Outdoor landscape lighting

Outdoor landscape lighting delivers the best results when it is conceptualized and planned by a landscaping services firm who in turn subcontracts it to an expert company in lighting design. Because gardens, hardscape, patios, walls, and swimming pools, typically feature very ornate designs, the accuracy and quality of outdoor landscape lighting must be far superior to that of other forms of lighting. When the very best fixtures are combined with the very best design plans, the outcome is a luminary experience purpose extends far beyond the functional level into the realm of high-end aesthetic design. It home architecture with Nature like nothing else can, and it extends a warmth and light throughout the neighborhood as a 24-hour phenomenon that all may admire.

Outdoor landscape lighting applications vary widely based on the specific elements of front and back yard landscapes. While it is beyond the scope of this article to make an exhaustive listing of every type of outdoor light used in landscaping, there are certain prominent applications frequently used in most home landscapes that are worthy of special attention.

Gardens Uplights
Uplighting in a garden can be used to show emphasize the beauty of surrounding trees and shrubbery. It can also be used as a back drop to frame a structure with a “wall of light” effect. In the Memorial Area, we often up light trees along ravines in order to show the depth and scale of the landscape.

Outdoor Landscape Tree Lighting
Mercury vapor lights are installed in hidden locations in the branches of the tree by experts in tree protection techniques. Mercury vapor lamps contain bulbs that last much longer than incandescent bulbs. They emit a blue-green light that better pushes through branches and foliage, and which brings out the greener color in the plant life. When this light surrounds a tree, it resembles pools of artificial moonlight that bring romance and mystique to a back yard landscape on even the cloudiest of nights.

Underwater Pool Lighting
Special underwater pool lights are manufactured to operate safely without the risk of short circuit or electrical shock. They must ALWAYS be installed by professional pool contactors who know what they are doing, and know what lights to use. Incandescent and LED options are available, depending on the style of your swimming pool. Multi-colored LED lights are very popular in pools that have custom fountains shaped like waterfalls.

Fountain Lighting
Many different types of underwater lights exist that can be used to showcase water from beneath its surface. The benefit to using underwater lighting is it tends to refract light through water much like light through a prism.

Pond Lighting
Underwater lighting will add mystique to the surface of your pond on nights where there is little or no moonlight. Low-voltage ground lights around the perimeter of the pond will further distinguish it as a prominent feature of your nighttime landscape.

It is an absolute MUST that we bring in professional lighting designers that know how to install the right fixtures in the right locations for maximum results. These professionals are expert in getting more out of less, so to speak, when it comes to the number of actual fixtures used to light the property. They can also obtain the very best specification-grade lights available only through vendor contracts with established, reputable, US lighting manufacturers. These lights are designed with special optics and glare shields that better focus the light and prevent light pollution from spilling into the windows and yards of your neighbors.