Lighting solutions for small gardens

If you want to enjoy your garden after dark, lighting is the obvious answer! However it can be difficult to get the balance of light and shade right, especially in a smaller outdoor space. Here are some of our top tips for lighting a smaller garden...

Shatter Resistant 10w LED Compact Miniature Floodlight

LED lights are long-lasting and cost effective to run. They work really well as recessed lights in paving and decking, highlighting steps and changes in level on or around the house and terrace.

Used in moderation, they work well to highlight pots and planters. The probably won’t provide enough light to dine out or entertain by, but used in combination with other lights in the garden they can work really well.

LED Garden Spotlights

Plants tend to soak up light in a small garden, and it’s surprising how much it takes to highlight a plant or tree effectively! It’s important to highlight plants properly. Uplights, like these Garden Spotlights, are the best for highlighting plants. These are perfect suitable for the illumination flower beds, shrubs and plants effectively in a smaller garden.

Extendable Rubber Festoon Harness

String lights are perfect for mapping out an area or for decorating in a small garden, and can be used to great effect. The smaller your garden is the less bright, harsh lighting you will need. The effect you should try to achieve when lighting your small garden is not one of a harsh glare of light over the entire scheme, but one where points of interest are highlighted.

From pretty hanging lights to coloured LED lighting, we have it all at The Garden Lighting Shop and we are proud of our selection. We know how to make your small garden glow like it deserves to! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us for some advice.

A few of our favourite colourful lights

Sometimes coloured lights can look tacky and unattractive, but here at the Garden lighting shop we have a fantastic range of high quality lighting options the can add a touch of colour to your outdoor space that are far from tacky.

We thing subtle colours in garden lights are best, and these options give a glow that with look stunning in any garden!

1. Extendable Rubber Festoon Harness with Coloured Golf Ball Lamps

Ideal for both permanent and temporary outdoor lighting schemes such as festive displays, outdoor parties, patios, weddings and all manner of other functions.

Code: C25/15COLGOLF
Price: £57.00

2. Low Voltage Coloured Mini Lantern Party Light Set

Code: 4164-500

Price: £29.95

A popular product for outdoor party and festive applications! This set consists of 40 miniature lanterns with coloured lenses, spaced every 250mm offers a 9.75m lighting display.

3. Coloured Dichroic Halogen Lamps

Available in five vibrant colours, these 12v Pro-colour Dichroic Low Voltage lamps are suitable for interior and exterior applications. The colour surface of the glass will not crack or flake offering constant colour throughout the life of the lamp at a 38 deg beam angle!

Price: £2.95

4. Coloured Festoon Lamps

These lamps are suitable for 2330 Commercial Grade Festoon Harness, available is red, blue, yellow and green, creating a beautiful multi coloured glow!

Code: 2683-521

Price: £1.25

5. Shatter Resistant Compact Miniature Floodlight

This miniature highly efficient floodlight is offered with an RGB auto change led light source offering energy efficient automatic colour changing lighting at its very best. Great for interesting and effective illumination of landscapes, facades and architectural features both indoors and out.

Code: FL10MC

Price: £31.65

6. Shatter Resistant 10w Coloured LED Compact Miniature Floodlight

This range of miniature highly efficient floodlights is offered with a choice of decorative coloured led light sources offering the opportunity to create stunning coloured lighting effects. Ideal for the illumination of landscapes areas, facades and architectural features! A choice of red, blue, yellow and green is available. 

Top garden lighting tips

We’re taking it back to basics with this month’s blog! Here are some of our top garden lighting tips to get you started with making your garden glow.

Bump up the romance

Our stunning festoon and hanging lighting can really bring your garden to life. It can create a romantic and peaceful ambiance and is rarely expensive to install. 

Layer your Light

To make your yard look as beautiful at night as it does during the day, landscape lighting is essential. Here at the Garden Lighting shop we'll show you how to combine ambient lighting with task lights for a beautiful look and security and safety. We can also give you advice on how to incorporate accent lighting such as spotlights, strip lights, leds, festoon lighting and water-feature lighting.

Light up your resources

Add some drama by spotlighting a tree or other garden focal point. Spotlights can really accentuate plants and tree trunks and can create a pleasing glow on other garden foliage in the evening.

Guide the Way

It’s a great idea to use garden lighting to lead guests to your home to your front door. A trail of lights set along the pathway can give a magical look. We recommend that you avoid placing the lights all in a straight line as this can create a bit of a runway effect. Remember t combine safety with attractiveness for all entry lighting - guide visitors to the front door with welcoming lights that sufficiently illuminate any stairs or other potential hazards.

I can’t find your house?

Use lighting to ensure that your house number or name is well lit at night time for both safety and practicality. It will be easy to find after dark by both visiting guests and emergency services.

Solar

Decorative solar-powered landscape lights require no wiring, making them super easy and safe to use and install. Simply place them in a sunny spot, and when the sun goes in, they will start to shine. We have a huge range here at the Garden Lighting shop and will of course advice you on selecting yours.

From pretty hanging lights to coloured LED lighting, we have it all at The Garden Lighting Shop and we are proud of our selection. We only sell brand new, high quality products direct from the manufacturer and all products offered on our website can be purchased directly from the site or by phoning us or if you wish you can send your orders by email, fax or letter. 

We know how to make your glow like it deserves to, so if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us for some advice. We are more than happy to help with all of your lighting needs! 

