Monday, August 13, 2012

Solar Garden Lights For Beauty As Well As Energy Savings

By Alana Tunkermeister


With solar garden lights you can both beautify gardens and lessen your energy bills. The patio or the deck can be highlighted, the water feature can be spotlighted, the bushes can be strung with some fairy lights and you can turn your nights magical with solar lights. Even when the sun is down your lights will brighten up your gardens and make them enjoyable. Since, you don't pay for energy bills you save money too.

The lighting up of the gardens done aesthetically can make the whole outdoors come alive. There are a variety of lights like fairy lights, lanterns, lamps, pedestal lights, focus lights, spotlights, submersible lights, underwater lighting, buried lights and many more that can used for creating different effects outdoors.

You might want to use the patios and gazebos for seating, trellis and lattices can give your garden plants the support they need and also create a beautiful background for your socializing. Lighting it all up aesthetically will add that tough of glamor and mystery to your home. As darkness sets in your lights will make the gardens come into their own.

Decorative lighting by way of solar garden lights can create foci of brightness, or light up functional areas like where garden paths meet or wherever else they look good. A statue of a frog will fit in better beside a pond, for example, than by a patio. Bird baths too can fit into different areas in your garden. Benches and seating can be placed in a shady area which provides a good view.

A place for everything and everything in its best place: When laying out your flowerbeds and borders, keep garden accessories in mind. Will your stone bench work better in the midst of your rose beds or under a shade tree? Will your bronze statue overpower the plants next to it? Should you buy an antique watering can to accent your wild-flower garden?




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