Lighting for Gardens - Buyer's Guide

Creative garden lighting is all about garden lighting effects – a stunning night time garden without seeing the lights either by night, or (if possible) by day. Start by visiting the lighting design section and decide on your garden lighting effects, then we’ll help you make the choice of garden lights to achieve them.

Good garden lighting depends upon correct positioning of all your garden lights, and selecting the correct lamp (bulb) type, wattage and beam angle – use the help sheets to understand some of these choices a bit more. Then move on to choosing the garden lights that will house the lamps (bulbs) in the right way to do their job properly and reliably. Except where they are chosen specifically to make a design statement, outdoor lights should be hidden or camouflaged wherever possible, so look for garden lights that can be recessed, small or in a finish that blends in with the garden surroundings.

If you want information on types of garden lighting, click the type of garden light in on the right.

If you want guidance on garden lights in particular finishes or metals, click the type of garden light on the right.

Type of light

• Barbecue lights
• Bollard lights
• Coloured lighting
• Deck lighting
• Downlights and wall spotlights
• Flood lights
• Halogen garden lighting
• Hanging lights
• l.e.d. garden lighting
• Linear lighting
• Mains voltage outdoor lighting
• Recessed uplights
• Spike spotlights and uplights
• Spread lights and path lights
• Step lights
• Tree spotlights
• Underwater lighting

Type of finish

• Aluminium outdoor lighting
• Black garden lights
• Brass garden lights
• Bronze garden lights
• Brown garden lights
• Chrome garden lights
• Copper garden lights
• Green garden lights
• Grey and silver garden lights
• Stainless steel garden lights
• Stone garden lights
• Wood garden lights