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Why Landscape Lighting?
Lighting brightens up an environment. In landscape lighting the fixture is secondary to the effect. Good
landscape lighting will direct the eye toward what you want to see - i.e., shrubs, trees, garden, statue,
etc. At night, you may not even see the source of landscape lighting. However, since it is daylight 50
percent of the time, landscape lighting fixtures should be both functional and appealing.
Keeping these factors in mind, a good definition of landscape lighting can, when used in conjunction
with lowered interior light levels, eliminate the "black mirror" effect and extend the psychological
living space beyond the walls of the house, even during the winter months.
Landscape lighting's basic usage is to extend the hours when you can enjoy a garden, patio, pool, deck
or porch. Therefore, it adds to your investment in "outdoor living".
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Meaning, Types & Strategies
Accent Lighting - These are intense controlled beams of light to accent your flowers, and to create a
dazzling pool of interest.
Background Lighting - Light up large walls or tall trees and create an effect similar to diffused
lighting.
Contour Lighting - This a type of down-lighting created with tier lights to show off the contour of the
landscape, ideal for emphasizing borders and garden paths.
Cross Lighting - Lighting a tree or statue from two or more directions reveals a three dimensional
perspective.
Diffused Lighting - These units cast a soft light over a wide area with a low-level illumination ideal
for patios, decks and driveways.
Down-Lighting - A common technique accomplished by mounting lights high in trees to cast light over
a wide area. This is your general ambient light so you can entertain in your back yard, it also helps for
security and safety.
Grazing - Positioning lights close to an interesting deeply textured surface is known as grazing. The
light will highlight the raised edges of the surface while casting deep dark shadows in the crevices. This
emphasizes the texture of a tree, or a brick wall.
Mirror Lighting - This is achieved by lighting up a tree or other garden element so that it is reflected
in a pool of water.
Moonlighting - This is much like down lighting, but you use softer lights positioned very high in a tree
to simulate the effect of the moonlight filtering through the branches casting attractive shadows.
Path Lighting - These are lights used to outline paths, driveways, and steps which may look decorative
but it really helps for safety and security.
Shadowing - This is similar to moonlighting but you light an object from the front and below to project
the shadow on to a wall.
Silhouetting - Create a magical profile by concealing the lights behind and below a tree.
Spot Lighting - Aim a floodlight at statues or other garden elements.
Up Lighting - Lights aimed upwards at an interesting tree, large shrubs, a statue, or other architectural
point of interest. Imagine the softly lit autumn leaves of your favorite tree rustling in the evening breeze.
Peachtree Landscaping would like to extend an offer of temporarily installing a sample kit at your
residence or place of business at no charge to show the effects of landscape lighting. We will
temporarily install a sample system and leave it in place so that you get a feel for how landscape
lighting works. Please feel free to call us if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity.
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