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GARDEN LIGHTING DESIGN: SKETCH YOUR GARDEN
Suitable garden lighting will make your garden more attractive, cosy, practical and safe. To achieve ideal garden lighting, you start by making a lighting plan for your garden. Only buy the lights once you have a solid lighting plan! This way, you will know exactly how many lights you need, and more importantly, where they need to go. Create a design of your garden on which you can base your plan. This will ensure you don't forget anything and gives you a good overview of the whole garden.
Whether creating a plan for your current garden or for a garden that will soon be developed, a sketch will greatly help the design process. This sketch will clearly show which elements you wish to illuminate or accentuate.
Suitable garden lighting will make your garden more attractive, cosy, practical and safe. To achieve ideal garden lighting, you start by making a lighting plan for your garden. Only buy the lights once you have a solid lighting plan! This way, you will know exactly how many lights you need, and more importantly, where they need to go. Create a design of your garden on which you can base your plan. This will ensure you don't forget anything and gives you a good overview of the whole garden.
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ACCENTUATING YOUR LIGHT FIXTURES
Once your rough sketch is complete, you can examine how many light fixtures your garden will need. The added value of an effective lighting plan is all about the accentuation. Consider which elements of your garden you wish to highlight in the evenings, such as the pathway or the patio. A wall light by the gate provides safety and security, and a lit pathway also helps visitors avoid potential trip hazards. Illuminate attractive corners, plants or shapes and ensure all of the different elements combine coherently and consistently.
Avoid any temptation to add too much light, as the darker areas of your garden help make the illuminated areas stand out beautifully. The three elements of contrast, intensity and direction are vital: ensuring optimal balance and combination of these elements is how to achieve your dream garden.
Once your rough sketch is complete, you can examine how many light fixtures your garden will need. The added value of an effective lighting plan is all about the accentuation. Consider which elements of your garden you wish to highlight in the evenings, such as the pathway or the patio. A wall light by the gate provides safety and security, and a lit pathway also helps visitors avoid potential trip hazards.
CONTRASTWhether high or low, contrast lighting is key to achieving a pleasantly lit garden. The main aspect is to combine indirect light with direct light as this creates the right balance in the garden and ensures optimal results.
INTENSITYWhatever element or section of your garden you wish to illuminate, in-lite has the perfect light and intensity for you. Select diffuse or uniform lighting depending on the element you wish to showcase. Using different light intensities helps create a natural light show in your garden.
LIGHT DIRECTIONCombine different types of garden lighting such as groundspots, upright lamps, wall lights and spotlights. By playing around with different lighting directions, you avoid monotony.
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SELECT TYPE OF GARDEN LIGHTING
The right garden lighting is a must for every garden as it creates the perfect vibe and visibility. To determine what type of garden lighting you need, it can help to split your garden into sections such as the driveway, the path to the back door, the pond, the canopy, the fence, etc. After all, you wouldn't use the same lighting for the fence that you would use in or around your pond and variety of lighting helps to accentuate the highlights of your garden.
To make things easy for you, we have provided a number of tips and information about which lighting systems are suitable for particular elements.
The right garden lighting is a must for every garden as it creates the perfect vibe and visibility. To determine what type of garden lighting you need, it can help to split your garden into sections such as the driveway, the path to the back door, the pond, the canopy, the fence, etc. After all, you wouldn't use the same lighting for the fence that you would use in or around your pond and variety of lighting helps to accentuate the highlights of your garden.
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