Questions to Ask About Your Garden Lighting
Choosing the right outdoor lighting for your garden area is just as important as choosing where to place the pansies, peonies, and poppies. Some people assume that they can throw together lighting, but the result ends up being either tacky or ineffective. In order to create a garden that you can enjoy both by day and by night, you should contact Whitmer’s Lighting today to get a great design for your garden area’s lighting. Before you do, though, here are a few questions that you should ask yourself to help you see what you need in lighting for your garden area.
What Do You Do In the Garden at Night?
This is probably the most essential question of all, and it’s one that the design technicians at Whitmer’s will definitely ask. Some people spend hours at a time outside after dark, playing games with their children, grilling burgers, or enjoying a glass of wine in the quiet, but others venture out only onto the porch area for half an hour after dinner. Obviously, with different outside activities come different garden lighting needs.
If you utilize certain areas of your porch or garden – such as the grill, the swing set, or the grassy areas – for eating, cooking, or playing after dark, you should make sure that these areas are particularly well-lit. Using spotlights is always an excellent option, and we can help you choose where to mount these lights, whether on your roof or even in trees in your yard.
If some of your garden areas are used mainly for relaxing, you should be sure that you can safely move around while still enjoying the quiet feeling that dim lighting brings. Maybe around the lounge chairs or porch swing, you go with dim lighting hidden in the bushes and garden plants, so that you can see what you’re doing without feeling overwhelmed by artificial light.
What Mood Do You Want to Create?
For centuries, lighting has been one of the primary ways to create ambiance in a space, and that is no different today. Using a few simple lights, you can turn your garden space into a nighttime playground, an outdoor bistro, or a comforting place where you can be wrapped in nighttime noises. Whitmer’s Lighting can help you create the mood that you want in different areas of your garden.
In fact, being able to move a mood from one area of a garden to another is a fantastic ability that garden lighting can give you. With the right kind of lighting options, you can turn your backyard into a place for the kids to play capture the flag. Flick a switch an hour later, and you can have a quiet, cool place to relax.
Also consider…
Another great thing to consider with mood lighting for your garden, as well, is colors. Sometimes all you need is an interesting glass light shade over your dining area to create a festive mood, but other times, you might give yourself options with lights that can change colors with the atmosphere you want to create.
It’s definitely worth your time to call us at Whitmer’s Lighting to talk about getting a home garden lighting system professionally designed and installed today.
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