I use landscape lighting throughout my property. There were a few reasons for this. Being on a large lot of some thirty acres well off the beaten path in a heavily forested area, it was important for me to have a well lit property both a beacon of safety for my family and friends, and as a deterrent to others who may wandering the area.

Additionally, my family and I are all avid gardeners, and with a large patch of land to do it on, so we often find ourselves out enjoying the summer nights toiling away at our favorite craft, as other gardeners surely know, gardening in the dark is as difficult as you would expect most tasks to be in the dark. It's also expanded our repertoire of plants, by allowing us to add night blooming flowers which we would have otherwise been forced to steer clear of.

I chose low voltage lighting, and it was chosen both for its lighting capacity, and its aesthetic appeal. Especially in the areas near our gardens I made sure to choose lighting that properly displayed and accentuated the garden beds, even going with different style lights for many of the unique garden patches.

There really were a near overwhelming number of choices to consider when looking for outdoor lighting, but it was fun to go through them all and imagine what they would look like around my house. Most of them looked exactly as I expected they would, and oftentimes even better than I could have imagined.

A hidden benefit I was not even aware of was the fact that the outdoor lighting ended up cutting the insurance costs on my house, as the lights were considered an anti-theft device, not on the same level as a full-blown home security system, but something nonetheless that would make the house less susceptible to theft. This was just an added bonus to what would've been a great household addition either way, but is something you should certainly look into if you're considering adding, or have recently added any form of landscape or solar LED lighting.

In closing, I would highly recommend outdoor lighting to any homeowners, and I routinely do to anyone who crosses my path. The visitors we've welcomed to our house have all thought favorably of the lights, and even if they were just being polite, we couldn't be more thrilled with them ourselves than we already are.