Dinner on the terrace or meeting friends after a hot day - it is a real pleasure in the beautifully lit garden.Skilfully arranged lighting facilitates communication along the garden paths, and also enables trouble-free access to the garage.The light in the garden or on the plot should be planned at the stage of designing the area around the house.
Before planting the plants, it is worth considering what lamps and where to install. First, we need to decide on the voltage that we will supply to the lighting.The advantage of a high-voltage installation (230 V) is that we do not have to limit the number and power of the lamps.
However, it cannot be used to highlight ponds. Low-voltage installations (12 or 24 V) have a limited range (approx. 30 meters), and the sum of the power of the connected lamps must not exceed the power of the transformer.All installations in the ground should be installed in PVC pipes.
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Thanks to lighting, we will rediscover our garden at night. In a delicate light, many plants or plantings will take on a completely new, mysterious character. (Image: Adobe Stock) |
To make the lighting energy-efficient, it is worth illuminating the garden with solar lamps, powered by solar energy or LED diodes, which consume very little energy
and they shine the longest, about 100,000 hours.In turn, halogen lamps shine for 2000-5000 hours with light even 100 times stronger than an incandescent lamp, while compact fluorescent lamps shine about 10000 hours, consuming 5 times less energy than an incandescent lamp.
Lighting should match the style of the building and garden. In small corners, spotlights mounted in walls and the ground work well.Lamps in decorative luminaires - hanging lamps, wall lamps (wall lamps) and traditional standing lanterns are the best for larger gardens.The arrangement of the light source is equally important.
First of all, you cannot overdo the number of lamps, otherwise a glow of light will appear over the garden. Secondly, instead of illuminating the entire space, it is better to separate individual corners with light.Third, light must not dazzle, so instead of placing the lamps at eye level, it is better to place them over your head or low and point them sideways or downwards.
How to perfectly illuminate the garden
A lamp mounted in the roof or wall lamps will work as a terrace lighting. Decorative shrubs and individual plant specimens will be brought out of the dark by illuminating them with spotlights masked in the surrounding greenery. Remember that it must be the brightest at the entrance and entrance to the property.The entire entrance area should be lit from above.
For economic reasons, it is worth installing light sources with motion sensors. The driveway and paths can be illuminated with lower lamps, on posts embedded in the ground or placed directly in the pavement.