4 simple ways to improve the look of your Garden

As we wave a relieved goodbye to winter and an eager hello to spring our attention starts to turn to outdoors and namely, to our gardens. Gardens? We bet you haven’t been in yours for a while, right? It’s a well known fact that in the winter months are gardens can become a distant memory, and can start to fade along with our sun-kissed skin.

So now is the time to get your garden back in shape and ready for the spring and summer months. Here are our top tips to improve the look of your garden with minimal effort!

Clear your pathways, decks and patios

The desolate winter months really can have a bad effect on your pathways and seating areas, leaving them looking tired and miserable. If you spend just one afternoon sweeping and cleaning up any dead leaves and rubbish, you will soon have your garden looking alive again. Check over your decking or patio areas if you have them and sweep up any debris.

Get weeding!

Let’s face it, we ALL hate weeding. It’s time consuming, tiring and boring! It’s no one’s favourite job, favourite job, but putting in a little elbow grease on Sunday afternoon really can make the world of a difference in your garden. 

Clean, scrub and polish!

Have good clean. Rake over gravelled areas and pick up any bits of gravel that have found their way on to lawns and borders. Give your patio furniture a good scrub down and check over and clean barbeques and grills so they are ready for use. Check your fences, trellises and pergolas. These spend much of the year concealed behind climbing plants and foliage so it’s a good idea to check that they are in good order and make any necessary repairs or replacements!

Sort out your LIGHTING!

Last and (we think) most importantly of all – sort out your garden lighting! The right lighting in garden really can transform it form dull to delightful. From pretty hanging lights to coloured LED lighting, we have it all at The Garden Lighting Shop and we are proud of our selection. We know how to make your glow like it deserves to, so if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us for some advice. We are MORE than happy to help with all of your lighting needs! 

Romantic mood lighting...

As February is the month of love, hosting the most romantic day of the year, Valentine’s Day, we’ve been thinking about the power lighting can have when setting a romantic setting. The right outdoor lighting really can turn a dull, unimpressive garden into a glowing wonderland, helping to melt even the hardest of hearts. The usual choice for setting a romantic mood it through the use of candles, but they are not always suitable for use outdoors. Particularly in the great British weather where a light breeze can blow candles out in a second, leaving you back at square one, or worse, in the dark! 

Here at The Garden Lighting shop we are experts in garden and landscape interior lighting, and we believe that we can help turn your garden into your own little love retreat. 

Here are some of our suggestions –

Solar Lights
Solar lights are an excellent choice for creating a romantic ambience. As the night approach, our solar lights automatically blink on, illuminating the garden and eliminating any interrupt in conversation. Be sure to check out our selection.

Flood lighting
Landscape lighting can have a dramatic effect on the look of your garden; it can turn a plain and boring garden into somewhere stunning that you will want to spend all your time with your loved one. There are many reasons for wanting to install flood and area lighting in your outdoor spaces, to light up paths and driveways, to illuminate decking or patio areas or even to highlight certain features, and they are guaranteed to set a romantic tone to your garden.

Hanging Lights/Party string lights
String lights are perfect for mapping out a romantic walk around the garden, or for decorating an area for a romantic meal. We have a varied and beautiful range of hanging lights including our Green Coloured Lantern Party Light . Ideal for a starry-eyed evening this attractive set of green coloured plastic replica oil lantern party light set are each equipped with a warm white, long lasting and economical LED light source.

We evening supply lighting solutions for weddings! Our festoon lighting and outdoor party lights come in a variety of lengths and styles. They offer a quick, economical and effective solution to providing pretty and atmospheric lighting to the most important day of your life. Our quality lighting harness is built to our own high specification and designed to fulfil the demand for use within Marquees and Weddings offering a practical, attractive and unobtrusive lighting scheme. 

At The Garden Lighting shop we only sell brand new, high quality products direct from the manufacturer and all products offered on our website can be purchased directly from the site or by phoning us or if you wish you can send your orders by email, fax or letter.

Lighting your garden couldn't be easier.

Our most recent product to hit the store is our Easy Connect lighting system.  If you have ever wanted a relay of lights ranging from spots to standing lanterns then this is the product for you.

The Easy Connect circuit can light up your whole garden from just one power source. You won’t need multiple adapters from your house electrics which risk getting wet.

It begins with the first cable being plugged into a mains connection. From there you’ll attach either a T-bar, Y-bar or X-bar connector and from that your first light, maybe it’ll be a tower pedestal lamp at the beginning of your pathway. From the spare slot from the first connector you’ll attach another extension cable, then connector and another light.

These products are safe, quick and simple to install and operate utilizing a quality range of double insulated light fittings. This means they are safe to use in any weather. There is no risk of shock even when touching the fittings whilst they are plugged in.

Due to the connecting nature of these lights they can span up to far distances. If you have to light a large area perhaps landscape gardens then Easy Connect can cover up to 300meters with no need for a transformer.

To have full control over your circuit of lights, simply connect a control unit at the beginning. The lights can then be turned on and off with ease and can also be dimmed with a remote.

A selection of lights is available to be connected to the system from spots to lanterns to tall lamps. This can be further customised by the use of coloured bulbs to create a unique colour setting.

You can purchase the EasyConnect lighting and accessories here or read more information on the product on our website.  If you would like to find out more about outdoor lighting, contact us on 01773 541 003.

Our Top 10 Best Christmas Light Displays

As the Chriistmas season is upon us we thought it would be nice to share with you our favourite Christmas light displays in 2014 that we have enjoyed to watch.

It is amazing the effort that people go to spread happiness to there village and towns.

If you still need lights to decorate your house then have a look at our website today.

Hope you enjoy and let us know via our Twitter and Facebook pages which was your enjoy