With the good weather, it is common for you to already be preparing the garden to enjoy it during the summer months (whether in company or alone). However, one of the essential elements for your garden is lighting. How about if we give you some ideas to illuminate the garden this summer?
Discover some options that you can consider to help make it more functional even when the sunlight is no longer present. Shall we begin?
Streetlights to illuminate the garden
One of the first options you may consider is placing streetlights in the garden. However, we recommend this only if your garden is quite large as streetlights cover a lot of space and the light has a wide general arc.
Of course, if your garden is not so large, you can then consider mini streetlights, which have a much lower height.
Another option could be wall-mounted streetlights. These have a similar size to mini streetlights but do not have a base; instead, they are hanging and only illuminate a smaller arc than the former.
Garlands to illuminate the garden
Another idea to illuminate the garden this summer is with garlands. These are characterized by being a string of lights that can be hung, for example, on a pergola, or arranged along a path.
In any case, we recommend that you check that they are suitable for outdoor use, so that you do not have a problem if it rains or is windy or hot, because they will be resistant to these weather conditions.
The disadvantage of garlands is that the light intensity will not be high, making them more suitable for ambient lighting than general lighting. Only if you use many or focus on a specific area of the garden, you will achieve more adequate lighting.
Ideas to illuminate the garden this summer: Paper or rattan lanterns
Let us explain, these are small lamps that can be hung and are made of different materials, either paper, rattan, or similar. The goal is for them to decorate by themselves when they are not turned on, and at night, or when needed, do the same with their light. However, we are mostly talking about ambient lighting rather than general or focused lighting. Although this is debatable because if you place several of different sizes, this can change.
Where you will have to be careful is with the wind, as paper lanterns can end up breaking, and rattan lanterns can dangerously sway.
Lanterns, lamps, and LED candles
We continue to provide you with more ideas to illuminate the garden this summer, and this time we go with something portable: lanterns, lamps, and LED candles. All of these can be placed in specific locations such as tea tables, the terrace floor, corners, etc., creating a very pleasant ambient light to enjoy the night with a warm glow.
We always recommend using LED lights, with batteries or solar batteries (or regular batteries) because, being portable, it is easier to accidentally knock them over. This way, you avoid a major problem such as the risk of fire.
LED strips
In the case of stairs, or if you have different paths in your garden, another option you can consider is using LED strips to delineate them. In fact, this is a good idea when you want to avoid accidents (for example, because steps or the path are not visible).
However, it is not only useful for that, but you can also illuminate around other areas such as a pool, plant area, etc.
Solar lamps to illuminate the garden
For those who are very concerned about energy consumption, and especially about not consuming too much, one idea to illuminate the garden could be to use solar lights. These consist of lanterns, lamps, sconces, etc., that have a small panel that absorbs sunlight during the day to function at night.
Depending on the storage capacity of these, you can achieve several hours of light without consuming more energy, which happens in the other ideas we have proposed.
Light stones
And when we say light stones, we also mean figures. On the market, we can find some more original lamps that simulate large stones on the path or even a geometric figure or an animal or person. These tend to be solar so that, at night, they light up without need for anything else.
They can be ideal to place in a specific area of the garden, for example among the plants or on the terrace as a decoration.
As you can see, there are many ideas to illuminate the garden this summer. Do you recommend any more? We read you in the comments.
via: MiMub in Spanish
