Planning your garden lighting

Garden lights can make your gardens and yards look super duper cool in the nights. If you want to transform your garden into a magical wonderland, you can find out exactly how to install garden lights and high bay light yourself! Alright so first things first, you need to map all the places where you’re going to put the lights. Would you like to illuminate your flowers? Or perhaps you want to create something interesting for friends and family to walk on? How to place outdoor lightingTake a walk through your yard and consider where the ideal placement would be for your lighting.

Selecting the best garden lights

Once you’ve determined where you want to place your garden lights, you need to choose the right ones. Some lights are stakable, others hang from your trees. Arguably you want, I don’t know, an occasional set of lights that change colors! At JR Lighting we have a vast range of garden lighting to choose from. Be sure to choose lights that shine bright and make your garden extra pretty at night.

Digging trenches for wiring

OK, now it’s time to make your hands a little dirty. You’ll need to lop up short trenches in the ground in order to bury the wires that connect your garden lights. It's as if you've given your lights an invisible superpower! Dig the trenches with a shovel or a small digger. When you are doing the digging, be extremely cautious that you don’t hit anything important below ground, such as pipes or cables. Now that your trenches are in place, it's time to line them with wires to power your lights.

Installing the garden lights

And now we have the fun putting in your garden lights and bay lights! Place each light in its designated spot and attach it to the wire in the trench. You might need a few tools like a screwdriver or a couple of clips to keep the lights secure. Be sure to follow the instructions that come with your lights, so you can set them up just right. And if you need some, have a grown-up help you. Before you realize it, your garden will sparkle with all the lights you have put up.

Testing and fine tuning your garden lighting system.

Finally, it’s the moment to see your hard work pay off. Switch on your garden led high lights and check how lovely it looks. And if some lights fail to light, don’t worry it could be one of the wires coming loose or a bad connection. Inspect each light and adjust as necessary. You can also move the lights around until you get the angle exactly right (shining in the girls' eyes). Relax and immerse yourself in the magical glow of the most fabulous looking garden you’ve ever seen.

Now that you have been educated on how to install garden lights, you can turn your garden into a magical wonderland every night. Put a little bit of strategic planning together with the best lights, and a touch of digging and you’ve got the best garden on the block. So pay us a visit and discover the wonderful array of garden lights here at JR Lighting and start out on your garden lighting journey today.