No Imagination Required with Landscape Lighting?

Some landscape lighting designers meet with clients and show pictures as examples of lighting fixtures and describe how the lights will look on the property. They may draw up a lighting plan and the homeowner must imagine how the final design will look, hoping they will like the design.

Seeing pictures of low voltage light fixtures is nice. However, looking at pictures of fixtures misses the point of landscape lighting. Good landscape lighting design accents an existing home and its landscaping. One wants to see the effect the fixture creates on the property not a picture of a fixture.

The secret to excellent landscape lighting design lies with the nighttime lighting demonstration, the Demo. And the first step of the Demo is listening. A good designer will listen to what their client wants and needs from the design. They will then develop ideas which meet the client’s wants and needs.

With outdoor lighting design ideas get developed during the Demo. At a Demo the designer will then spend about an hour setting up a temporary lighting system. Homeowners are then invited outside to ‘see’ if the proposed outdoor lighting design meets their wants and needs.

When the Demo is completed, however, the homeowner will know if they are happy with the landscape lighting design. No imagination required.