Outdoor Solar Garden Lights

Before purchasing solar garden lights for your landscape, follow these  3 useful tips.

1. Look at the garden landscape features you wish to light. 

 Be sure there is plenty of sunlight available to charge the lights during the day.  Solar lights placed in shady areas of the landscape will not charge properly, affecting how the area will look like at night.  Does the area get a lot of water?  Moisture can also affect the inner workings of the solar cell unit.  Make sure you address these issues before installing your lighting.

2. Plan how much solar lighting you want. 

 Most solar lights are great for accent lighting.  If you are lighting an area for security issues, make sure you select the brighter models of lights.  You also need to consider how many lights you will need and in what style.   Mixing up the style of light can add a great ambiance to your garden landscape.  Do you have a specific garden feature you want to highlight? Use a solar spotlight to do this.  Pathway lights are great for lining a walkway.  Solar garden lights can also be mounted on walls and deck posts to add more lighting options to your landscape.

3.  Placement of the solar lights. 

In landscape design, the rule for balance is to alternately place plants and other garden features to give it a more appealing look.  Although you should place the lights the same distance apart, do not place them opposite each other.  Placing the lights alternately will produce more light and less shadow as the lights will cover more area.  The same style of lights should be placed at the same height as well.  Do you have a large landscape?  Make a map of your landscaping and the locations where you would like to place solar lights.  This will help you out if there is a delay in purchasing and installing your solar lighting so that you remember what your plans were.

Installing solar garden lights is very easy to do.  Following these simple tips can help you save money and time to an already easy installation process.