Illuminating outdoor spaces

Experts share how to inject a healthy glow to your garden when the sun goes down

WORDS: TERESA CONWAY

A garden without lighting is one that shuts off to the world when the sun goes down, only to return into our consciousness when the following day starts anew. Add light to the mix and you give your garden two lives. Its daytime state, full of colour and life, and its dark alter-ego — a rich milieu of lively shadows and exciting possibilities. Lighting is a key ingredient for unlocking even more time that can be spent outdoors and increased usability enhances the appeal and value of our homes. Though we might not have the consistent weather of the continent, the emergence of the ‘fifth room’ concept around the lockdown era – when greater importance was placed on our outdoor living areas – we began to see our gardens as…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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