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Enhancing the Beauty of Your Garden Through Proper Lighting

15 May, 2010 (16:35) | Garden Lighting, General Outdoor Lighting, Solar Garden Lights | By: Mary

Garden lights are some of the most beautiful decorative products that can be used for illuminating and brightening up your garden. These are extremely popular and are available in various shapes, sizes, colors and patterns. You can buy them either online or from the real stores. Broadly, there are three types of lights that are available in the market. This includes portable fuel-powered lighting, traditional electrical lights, and solar lighting.

The fuel-powered lights have small cylinders to contain oil or gas. They need refilling everyday and emit a flickering flame. The solar products are eco friendly and are easily installed. They can be obtained in various designs. The electric ones are difficult to install because they require wiring. However, once set up, they are easy to use. Some more varieties like low voltage, led, lantern, flood and spotlights form sub categories under the aforementioned broad sections.

You can use different illumination techniques for your garden. You can either set them on the decks or choose to go with a landscape effect. You can use lampposts, which will lend a touch of the ancient charm. Use designer fixtures and lanterns for hanging them to provide illumination for a large area. Fixtures are available in different shapes and sizes. If you are looking to illuminate the garden path, rope bulbs are fabulous. They add to the beauty of your backyard and also make the area look large. The recessed, Spike Mountain, tree, bollard and step, patio, underwater, column, pedestal, pond and novelty arrangements have also become popular.

Some of the best brands in the business include Hunza, PLM LED Lights, Konstsmide, Moonrays, Malibu and Aurora Glow. The garden lights manufactured by these companies are world class. Apart from their primary product, they also manufacture accessories as well as different products for illumination effects. You will get a huge variety of items along with plans on different kinds of arrangements, ranging from classic to basic, from PIR to columns and plant pots.

Brands of Garden Lights Worth a Second Look

22 April, 2010 (22:21) | Garden Lighting, General Outdoor Lighting, Solar Garden Lights | By: Mary

The brands of garden lights are almost as numerous and the styles, colors and designs. However, there are several moderately priced brands worth considering as you work on developing the perfect garden lighting plan for your home this season.

Wilshire is a middle-market to upper-end provider of classic exterior lights. They are a name known for quality, with an original focus on sales to the hospitality industry. Now many of their designs are available to the home market, especially their outdoor line of products. From wall sconces to post lights, they offer classic designs to base a top-notch garden light design.

Kichler is another quality provider of outdoor lighting. Produced in Cleveland, Ohio since 1938, Kichler lights can meet every garden landscape light need. Their offerings include something for every need and budget. Kichler is an established company that is not afraid of innovation. They were one of the first mainstream lighting companies to adopt LED lights into their exterior lines. Many of their products are low-voltage and energy star rated. Their outdoor line of products includes wall sconces, pendant lights, pier mounts, deck mounts, spot lights, and recessed well lights.

Nuvo is a slightly less costly line that has an amazing variety of choices available. With twenty two collections and twenty five finishes. From matte black to brushed silver, there is a color and finish for every garden design. The Nuvo garden lights cost 30% less on average than Wilshire and Kichler. Overall reviews of this brand are very positive considering how cost effective much of the line truly manages to be. Their lines include low voltage and security lights as well as the more decorative flush, hanging and wall lights. Their pathway lights are well designed and clean in line.

Unique Arts offers a comprehensive line of high-quality solar garden lights. Their designs vary from an executive post lamp to staked copper lanterns. Many of the solar lights are as decorative as they are functional. From lit house numbers to solar powered crystalline flowers, these energy efficient lights never increase your power bill but provide 8 to 10 hours of lighting to your landscape.


Whether you choose these particular brands or one of the many alternatives that exist in your local garden stores or in the Internet world market place, it is worth it to take the time up front and identify the lights that meet both your taste and your budget. Style and value abound throughout the marketplace.