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| If you foresee yourself doing edging or digging near buried wires, protect the wires from damage by slipping a foot-long piece of plastic conduit over the wire as it enters flower beds and mulched areas. |
To close small trenches like these once the wire is laid in place, just press the sod back in place with your foot. |
For placing lights into the lawn, rather than amidst bushes and shrubs, you want something that will rest below the level of the grass, for easy mowing.That's where well lights, like these, really "shine." |
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Remove the sod with a post spade, then use a post hole digger to dig a shallow hole. Place some pea gravel in the bottom of this hole for drainage. Once the hole is deep enough that the top of the light is at ground level, make the wire connections, insert the fixture, and backfill the hole. |
Downlighting involves installation of a light in a high place (such as in a tree) and casting the light downward onto the ground. All you have to do is screw the lens on, then carefully take it up and affix the light. |
Certain features benefit from uplighting, which involves a light source pointed up from a low position. Intermatic's underwater light uses a spot or flood lamp and has a ring base that can be weighted. |
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| This Loran underwater fixture is called the Porpoise. It's omni-directional, and comes with a weighted base. |
Uplights placed in the ground at each corner of this arbor will make it attractive and safe. Slim, solid copper fixtures will tuck out of the way, and darken naturally when exposed to weather. Crisscrossed beams provide more even lighting, instead of lights that are pointed straight up. |
The other arbor is lit from the top downward, with this perforated fixture that will glow at night. |
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| Even a simple fountain like this one looks magical with the right lighting; in this case a light no bigger than a test tube! |
You may want to go out after dark and tweak your new lights to get just the effect you're looking for. And on that first illuminated night, you'll find that the lawn you love so much during the day will have taken on a whole new look. Enjoy! |
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