With the right lighting, your garden will be transformed into a romantic, magical world at night. There are imaginative lighting effects for every garden style that impressively showcase beds, terraces, ponds and solitary gardens. To ensure perfect lighting, important aspects must be taken into account. This guide explains how to do it right.
How do I create beautiful and safe garden lighting?
Aesthetics, safety and budget are important when it comes to garden lighting. Set accents with floor lights, spotlights, fairy lights or underwater spotlights. Pay attention to safe path lights and plan the lighting with the help of experts.
Safety is key – planning belongs in the hands of experts
Skillful garden lighting is based on a combination of aesthetics and reliable safety. Furthermore, economic aspects must not be ignored, because the purchase of lighting fixtures for the garden and the associated electricity consumption should be tailored to the budget. Therefore, entrust the planning to an experienced specialist
In the first step, lights are installed wherever there are tripping hazards in the garden. During the installation, professionals pay particular attention to the safety of you and your family, including your pets and garden animals. Furthermore, shrubs, trees and flowers must not be impaired in their growth.
After the duty comes the freestyle – tips for creative garden lighting
Practical bollards or path lights usually ensure safety on sidewalks, stairs and similar tripping hazards. Operated with mains power and equipped with motion detectors, all security-relevant areas are never in the dark. In order to create an atmospheric ambience with light, creative ideas can bubble up. The following suggestions may serve as your inspiration:
- Floor lights give perennial beds and lawns a mystical aura
- Spotlights hidden in the undergrowth impressively highlight a statue, fountain or garden bonsai
- Fairy lights invite you to linger at your seat
The right light in the garden always comes from below. For example, the WOW effect on a terrace is achieved by lights built into the floor, arranged in a straight line or in a semicircle. Test the effect first with the help of a flashlight. What appears sober and boring when illuminated from above takes on a magical look when illuminated from below.
Let there be light in the garden pond
So that the picturesque garden pond does not disappear from view at night, highlight the water world with artistic lighting. Ball lamps hidden between the grasses of the edge planting are also beautiful to look at during the day. White or colored floating balls on the water attract everyone's attention at night. Underwater spotlights are the ideal lighting for a babbling fountain.
Tip
By lighting up your garden, you can also keep unwanted night owls at bay. When crepuscular and nocturnal martens, raccoons and the like are on their nocturnal raids, experience has shown that the bullies leave illuminated gardens unmolested.
