Are you trying to arrange a delightful garden? Do you add more discounts, choose garden furniture and gazebo, but feel that something is still missing? You’re right! A unique atmosphere to your garden will be brought by properly selected garden lamps. How to select them? What to pay special attention to, and what is better to avoid? Here’s a hint!
Energy-saving garden lamps
Before you choose specific models of garden lamps, consider the question of their energy efficiency. You can introduce lamps powered by LEDs or traditional fluorescent lamps into your garden. What are the differences between the two solutions?
- LEDs will last much longer. They have a lifespan of up to 50,000 hours of illumination. Ordinary bulbs you will have to replace far more often;
- LED garden lighting is shockproof. It’s also easier to combine them with a dimmer. This will allow you to create a truly magical mood in the garden;
- LEDs give off much less heat and do not get as hot as traditional incandescent bulbs. So they are much safer.
Safe garden lamps – remember the waterproof classes!
Do you know the IP designation? This is the so-called. Leakage class expressed by two digits. The first is information about what kind of garden lighting – specifically, lamp fixtures – have resistance to dust and solids. The second digit indicates resistance to liquids. So the simplest thing to say is that the higher the IP rating, the safer the lamps. More detailed information can be found below:
| Leakage class | Where to install a garden lamp? |
| IP23 | The lowest class of waterproofing allowed in outdoor lamps. Use in gazebos, on verandas, under canopies |
| IP44 – IP54 | lamps along paths, decorative lamps |
| IP68 | lamps installed around ponds |
Divide your garden into zones! Choose garden lamps to suit your needs
When arranging the interior of your home, especially the living room, you usually divide the space into zones. This gives you a place specifically for relaxing, working or eating. So why not apply the same trick to the garden? Garden lamps will help you effectively separate your rest area from the usable one or decorated with a pond.
Garden lamps in the rest area
The relaxation area in the garden is usually a gazebo or terrace, where you set up comfortable armchairs, benches or hanging swings. Such an environment will allow you to relax in the shade of trees or drink coffee while enjoying the view of your favorite flowers. If you want to further enhance the atmosphere of the place, choose the right, preferably warm, light for the garden seating area. Let them be thrown by standing garden lamps or solar spheres. You can also opt for garden lighting in the form of lamps and garlands placed on tree branches.
Garden lamps for the utility part of the garden
The usable part of the garden is where you grow vegetables, create flower beds or arrange a pond. Ideal for lighting these types of places are floodlights and ground garden lamps. They will allow you to beautifully highlight your crops and bring out the full charm of flowering plants in the evenings.
Floodlights or ground lamps will also serve you to illuminate your pond. All you have to do is mount them around the tank. Want to achieve a truly stunning effect? Place the lights on the bottom of the pond or use light balls that will drift across the water surface!
Solar garden lights – the most popular choice!
Solar garden lights owe their popularity to their ease of installation and virtually free use. They recharge during a sunny day and illuminate the garden after dark continuously for 8 to 10 hours. Among such lamps you will find models that are typically decorative, but also utilitarian or equipped with additional functions – such as insecticide lamps.
Most often, solar garden lights are chosen as a way to illuminate garden paths. Lighting of this type is also great for a sitting area.
Garden lamps with which you illuminate the path in the garden!
If you want to illuminate a path in the garden, but don’t like standing lanterns, ground garden lamps are a good choice. These are small, round or square light points, dug in along the entire path. With them you can get any effect you want. Ground garden lighting, for example, will allow you to bring a subtle, romantic atmosphere to your garden. Do you need more light? You can easily find high-powered ground lamps! This type of lighting will look interesting installed along the walls as well.
Garden floodlights, or popular spotlights, are yet another way to illuminate garden paths. They are also often used to illuminate a building – as an alternative to garden sconces.
Garden wall lamps, or wall sconces in the outdoor version
Garden wall lamps are usually installed in pairs near balcony or terrace doors. This is a great way to provide subtle, elegant illumination to the lounge area.
However, nothing prevents you from installing garden lighting in the form of wall sconces, for example, in a gazebo. It is also an interesting idea to place wall sconces on the wall of the building as lighting for nearby stairs or pond. Finally, you can place garden sconces along the fence.
Standing garden lamps – not just the popular lanterns
Popular standing garden lights are 3 different types of lamps:
- Lanterns – garden lamps of this type give the most light. They will allow you to illuminate a large area. To install them, be sure to prepare a solid foundation – you will gain confidence that each lamp will stand firmly, regardless of the weather;
- Garden posts, the lower counterparts of lanterns. The posts are usually 50-80 cm high and are mainly used to illuminate paths in the garden. Ideally, you should mount them on a pedestal or a specially prepared paved surface. The posts allow you to create any atmosphere in the garden: they can strongly illuminate the area or only subtly brighten the evening gloom;
- Standing garden lamps – all kinds of decorative standing lamps. You will successfully use this type of lighting as a decoration. In particular, LED lamps placed in the shade of trees or by flower beds look extremely impressive.
Decorative garden lamps
Decorative lamps will add sparkle to your garden and help turn it into a uniquely atmospheric place. Match them to the style you have established for yourself. For example, if your garden is styled close to nature, choose decorative lamps made of wood and natural materials. If you like glamour style, choose standing lamps with crystals or decorated with intricate ornaments.
Or maybe you feel like going a little crazy? Set up colorful lamps in your garden in the shape of animals or insects!
Garden lamps are an element of property design that you can’t overlook. Thanks to them, the garden will gain character and atmosphere, and you will relax the way you like.
