Landscape Lighting

Landscape lighting is best described as painting with light. When viewing an actual painting, people will see it at differently. In the same sense, landscape lighting is also subjective. What is pleasing to one might be distasteful to another. Just remember, the canvas is black until you paint it with light. Let your imagination and creativity run wild! An impressive commercial center or private residence that is admired by day can be transformed into a multidimensional showplace at night. Illuminated waterfalls, ponds, terraced gardens and dramatic trees—you can create an evening wonderland of beauty.

Before you can begin to design your landscape lighting system, there are several questions you need to answer:

• What are your primary requirements? Safety or security lighting, or esthetic enhancement of your landscape for extended hours of enjoyment?
• What objects do you want to light? Be conservative here. Your eyes can only see one object at a time so over lighting or selecting too many objects will destroy the contrast that you're trying to create.
• What type of effect to you want? Dramatic, or subtle?
• What are your viewing angles and which one is most important?
• Where is the 120 volt power located and is it adequate to supply your needs?
• How to you want to turn your lighting on and off? By time only, by prevailing light, by some external signal, or some combination of one these?

By answering these questions you have identified the direction for the selection of the components that will make up your system. See Example.

Poly Drip offers an extensive selection of lighting fixtures and styles for landscape & garden lighting.

• Landscape garden lighting enhances a property’s value and pride of ownership.
• Outdoor lighting creates a new drama and beauty in a garden year-round.
• Garden lighting increases safety and reduces risk around walkways, decks, pools, spas, and other landscape features.
• Landscape lighting design also provides greater home security by deterring burglary, vandalism and other crime.
• Up and Accent Lights.
• Floodlights.
• Path and Spread Lights.
• In-Ground and Well Lights.
• Underwater and Specialty Lights.
• Step and Brick Lights.
• Bollards, Beacons, and More.

12 Volt Landscape Lighting System Basic Components
	Light Bulbs	The effect producing element in most cases.
	Light Fixture	The holder, protector, or decorative housing for the light bulb.
	Power Supply	Transformers to reduce voltage to safe, economical current to the light bulb (12 volts). Can be controlled by timers, photocells and dimmers, motion sensors, switches and relays.
	Cable	The current carrying source of voltage to the fixture/light bulb. The key element for proper light output.

By bringing its considerable experience to any project, Poly Drip has built a reputation of excellence based on superior service, creative system designs, and reliable, beautiful products. For the very best results on your next landscape lighting project contact Poly Drip, where we sell solutions.