| Trees literally give life to the world, | | | | lights also have to be positioned in such a |
| because without them, there would be no | | | | way as to illuminate the entirety of the |
| oxygen to breathe, and the soil would quickly | | | | tree's canopy and not just the middle, |
| erode in the wind and rain. As such, tree | | | | vertical core. Landscape lighting is often a |
| lighting is more than a science. It is an | | | | very complex and highly tedious science that |
| aesthetic discipline that showcases one of | | | | requires professional service organizations |
| man's most primal and perhaps first symbols | | | | cross-trained in landscaping in addition to |
| of consciousness. Tree lighting with even the | | | | their expertise in lighting. Landscape |
| best landscaping lighting kits can never | | | | lighting kits, however, allow private |
| exactly be done the same way twice any more | | | | individuals the opportunity to become |
| than two trees can ever exactly grow or look | | | | lighting designers in their own right, |
| the same way. Residential Landscape Lighting | | | | particularly when it comes to lighting their |
| and Design has composed this article on tree | | | | favorite trees in both front and back yards. |
| lighting as a general guideline, not a | | | | Provided that one is physically fit enough to |
| hard-fast rulebook on tree lights and | | | | climb a tree, or to use environmentally safe |
| landscape lighting kit installation. These | | | | tools that will not damage the tree, lighting |
| recommendations are based on an average | | | | and landscaping kits can transform a dark |
| luminance of 10 foot candles and provide | | | | tree line along a fence or wall into an |
| suggested wattages in landscape lighting kits | | | | illuminated natural edifice of organic browns |
| to achieve what lighting designers call | | | | and living green. In the fall, the changing |
| "moonlight effects", or in layman's terms, | | | | colors of leaves adds even more effect |
| artificial light with the ambient, softer | | | | through Nature's own hand, and even in the |
| qualities of natural moonlight. Residential | | | | death of winter a well-lighted tree still |
| Landscape Lighting and Design's extensive | | | | speaks to the potential for new life in the |
| selection of landscape lighting kits and | | | | Spring to come. Just as light and life form a |
| accessories are designed with trees | | | | cycle of rebirth and life, so too does the |
| preeminently in mind. We seldom run across a | | | | choice and installation of a landscape |
| municipality or business entities with no | | | | lighting kit represent a cycle of design, |
| trees whatsoever on property. We have yet to | | | | aesthetic, and effect. With a little simple |
| find a homeowner with no trees in the yard, | | | | math, one can determine tree canopy size by |
| although we are sure there are a few out | | | | multiplying the width and height of the tree |
| there somewhere. (For these people we | | | | in feet. Then, by assessing the density of |
| recommend seedlings, as they can still be | | | | foliage and using one's own subjective |
| valued clients regardless). As such, almost | | | | judgment to determine exactly how much |
| every landscape tree lighting kit we provide | | | | emulated moonlight will be desirable for that |
| contains a down lighting as well as up | | | | particular tree, choosing the appropriate |
| lighting components. Simply stated, these | | | | landscape lighting kit simply becomes a |
| terms are merely directional in nature and do | | | | matter of selecting from one of our lists in |
| not refer to anything mysterious or | | | | this category. RLLD has included a |
| technically complicated about landscape | | | | corresponding chart to help lighting |
| lighting kits themselves. Down Lighting means | | | | designers and private individuals alike |
| exactly what it says-shining light downward | | | | select the precise wattage level required for |
| toward the ground, and up lighting means to | | | | a tree of particular size and the necessary |
| shine the light upward. To effectively show | | | | luminance to achieve optimal visibility |
| all parts of a tree in the dead of night, one | | | | according to one's own outdoor decorative |
| must combine these two lighting techniques so | | | | style and taste. |
| as to "wash" the tree in light. This allows | | | | |
| viewers to clearly see the differentiation | | | | To learn more visit our landscape outdoor |
| between leaves, branches, and the trunk | | | | lighting kit section or read more about |
| regardless of viewing angle. Both sets of | | | | landscape outdoor lighting kits. |