5 Exquisite garden lighting ideas for your garden
Once you have designed the hard and soft landscaping of your garden, the next thing to do is decide how you want to illuminate the area. The right lighting can utterly transform the vibe in your urban oasis, so let’s take a look at 5 exquisite ideas for lighting your dream garden.
1. Add height and volume
For wide-spanning lighting from above, browse through a selection of post lights to add volume to your garden. Mirror the way that your trees reach to the skies, or situate your post lights close to your outdoor table to create an al fresco dining area.
Similarly, pendant lighting that hangs down from pergolas, outhouses, arches, and so on can be a great way to make the most of the height in your garden. The space you have is endless even if you only have a small square footage on the ground, so make the most of it!
2. Go bohemian
The Bohemian design aesthetic, or Boho for short, embraces everything that is unconventional, opting instead for creative flair, carefree attitude, and multitudes of cultural inspirations. Boho combines multiple colours, patterns, textures, and styles, most commonly collected during travels or shopping trips to antique, vintage, or second hand stores.
For Bohemian garden lighting, experiment with candles and lanterns for a warm and romantic atmosphere. You can even DIY some tealight holders out of old jars, tins, or by learning a new skill such as basket weaving or macrame.
3. Rustic chic
Go back to basics with a stunning fire pit, which can be made out of an old barbeque, built into the ground, or even built bespoke for a wonderful outdoor entertaining area. Experiment with old lighting that you can find at your local market, or that you no longer use within your home.
Embrace the imperfections and celebrate the nature around you, repurposing old copper bowls, pots, and pans for an extra spot of colour.
4. Keep it simple
Sometimes the most simple ideas can be the most elegant. Stick to warm or bright white light bulb string lights, which can be found in varying sizes depending on whether you want a bold feature or something more subtle.
String the lights up around the structural features of your garden, or nestle them in trees, bushes, and shrubbery for a mediterranean and romantic feel.
5. Make eco-friendly choices
Adding additional lighting to your home or garden can hike up your electricity usage, and thus both your energy bill and carbon footprint – not to mention the hassle of laying weatherproof electricity lines through your garden itself.
Instead, opt for solar powered lights. These can be small decorative spike lights that simply stick into your grass and power up using the sunlight they absorb. Or, string lights can come with a small solar panel attached that should be placed in an area of the garden that gets the most sunlight.
And there you have it – 5 exquisite lighting ideas that can transform your garden, creating the perfect vibe, ambience, and aesthetic to enhance your horticultural design.
