Garden lighting

Garden lighting , often underestimated, is actually one of the key points to make your outdoor space safe, charming and able to give beautiful sensations even after sunset.

How to light your garden to enhance it

Before dedicating yourself to the shop of spotlights and lamps, it is a good idea to analyze various circumstances for the lighting of your garden, such as:

• The conformation of the spaces
• The presence of obstructions such as plants, trees, benches, walls
• The style we want to give it
• The way we think the garden is used

Once you have clarified your ideas on these points, you can then move on to designing the actual lighting, customizing it according to your needs.

The intensity of garden lights

Until several years ago, a very common practice was to give light – and therefore attention – only to one part of the garden, which usually corresponded to the most used part, leaving the rest completely in darkness.

This incorrect practice prevented the complete and correct use of spaces with high potential especially on special occasions.

The choice to illuminate only a part of the garden was based on the need to contain energy costs on the household bill, this is because LED lamps or other energy-saving lighting systems did not yet exist.

Today these systems not only allow for considerable savings on the costs of energy used for outdoor lighting but are also capable of creating a uniform intensity without any more dark areas.

The arrangement of garden lights

When thinking about how to arrange your lights in the garden , you always have to consider two aspects:

• Functional
• Scenographic

The functional aspect is useful for illuminating the essential parts of the garden, such as the entrance path, the front door, and any steps and stairs.
This aspect is important as it will guide us and our guests even late at night without incidents on the way from the entrance to the front door.

The scenographic aspect, instead, focuses on a type of lighting that highlights some particular aspects of the garden, such as a plant or a decorated wall, or a fountain.

For lighting very large areas, a great solution is street lamps , which will be lower, with the light closer to the ground, if you want to create a more intimate environment. Low street lamps also avoid light dispersion, better marking the boundaries between lights and shadows.

Another option is offered by spike lights , which can enhance trees and hedges or illuminate paths; in this last case, it is better to direct the light to the ground, to avoid dazzling and to better illuminate the path.

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It is important that the materials chosen to illuminate the garden are all specifically for outdoor use, to resist corrosion, atmospheric agents and humidity.

Garden lighting for your safety

Finally, we remind you that the right lighting in the garden can also be useful in making this space safer, creating different settings and atmospheres, but without leaving any corner completely in the dark.

For security reasons, it would be best if the lights at the door and on the driveway were always on, at most with an intensity that is reduced when no one is passing by and increased when a presence is detected.
If the house has a rear facade, it is advisable that this is always illuminated with a fixed beam of light.