Up-Lighting

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Landscape up-lighting is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to emphasize the unique outdoor features of your property.  Watch any outdoor improvement show on television these days and they all reiterate a common theme; your curb appeal should also be featured at night.  Think about it, if you’re going to spend $5000 on landscaping, why wouldn’t you spend another $200 on lighting to accentuate it at night?

Up-lighting is a relatively simple process that highlights different outdoor features based on placement on the lights. DYILandscaping.com lists the 3 different techniques for up-lighting.

Front up-lighting

Here the lighting fixture is placed in front of an object.  This is great for your home, walls, trees, tall scrubs and fences.  This technique will emit more intense light on an object and cast no shadows.

Cross up-lighting

Creates a less intense light and will add shadows around what you are lighting.  This technique is good for lighting the canopies of large trees, large rocks and large fountains.

Back up-lighting

This technique is mainly used on trees.  It creates depth, produces very few shadows and will show a less intense light.

Today many home improvement stores offer eco-friendly alternatives for up-lighting.  From solar powered to high efficient LED lights, there’s a wide range of varieties that will meet your landscape lighting needs.  Just remember that while these lights might be more expensive, that increased investment up front will pay dividends on the back end through your utility bill.