If you are looking for a new way of adding lights to your garden or want to make it stand out from all the other gardens, there are a number of creative lighting techniques and fixtures that can help you achieve your goals. Moon lighting, cross lighting, Sun Jars, and floating solar lights are just a few creative garden lighting ideas.
Moon lighting would be one of the more advanced landscape lighting techniques. Because of this, it is quite uncommon in gardens, which is why it will make your home and garden that much more unique and stunning. The goal with moon lighting is to, as the name suggests, mimic moon light. This is done by hanging one or two lights high atop a tree. The light casts downwards, creating shadows from the branches and washes the ground with light. This creates a more dramatic and grand lighting design than most ordinary gardens have.
Sun Jars are beautiful Mason jars that have a solar powered LED light inside. When they are lit up at night, they look like little suns captured within the jars. Because they are watertight jars, they are ideal for outdoor use. There are also moon jars which are the same, but with blue lights. These jar will light up automatically when it gets dark, and will stay on up to five hours. A number of these lights spread around the garden will create a whimsical look.
A more common lighting technique would be cross lighting. This is done to create a more three dimensional look to areas that are lit. Instead of having one light pointing at a tree, you will take two to three lights, point them at the same tree but from different angles, left and right, and from the front or just from both sides with two lights. This provides more dramatic and three dimensional lighting.
Another creative garden lighting fixture would be floating solar lights. These are great to use on ponds, pools or fountains. The light reflects, washes over and dances off of the water. Because they are solar powered they are able to just float on top of the water without the need for outlets and plugs. Just like any solar lighting fixture, they will automatically light up when it gets dark. This is a quick, simple and hassle free garden lighting fixture.
You can also use traditional lighting in conjunction with patio privacy screens that filter the light in just the right way for your garden. There are so many possibilities when it comes to garden and patio lighting. For more landscape lighting ideas visit www.lightsandlights.com from tiki torches and string lights to recessed deck lighting and lights for outdoor stairs and paths.
