Enchanting Garden Design

Landscaping a home involves more than just planting trees, grass and flowers. It’s about creating a mood, an image, an external environment for the residents of a home to share with one another as well as with the outside world. It can be used to project an image to passersby and neighbors or to create a secluded sanctuary to be enjoyed by family and friends.

Gardens are an important element in landscaping a home. Flowers and other plants can contribute to an enticing environment that calls people out of the house to get up close and personal with nature. With proper outdoor garden lighting , these backyard plots can become magical havens after dark.

Colors are different at night and some plants even bloom in the darkness rather than the light of day. Interspersing night plants with day bloomers can enhance the garden’s after dark beauty. Lighting should be soft and disperse, so that it highlights the plants and allows safe navigation of the yard without simulating actual daylight conditions. It’s the subdued glow of night that makes a garden enchanting. Special or temporary lights can be utilized for outdoor parties and gatherings after dark. These may include hanging lanterns, placing torches throughout a garden, or using luminarias such as those found across the Southwest at Christmastime.