How To Light A Tree Landscape

By placing lights high up in a tree and aiming them downwards the branches and ground below are washed in a soft light.

How to light a tree landscape. Use green or bluish-green colored lights to accent green shrubs trees groundcovers and grass. This technique creates ambient light that is perfect for backyard entertaining as well as for safety and security. Blue lights look strange unless.

Place 2-3 accent lights 35 or 60 away from the trunk pointing into the canopy. Place each fixture about a foot away from the tree. The two most popular forms of lamp for tree-lighting are stake-mounted lamps and in.

Place one 15 accent light at the base of the tree highlighting the trunk up to the point where the branches begin. Place the fixture at the base of the trees trunk and shine it up towards the tree to capture the beautiful branches leaves and blooms above. Placing multiple lights in the branches of a tall tree and aiming them both upwards and downwards will create a fuller light.

Smaller trees can achieve dramatic lighting effects with the use of a single well light with upward lighting. A large tree 60-100 feet will require a combination of accent lights with different angles. Remember the goal here is cohesion and by using low and wide beam spreads to wash low levels of light across plants and shrubs rather than create abrasive hot spots that leave areas dark.

Hang a wide-angle low-intensity light in a tree or trellis to cast shadows on. For each type of light there are options for brightness color style and additional features. To achieve this effect we recommend using landscape lighting fixtures including deck lighting path lighting and area lighting rather than harsh spotlights.

Moon lighting is a form of down lighting or garden lighting for trees. You can attach multiple lights high up in a tree and create the effect of moonlight by the mix of light and shadow from trees branches. A few groups of fixtures need to be placed at about 5-6 from the trees base.