With lanterns, fairy lights and solar lights you can put your garden in the right light without the hassle of laying cables. Read here how you can easily create your own individual garden lighting yourself.
How do I design garden lighting myself?
To create your own garden lighting, use solar lights, fairy lights and lanterns. Place ball lights and solar LED spots for a modern atmosphere; Use lanterns, preserving jars, old tin cans and Japanese stone lanterns for romantic accents.
Solar lights illuminate the garden without tangled cables
Don't you feel like poring over complicated installation plans for your garden lighting? Then rely on the power of the sun to operate lamps, spotlights and lights. With solar lights you can forego an expensive power connection to bathe your garden in atmospheric light. Get inspired by these ideas:
- Ball lights spread modern flair in the bed, next to the terrace and on the pond
- Create a Christmas atmosphere with solar lamps in the shape of stars, angels and reindeer
- Solar LED spots let your most beautiful plants shine in bright light
If you want fairy lights to set the scene for your barbecue party or winter garden, you can save yourself from nerve-racking tangled cables thanks to solar technology. The fairy lights are powered with free energy via a crystalline solar module with a ground spike.
Romantic light for the garden – How to do it with lanterns
On warm summer nights, lanterns with flickering firelight provide romantic light in the garden and on the terrace. Decorative lanterns can be found in stores to suit every garden style. The following collection of ideas demonstrates the entire range of creative design options for garden lighting on your own:
- Stainless steel lanterns with large candles as floor lights for the modern garden
- Mason jars filled with decorative sand and tea lights for quick garden lighting in between
- Artfully cut out old tin cans, fill them with candles and hang them up for a rustic ambience
- Japanese stone lantern for stylish lighting in the Zen garden
If you and your children want to make great garden lighting yourself, you can't ignore the hollowed-out pumpkin. Cut off the top third of a large Hokkaido pumpkin to use as a lid. The pulp is then spooned out. Use cookie cutters, ballpoint pens or screwdrivers (€12.00 on Amazon) to give the pumpkin an artistic pattern. Tea lights, candles or fairy lights provide the necessary light.
Tip
Safety is key when planning your garden lighting. Therefore, do not leave stairs, paths and possible tripping hazards in the dark. Battery-operated LED lights with motion detectors reliably provide light at exactly the right time in critical areas.
