Highlighting the beauty of your landscape structures can be achieved through several different techniques. The various methods available are partly due to the versatility that today’s lighting sources have about where they can be placed. Designed to blend in, modern lighting elements are easily hidden in ground coverings, submerged in water features, or placed into trees. Below are three popular lighting techniques used to accentuate your landscape.
Up Lighting
Up lights are designed to show off the specifics of your landscape, such as unique plants or architectural elements. Uplights also add dimension to walls, fences, or other flat surfaces, add ambient light for walkways, and create dramatic silhouettes with well-placed highlights and shadows.
Uplighting is achieved with many different types of lights, such as spotlights or floodlights. They are usually mounted at ground level (or sometimes even below ground level), with the light turned upward to create the desired effect.
They are also great in commercial applications. Enhance visibility and improve navigation on your commercial property by installing uplighting along pathways and around doors. This simple addition dramatically enhances your outdoor space’s overall experience and aesthetics. Plus, it helps deter crime and provides additional safety.
Down Lighting
In contrast to up lights, downlights, as their name implies, are turned to face downward and can be placed above ground in patio covers, stone walls, trees, or house eves. This illuminates large spaces to bathe the ground in light and define specific areas using an inviting glow.
Downlighting can be used to spotlight a flower bed or waterfall, for example, and can effectively illuminate a doorway. When placed high up in trees, downlights cast leafy shadows on the ground below, giving the ground a moonlit effect.
Specialty Lighting
For lighting effects that are more imaginative and complementary to your landscape structures, several options are available to achieve the Ambi you want. For example, if you provide safety for any evening guests while creating visual interest, path lighting can produce soft and diffused light.
If a more festive mood is the goal, string lights, similar to the ones that are often used at wedding ceremonies, can be a perfect choice, and some favorite places to install them are around the trunks of trees, along fences, or even around hardscaping elements like patios.
Underwater lights are used to highlight pools, ponds, and waterfalls. These can induce a calming effect as their glow appears from beneath the ripples of the water.
Commercial Lighting
Commercial lighting is also an essential aspect of any outdoor space. Proper outdoor lighting can create a welcoming and inviting atmosphere for a business, hotel, restaurant, or public area while ensuring safety and security. Our team at Master’s Landscape Design has experience in designing and installing commercial outdoor lighting systems that enhance the aesthetics of businesses. From motion sensor lighting to e, we can provide customized lighting solutions for your commercial needs. Trust us to elevate the look and functionality of your commercial outdoor space with our expert lighting solutions.
Installation and Maintenance
A well-designed and expertly installed lighting system can be the crowning touch that will turn your home from typical to breathtaking and a solid investment that will last for years. Let us help you devise an outdoor lighting plan with a style that will add beauty and function to your space.