a flower bed or replanting a bush, the consequences can be the most severe.
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The cable line at the bottom of the ditch must be hidden in a protective box, plain or corrugated pipe. This measure will protect the electrical wire from high humidity and accidental mechanical damage.
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The bottom of the trench must be covered with rubble, on top of which lay a layer of sand. This is especially important if your site has groundwater close to the surface.
When installing a stationary lantern in the ground, it is necessary to arrange a concrete base with a thickness of 0.3 m, on which the supporting part of the column is attached with bolts or anchors.
In this case, the cable for connecting to the network should be passed through the center of the foundation, leaving an outlet of about 0.4 m outside.
The special cable for outdoor networks is equipped with double insulation, which protects against moisture penetration to current-carrying cores. At the junctions of the wires, twists cannot be used - only a solder joint or terminal blocks, which are then hermetically isolated from the external environment. To turn on the lights in convenient areas of the network, you need to install pass-through switches. All work should be carried out only when completely disconnected from the network. Subject to the above conditions, outdoor lighting of the site will work reliably for many years in a row.
How to make spectacular lighting of a flower bed or rock garden
Growing luxurious terry peonies or amazing lavender irises and not organizing personal lighting for them is like building a house and admiring it from the side without going inside.
To enjoy the beauty of the garden it was possible both during the day and in the evening, flower beds must be provided with additional lighting. Decorative lighting will effectively illuminate the best flower arrangements, highlight the areas you need and present garden decor in a new unexpected light.
Novotech LED street light
General lighting
The general flood light provides illumination of the entire flower bed, without highlighting any specific zones and objects on it. You can organize such lighting with the help of street lamps or column lamps with a height of more than 50 cm, placing them in close proximity to green spaces. If there are already lanterns on the site, it is advisable to break flower beds next to them so that the plants fall into the light spot of the street lamp. So you do not need to organize additional lighting for the flower bed.
Accent lighting
Decorative garden lighting not only creates a special cozy atmosphere, but also makes it possible to safely move around the site at night.
That is why the importance of this type of lighting should not be underestimated. By lighting your favorite plants, you kill two birds with one stone – you solve the problem of area lighting in the evening and organize spectacular landscape lighting design.
Landscape lamp Eglo Riga
Spot light helps to emphasize specific elements of a flower bed or emphasize the beauty of small architectural forms. Local decorative lighting can be arranged using ground lamps or spotlights (sometimes they are placed directly in the crowns of trees). Both in the interior and in landscape design, vertical lamps in the form of reeds or reeds are now at the height of fashion.
Arlight 9 LED Landscape Light0240
The design of a garden lamp can be laconic and simple so as not to distract attention from plant objects, or expressive and interesting, acting as an additional element of garden decor. Such lamps look impressive and interesting even in the daytime.
Outdoor ball lamp Kanlux STONO
Standard landscape bollards are not very conspicuous when it is light, but they give bright lighting effects at night. They can be hidden deep in the greenery of plants or arranged in a certain order to look like a decorative element of landscape design.
Front lighting (when the light source is installed in front of the object) is used to illuminate flower beds, alpine slides, topiaries and multi-tiered flower beds. Shadows in such lighting are not visible, so the overall picture seems brighter.
To get edge lighting on certain objects (eg trees, shrubs, rocks), place the luminaire directly behind them. This way you can achieve an interesting effect when only the silhouette of a dark object is visible against a brightly lit background.
Uniel Solar Garland Curtain
A mysterious and festive atmosphere on the site can be created with the help of special solar-powered garden garlands.
