How to Plan Your Landscape Lighting System
A magnificent home that is admired by day with its beautiful landscaping
- trees, shrubs, flower gardens - is transformed at night - without landscape
lighting - to a dark foreboding area with small puddles of glaring light
at the front door.
Why invest thousands of dollars in landscaping only to have it disappear
at night when you are at home. After all, most of us are away from home
all day and it's night time when we want to enjoy our home and grounds.
The techniques shown here are used by landscape lighting designers to
dramatize the home and grounds at night and then turn them into a warm,
inviting atmosphere.
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| Step / Safety Lighting
Place lower wattage lights with overlapping pools of light for
beauty, safety, and to illuminate the steps to provide adequate lighting
for sure footing. |
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| Shadowing
Place the light in front of the object projecting its shadow
on a wall, or hang fixtures in large trees casting images onto the ground. |
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| Uplighting
Place one or two accent lights directly under a large tree or
within a few inches of a stone wall to create contrasting highlights and
shadows. |
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| Downlighting or Moonlighting
Downlighting imitates natural moonlight and is very dramatic
when halogen spots are used. Contrasting highlights and shadows on large
trees, statues, and stone walls create handsome focal points to your landscaping. |
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