likThe best landscaping designs integrate more than flowers, plants, trees, and water features. They also use lighting to tie it all together in a way that brightens your outdoor spaces at night. Outdoor lighting offers numerous advantages to homeowners eager to upgrade their exteriors. Here’s what you should know. 

Why Include Lighting in Landscaping Plans?

1. Enjoy More Time Outside

When your flower beds and hardscaping features, such as patios, benches, walkways, and water fountains, are established, you’ll likely want to spend more time enjoying your private oasis. Strategically placed outdoor lighting allows you to stay outside and admire your landscaping efforts after the sun goes down. You can use lit space for entertaining after dark or for unwinding in privacy after a tough day at work.

2. Add Security

Trespassers take advantage of ill-lit spaces, shadows, and darkness to hide their activity. Floodlights can be installed to illuminate shrubs or plantings near windows, and string lights can be hung around a patio to eliminate alcoves near rear doors. By installing recessed lighting along pathways, you and your guests can also safely see where to walk at night.

3. Accentuate a Yard’s Best Features

Spotlights are a popular choice in outdoor lighting schemes because they allow homeowners to highlight a favorite feature, such as a waterfall, a fountain, a garden full of colorful flowers, or an ornamental tree. Both LED and low-voltage lighting add warmth to your home’s exterior and yard by illuminating a unique structure or garden attribute against the night sky.

If you need the help of lawn and gardening professionals to design outdoor lighting for your yard, contact Oasis Landscapes & Irrigation in Columbia, MO. For more than 30 years, they’ve helped residential and commercial clients transform their landscaping dreams into reality. Call (573) 446-0858 to request a free quote today, or visit their website for more information about their landscaping services.