The garden, that big plus of your home. Well-finished, blooming and lightened up! Because lighting is an essential aspect for a complete green oasis to use in the best possible way in every moment of the day.
Garden lamps – besides lighting up open areas – create a suggestive and relaxing atmosphere and decorate the location with style and design. There are many brands on market that every season suggest various examples in order to satisfy the most different tastes. Remember that lighting up the garden in a correct way means adding value to spaces and to highlight shades, through scenic effects of lights and shadows.
There are two types of outdoor lighting: the first one is functional and the second one is a scenographic type, also known as furniture lighting.
The functional lighting is necessary to make a space sure and livable also in the evening; it concerns pathways, patio, swimming pool, gazebo, entrance and all the zones experienced in the garden, those areas that must be identified because of their larger use and to avoid accidents if not sufficiently enlightened. Usually it’s better to use luminous installations with LED technology, giving an ideal solution in order to give value to spaces with limited energy consume. Do not ever give up to style, you will definitely find functional lighting with a unique and innovative design.
The scenographic lighting is necessary to create the atmosphere and to decorate gardens underlining elements (trees, fountains, walls) using a game of lights and shadows. Surely you should not miss creativity to shape these settings. Daylight indoor lamps have become very popular recently, it’s a sophisticated and original solution to light up the garden during a special event like a party or even for a wedding. Also ground lamps can create unique and amazing sets, but they request more attention and cure in case of bad weather.
Today there are a lot of accessories that can create light: vases, tables, sits and sculptures, usually plastic, but with big scenic effect. There are some drilled that create lovely and beautiful games of light and others with an exotic and animal inspiration. A various choice, then, to light up your garden and to give a unique touch of design.
Marco Sandrini, Chief Landscape Designer at Sandrini Green Architecture
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