Landscape lighting is a fantastic addition to any property in Tennessee, as it allows you to keep enjoying the outdoors even after the sun has gone down. There are lots of different techniques you can use to help bring your property to life at night, including uplighting, wall grazing, silhouette lighting, and moonlighting. Uplighting shines a light directly onto what you want to feature so it's the center of attention. Wall grazing is a great way to enhance uniquely textured walls or columns on your property. Silhouette lighting emphasizes the shape of an object, like a tree or statue, by illuminating it from behind. Lastly, moonlighting mimics natural moonlight and is highly effective at brightening large areas of your property.

1. Uplighting

Uplighting technique done for a landscape bed in Germantown, TN.

Uplighting is a great technique if you want to make certain objects on your landscape stand out. To do this, you place a light at the base of a feature and point it upwards. The light shines directly onto it, making it the center of attention. This is a great way to show off trees, columns, statues, or anything else on your property and make them a focal point.

2. Wall Grazing

Grazing lighting technique installed beside pool in Collierville, TN.

If you have a textured wall or want to emphasize another unique surface, wall grazing is a great way to do so! To achieve this effect, a light goes at the base of a surface and is pointed parallel to it. The light will create shadows that highlight the irregular or unique textures on the surface you’re illuminating. Wall grazing is an interesting technique to use on columns, textured walls, fake stones, and trees.

3. Silhouette Lighting

Silhouette landscape lighting installed in Piperton, TN.

Your landscape looks wonderful during the day, but what about when the sun goes down? Silhouette lighting is a fantastic technique used to uniquely highlight features that disappear at night. To create this effect, you place a light behind the landscape element, between it and a wall. That way, it will bring out its silhouette and enhance its shape, which is where the name of the technique comes from. The object will look darker on the illuminated wall, which will turn it into a focal point without shining a light directly onto it.

4. Moonlighting

Moonlighting is a beautiful technique that will illuminate large areas of your property once the sun goes down. Essentially, lights are placed on top of tall structures, like trees or buildings, and pointed downwards at the ground. This will brighten your property in a way that mimics natural moonlight, casting shadows and enhancing its overall beauty. Besides the aesthetic functions of moonlighting, this technique also makes it safer to navigate your property since you’ll be able to see anything in your way. Similarly, it can also discourage trespassers, as they will have an increased chance of being seen when there's lighting.

Whichever lighting technique you go with for your property, make sure to use low-voltage LED bulbs. They're safe, durable, energy-efficient, and long-lasting.

Call us today to sign up for our landscape lighting installation service!

If you're looking for an interesting and unique way to light up your outdoor living space, then we can help! Here at Picture Perfect Landscapes, we offer our landscape lighting installation service to illuminate your property and increase both its appearance and safety at night. We use low-voltage LEDs so you can get the most bang for your buck, plus we can utilize various techniques to bring out your focal points.

We offer our landscape lighting installation service to homes, businesses, and HOAs in Memphis, Midtown Memphis, East Memphis, and the surrounding towns in Tennessee. Call us today at (901) 246-7656 to sign up for our service!