POND LIGHTING COMES IN MANY STYLES AND CAN CREATE AMAZING SCENES IN YOUR NIGHTTIME LANDSCAPE
Pond lighting solutions have been popular in Britain for years. This has traditionally been a European feature, however having ponds as part of the outdoor landscape has now really taken off in North America as well. When installed, ponds often become the highlight of any landscape design and can easily be beautified by installing plants or even stocking with fish. This is great during daylight hours, but ponds can also be transformed into magnificent scenes at night.Any landscape lighting design would very carefully consider water features such as a pond or fountain and work towards highlighting this as a focal point of the nightscape. Lighting systems are now available in a variety of colors and styles that will create whatever effect you are looking for.
Most pond lights are considered low voltage landscape lighting and come with a transformer, bulbs, different colored lenses and a cable for connection to an electrical source. Depending on the effect or feature that needs highlighting, pond lights can be placed under water illuminating fish, or perhaps pointed upward to provide up light accentuating a water fall, or fountain. (These specific lights must be designed for submersed operation).
Other pond light styles are designed with lights placed at the edges of ponds, casting light across the water or highlighting the foliage along the border.
Floating pond lights are an excellent option
Another option is floating pond lights. Also used in pool lighting, these come in a variety of styles; everything from globe lights to lily pad lights or light fixtures in the shape of frogs, fish etc. These can be low voltage or solar powered. The advantage with solar powered lights is that they require no hookup to anything, require no maintenance at all, will last for years and cost nothing to operate. The effects these lights produce are truly beautiful and amazing and they are relatively inexpensive.
Pond lights do make an absolutely beautiful scene. There are many types to choose from and there is usually a huge selection in any landscape specialty store. Browsing online is also an increasingly popular way to shop for these products.
