With downlighting, a spotlight or floodlight is placed high in a tree and pointed downwards to illuminate a large area, including the trunk and lower parts of the tree. Downlighting is a terrific way to create unique lighting effects that add beauty and personality to specific areas of your yard.
Path Lighting
Path lighting is a simple but incredibly useful idea for lighting path and walkway areas. Place LED lamps along an outdoor path to clearly light the way through your garden and to your doorstep. When guests come to your home, you want them to make it safely to your door. Path lighting is a great way to ensure your walkway is lit well enough at night so they don’t accidentally misstep and take a fall.
Solar Powered Lighting
Solar landscape lighting has become very popular the last few years for lighting outdoor areas. Solar lights use the power of the sun rather than electricity from your home. Solar fixtures are a safe and convenient way to light your landscape, as well as economical, and energy efficient. It is a “green technology” that uses a renewable energy source – the free ultraviolet rays from the sun. Solar lights are very inexpensive, and are available at most gardening centers, home improvement stores, and online retailers.
Shadow Lighting
Shadow lighting is a technique where light is projected onto an object that is in front of a “canvas.” The canvas can be a wall, the side of a house, garage, or shed. By placing a fixture on the ground that projects a beam upwards towards an object such as a tree, or shrub, that object will cast a shadow on the canvas behind it.
