Without proper lighting, even the most beautiful landscape design with the onset of darkness will lose its appeal. Lighting for the garden is functional, security, architectural and decorative. Functional lighting is necessary for safe movement through the garden in the dark. Security lighting creates the illusion of being present, protecting the site from external encroachments. Decorative and architectural lighting is designed to decorate the garden area, emphasizing the shape of this or that detail.
Thinking of the light decoration of the garden, first of all it is necessary to start from its dimensions, as well as the presence of certain landscape objects. In this review, "House of Dreams" will share the rules for organizing lighting and types of garden lighting.
Garden lighting
Backlighting of garden paths
Garden paths, paths and bridges are a bright decoration of landscape design, so the lighting for these objects refers to both functional and decorative type of lighting.
The easiest way to highlight tracks is to use hemispherical fixtures that are mounted in the ground along the perimeter of all roads. Floor lighting does not have a significant brightness, but it perfectly emphasizes the boundaries of the tracks. If the territory of the site is too large, hemispherical illumination of the garden is better used for highlighting secondary paths and bridges, and most importantly, the path that adjoins the house is decorated with street garden lanterns or vertical floor lamps. However, when choosing garden lamps or lanterns, please note that their height should be below the person's gaze.
As additional sources of lighting for the garden, you can use glowing stones or decorative lamps, made in the form of various ornaments. For the design of narrow additional paths, the best is the backlighting in the form of an LED cord. Since the LED cord has sufficient flexibility, it can be used to emphasize the most meandering trails. If there are shrubs or small plants growing along the tracks, they can be very beautifully illuminated with hanging lights.
Whatever option of lighting for garden paths you choose, remember that the most striking is the facade of the house and the area adjacent to it.
Lighting of the house and the site
Beautiful lighting of the garden photo
Lighting for the garden
Organization of the garden lighting
Original garden lights photo
Backlighting of the reservoirs in the garden
In the daytime, any pond becomes the main decoration of the site, but with the coming of the night its beauty disappears completely. Garden lighting for reservoirs, be it a pond, a fountain, a waterfall or a swimming pool, should first and foremost complement its decorative feature.
The most common sources of lighting for reservoirs are the usual low lights or floor lamps, which are located at the edges of the object. To further emphasize the beauty of the composition of the fountain or cascade, it is recommended to use floor lamps that can be disguised in the adjacent foliage, and their light should be directed to the object itself. In addition, today there is a huge variety of floating and submerged lamps, thanks to which the pond is illuminated "from within", becoming a real work of art.
Garden and pool lighting photo
Pool lighting
Backlighting of trees and shrubs in the garden area of
Unusual decorative lighting for the garden can be created with ground lamps that are mounted to the ground and illuminate the object vertically. Especially well, such lamps illuminate tall trees and shrubs. If the tree has too wide a crown, it is recommended to install the fixtures from several sides.
Highlit flower beds or small shrubs can be used with vertical closed lamps with a height of no more than 40 cm, which will envelop the objects with soft flood light.
Garden lighting in landscape design
Garden lighting photo
Decorative Garden Lighting
Kinds of Garden Lighting
Garden Decorative Lighting Photo
As garden lighting is an integral part of landscape design, all stylistic features and nuances of the site should be taken into account when organizing it.
