Landscape Lighting

Plant: Blue Atlas Cedar

Term: Low-voltage Systems

Blue Atlas Cedar

• Small Evergreen Tree• USDA Zones 6-9• Height 10’+• Full sun to part-shade• Weeping & erect varieties• Need to stake when planted• Start weeping growth pattern after several years• Specimen Plant – used in contemporary gardens

Landscape lighting

• Landscape lighting is the creation of a lighting effect, not the display of lighting fixtures.

• Purposes ranging from aesthetics to safety and security.

• The illumination of gardens, trees, shrubbery and ground cover extends the beauty of nature into the nighttime and enhances your environment and property.

Low-Voltage Lighting

• Most landscape lighting is low voltage (12V).

• Not intended to provide bright work or security light

• Accents plants, walkways, and architectural features

System

• Lights are wired to a timer

• Lines are buried

• Lights clip into wire

• Types– Decks– Paths– Patios– Trees – up or down

Solar Lights

• Inexpensive

• Shorter life-span

• Led light, lower intensity

• Don’t require wiring or timers

• Work well for path lighting

• Turn on automatically when dark

Deck lighting

• Provides accent lighting for entertaining

• Highlights steps, entrances & exits

Path Lights

• Shines light down to path for safe footing at night.

Pool & Patio

Tree Lighting

• Spot lights from ground up

• Lights in trees casting down