Solar Garden Lighting Ideas and Tips

Buying and installing solar light­ing in our gar­dens will not only save you money and the has­sle of wiri­ing and out­door light­ing instal­la­tion, it will also add beauty and charm to your gar­den design.

You’ll enjoy your new night­time gar­dens whether you live in a warm cli­mate and can be out­side year round or whether you’re see­ing them from the warmth of your home.Your neigh­bors and friends will love the new ambi­ence as well. Your solar gar­den light­ing options are nearly endless.

You can pur­chase path light­ing, hang­ing lights, post lights (that can also act as path lights), paving lights and col­or­ful and enter­tain­ing party lights. See Solar Out­door Light­ing Prod­ucts for lots of solar gar­den light­ing choices.

Sig­nif­i­cant improve­ments in out­door solar lighting’s form and func­tion include: swap­ping mini-incandescent bulbs for LEDs (light-emitting diodes) which are extremely effi­cient and very long-lasting (upwards of 50,000 hours); increas­ing the effi­ciency of the solar col­lec­tors, which allows them to col­lect and save more energy over the course of the day; and opt­ing for NiMH (nickel metal hydride) instead of NiCd (nickel cad­mium) bat­ter­ies which hold much more power. Together, these new fea­tures result in stronger, whiter light that lasts hours more at a frac­tion of the cost.

But more than all of these great fea­tures, new solar out­door lights enhance your home’s secu­rity while adding to its visual appeal. By pro­vid­ing con­sis­tent illu­mi­na­tion, they deter crime and give you peace of mind. And you can choose from an ever-growing list of style options—everything from tra­di­tional path light­ing to embed­ded dri­ve­way fix­tures, and archi­tec­tural spot­lights to whim­si­cal party torches.