Let Your Garden Shine with Great Lighting

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Let Your Garden Shine with Great
Lighting
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The finishing touch to a stunning outdoor living
design is landscape lighting according to
an article, Great Lighting Comes from Careful
Design. Yes, with proper landscape lighting
installation, the entire beauty and splendor of a
landscape design will shine and stand out when
the sun goes down. Its important that your
landscape design looks beautiful and attractive
both from your windows and from the street, thus
you have to consider the views of your
landscaping from the inside and outside of your
house when designing outdoor lighting.
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When creating an outdoor lighting plan, identify
focal points to highlight the beauty of your
landscape and consider how you are using the
space more often. Nevertheless, designing a
great lighting package isnt just about choosing
where to put lights and identifying its purpose,
but also using the appropriate lighting
techniques that can make the difference between a
blinding glare and a beautiful showcase. Here
are some lighting techniques/effects that you
might want to include in your outdoor space.
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Pathway Lighting - splashing light to provide a
safe, secure and visible walkway at night time.
It creates a warm and romantic ambiance to your
landscape design and construction. Spread
Lighting illuminates and shows off your low
lying plants and ground cover or showcase your
perennial garden design. Spot Lighting basic
lighting effect to highlight a focal point or
your favorite garden spot such as water fountain
or bird bath. Silhouetting - A ray of light
which is placed between a focal point and a wall
to generate a shadowing effect in the foreground.
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• Up lighting - light an object (e.g. Oak tree or
  statue) from the ground up.
• Shadowing - Positioning a light to cast
  decorative shadows onto a wall or other surface.
• Washing - a light is placed to the side of the
  chosen object and splashed over a distance of a
  wall, usually a smaller shrub or tree.

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Having a beautifully lit garden doesnt need to
break your electric bill budget. With LED
lighting advancements you can achieve the same
amazing view as traditional landscape lighting
with only a fraction of the electrical cost.
LED lighting has a higher upfront cost, but
will pay for itself in a short span of
time. Whether youre entertaining on a warm
summer evening or celebrating the holidays in
cold season, a great landscape lighting design
allows you to make the most of your outdoor
living space.
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Landscape architects and designers can help you
create an outdoor lighting design to complement
the style and function of your home and garden,
and a professional landscape lighting
installation team can perform the complete
installation to yield a dramatically and
romantically beautiful garden at night and at
the same time offers you a sense of security.
At Natures Expression our landscape architects
and designers build highly integrated outdoor
living spaces for families to enjoy in
Nicholasville, Georgetown, Lexington Kentucky and
the surrounding area.  We consult, design,
construct and maintain outdoor solutions that
provide functional aesthetics on budget and on
time. https//nei-lex.com/