MAKE YOUR YARD BRILLIANCE START HERE - DESIGN
Your home can be the one that twinkles warmly after dark, a neighborhood night light. Achieving this with the right landscape lighting, whether done professionally or DIY, enhances curb appeal and the enjoyment of your home. As a seasoned lighting contractor, you definitely understand the transformative power of outdoor lighting. A well-lit home not only enchants passersby with its warm, welcoming glow but also elevates the ambiance, safety, and security. Skillfully executed landscape lighting can turn any residence into a standout showpiece, significantly boosting its curb appeal and the pleasure derived from its outdoor spaces.
OUR PROFESSIONAL SERIES & SELECTION
TONE SETTING USING THE COLOR OF LIGHTS
The color temperature of light plays a critical role in shaping the aesthetic of a landscape. Our range of LED fixtures and lamps offers a spectrum of color temperatures to complement and enhance the natural beauty of any setting:
- Warm White (2700K): Ideal for environments with warm hues and foliage featuring red, orange, or yellow tones, bringing out the richness of natural-colored walls and stonework.
- Pure White (3000K): A perfect match for surroundings with darker materials or foliage with cool blue or purple tones, adding a crisp contrast to the landscape.
- Cool White (4000K): Suited for contemporary structures and commercial spaces, enhancing modern architectural elements. Note: For 120V – 277V systems, a licensed installer is required.
- Daylight (5000K): Bright white light, excellent for highlighting evergreen trees and shrubs in commercial spaces. Requires a licensed installer for 120V – 277V systems.
MASTERING THE BEAM SPREAD
The choice of beam spread is crucial in landscape lighting. It determines how well the light covers and accentuates the unique features of the landscape. LED lighting's precision in beam edge allows for targeted illumination, ensuring the right focus and intensity where it's most needed.
- Narrow beams (around 15 degrees) for tall, slender structures.
- Medium beams (around 30-45 degrees) for objects of average height and width, providing versatile accent lighting.
- Broad beams (close to 60 degrees) for shorter, wider objects.
- Very wide beams (120 degrees or more) ideal for wall washing and illuminating expansive surfaces.
Different beam angle and light distribution situations:
LUMENS: THE NEW METRIC FOR BRIGHTNESS
In today's lighting industry, lumens have replaced wattage as the benchmark for brightness. This shift is particularly relevant in the context of LED technology, which delivers maximum luminosity with minimal energy consumption. It's imperative to match the lumen output to the specific requirements of the project, ensuring optimal visibility and ambiance.
As a contractor, your expertise in selecting and applying these lighting principles is key to creating enchanting, functional, and efficient outdoor spaces. These tips are designed to assist you in achieving lighting solutions that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also practical and energy-efficient, enhancing the value and enjoyment of every project you undertake.
THE ART OF LIGHT, SHADOW, AND WALL WASH
Blending light and shadow to create a captivating visual narrative, the play of shadow and light enhances architectural details, add depth and texture, and ensure safety along pathways. Whether softening a façade with Wall-Wash, highlighting textures with Grazing, or creating intriguing silhouettes, each technique synergistically contributes to a layered and dynamic landscape experience, turning ordinary spaces into enchanting, well-defined, and visually appealing environments.
GRAZING
Perfect for adding texture and dimension, grazing is superb for stucco, brick, and other intricate architectural details, bringing them to life in the evening hours.
SHADOWING
This subtle art involves casting shadows that accentuate the textures and forms within plant beds, adding a layer of depth and intrigue to the landscape.
SILHOUETTE LIGHTING
Captivate onlookers by backlighting unique shapes against a vertical backdrop, showcasing their distinctive silhouettes.
WALL WASH
This technique bathes walls in a gentle light, creating a uniform and soothing effect with minimal intensity variance, ideal for highlighting the close-up architecture.
IN-GROUND LIGHTING
Aimed at illuminating permanent fixtures like sidewalks, mature trees, and flagpoles, this technique adds safety and elegance to any path or prominent structure.
HARDSCAPE LIGHTING
This method focuses on accentuating stone features, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, and other architectural elements, enhancing their visual appeal.
THE GARDEN PATH WITH SAFETY AND ELEGANCE
Illuminating outdoor spaces such as pathways, walkways, gardens, decks, and patios creates a cohesive and inviting landscape. These lighting techniques collectively enhance safety, guide movement, and accentuate the natural and architectural beauty of outdoor environments. Whether softening the rugged textures of xeriscapes, casting a welcoming glow along paths, or highlighting the intricate details of outdoor living areas, these methods work in unison to create a serene, functional, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor experience. This integrated approach to lighting not only ensures practicality but also enriches the overall ambiance of the outdoor space.
XERISCAPE
Tailored for landscapes with cacti, grasses, and stone, this technique uses lower lumens to complement the unique textures and colors of xeriscaped areas.
DECK & PATIO
This approach highlights the beauty of outdoor living spaces, emphasizing details on decks and etc. vertical features like steps and handrails.
PATH LIGHTING
Enhance walkways with lights that add a hint of mystery, while also illuminating adjacent plant beds and boulders.
VIBE THROUGH LEAVES AND WATER
By using light to accentuate water features and mimic natural moonlight, these methods create an immersive, dream-like atmosphere. Illuminating water bodies not only reflects the surrounding landscape but also adds a mystical element. Placing lights in trees to simulate moonlight reveals the intricate beauty of nature. Additionally, underwater lighting in waterfalls and fountains brings a dynamic, mesmerizing effect, enhancing the tranquility and appeal of these settings. This approach to lighting is ideal for contractors seeking to elevate outdoor landscapes into captivating, serene environments.
WATER ACCENT LIGHTING
This method focuses on enhancing water features like waterfalls, streams, and fountains. It is designed to highlight the movement of the water, creating a mesmerizing and magical reflection effect on the surface of still waters.
MOON LIGHTING
By installing lighting fixtures high up in trees, this approach captures the intricate details of branches and leaves, effectively simulating the natural and soft illumination of moonlight.
MIRROR LIGHTING
Creating captivating water scenes by illuminating the water bodies, this strategic placement of lights leads to a beautiful reflection of surrounding landscape on the water surface, adding a dreamy quality to the setting.
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