Landscape lighting starts with the yard, not the catalog
Landscape lighting lights the yard rather than the building: walkways, beds, trees, steps, driveways, the path from the car to the door. The goal is to see the tree, not the light pointed at it. Done badly, it looks like an airport runway down the driveway.
What goes in a typical plan
Path lighting comes first for most properties, since walking to the door in the dark is the daily problem. Uplighting on the trees worth showing changes the whole front of a property after dark. Beds, stairs, walls and the drive fill in the rest, and some of that is safety more than style.
The other outdoor lighting people ask about
Homeowners rarely want one category. Patio lighting is what turns a patio into somewhere you sit in the evening. Security lighting covers the dark corners, the side yard, the area behind the garage. Accent lighting handles the detail.
Common mistakes
The most common mistake is too much of it. Even light everywhere kills the contrast that makes it look good. The second mistake is aiming fixtures where people walk, so every guest gets a light in the eye on the way to the door. The third is ignoring how the yard will look in five years, when the shrub in front of the uplight has doubled.
The commercial side
Businesses light the grounds for other reasons. Outdoor seating lives or dies on the lighting. A parking area is a safety question first. A neighborhood entrance sets the tone for everything behind it, which is why entry lighting gets attention in planned developments.
Landscape lighting and roofline lighting together
The two solve different problems, and most properties want both. The house reads as a shape; the yard reads as space. One without the other looks unfinished.A single design avoids a mismatched result, which is what happens when two companies work the same property in different years. If the budget has to be split, a good designer will tell you which half to do first, and it is not always the roofline.Landscape lighting is not entirely hands off. Mowers, mulch and seasons nudge fixtures out of position. Once a year it is worth walking the yard and correcting the aim, which is a short job with a visible result.
How to start
A landscape lighting installation is worth planning on site, at night if you can. EverCrest Lighting installs landscape lighting along with patio, accent, security and permanent roofline lighting for residential and commercial properties. Working out of Greenville, South Carolina, they cover Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. The consultation is free and the design is
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