Top Landscape Lighting Trends for 2022

In the last 5 years, landscaping has become all the rage. Homeowners have started to put in just as much, if not more time, effort, and money into creating the perfect outdoor extension of their home. Investing in landscaping makes sense as we're spending more time at home enjoying weekend BBQ’s, evening fires, or staycations (which we are all used to by now!). Rockland is a proud supplier of in-lite outdoor lighting which gives us the inside scoop on the outdoor lighting trends of 2022.

Here are 3 outdoor lighting ideas you should try this year:

Hardscape Lighting

Using outdoor lighting as a part of your hardscape design only heightens the beauty and design of your outdoor space. By illuminating the textures and tones of your patio, driveways, retaining walls or pathways, you can create a glow and an added level of elegance between the shadows and the beams of warm light. 

When it comes to stone patios, driveways or walkways recessed lights or ground lights will give you the perfect ambient glow. By installing these lights on the floor of paving stones, you get an upward directional light that offers an elevated appearance with a minimalist design providing a diffused and sophisticated effect. Landscape lighting products such as Puck 12V from in-lite outdoor lighting will create a subtle glow while also maintaining an elegant look without appearing distracting during the daytime.

During the hours from dusk to dawn, slips, trips and falls happen more often on these hardscape areas. Adding landscape lighting to high traffic areas will help prevent accidents and provide a level of security in both with summer and winter months.

Spotlighting

Creating a dynamic landscape design often requires features such as trees, shrubs, boulders, and water features. Incorporating these pieces into your outdoor space is great, however, as the sun sets, those features tend to disappear.  

Spotlights are the key to creating vibrant features that you can enjoy year-round. By focusing light on features that are a different height and texture, you'll create height and dimension to your yard. Creating height and dimension in your yard is accomplished through focusing light on features that are different in height and texture. Big Scope Narrow by in-lite is a spotlight that focuses a beam of light up to 12 meters in height for illuminating tall trees. This for example creates depth and visual interest in your design.  Pair this with smaller more ground level outdoor lighting features like the Mini Scope for an overall visually dynamic design.

This style of lighting creates ample opportunity for creativity. These outdoor lighting fixtures can be installed both on the ground and on a wall which is ideal for highlighting plant walls or privacy screens.

Take feature spotlighting one step further in 2022 by using multiple lights and angles. This creates heightened depth and visual interest by highlighting multiple perspectives for a vibrant and dynamic silhouette.

Wall Lighting

Wall lights create a strong and direct beam of light in a desired direction to showcase the details and design of the intended surface. Depending on the height, width, and shape of the space you are looking to illuminate, wall lights with different angles and sizes can create the perfect glow to suit all designs. 

Outdoor wall lights are a great choice for lighting up fences, driveways, and the exterior of your home. In 2022, people are showcasing the architectural design of their home by lighting up the exterior walls. By shining light on the surface of your home, you can accessorize and complement your home to provide an upscale, luxury feel. When choosing how to brighten and add interest using this method, ask yourself this; what is the most unique element I want to feature? Maybe your home has stunning brick, pillars at the front entrance, or even large bay windows. Once you have chosen what makes your home unique and what element to showcase, you can then begin choosing the best lighting style to complement this feature.  

By using a lighting system such as Ace Up-Down, a strong focused beam of light in both directions to create a more dramatic design and cover a larger surface area. This same design theory can be applied to a smaller scale wall like fences, retaining walls, and privacy screens.  

Lighting the surface or parameter of your property will also increase the safety and security of your home. Potential intruders will likely avoid a fully lit home where they could be easily seen.   

Landscape lighting is becoming a must have component when it comes to landscaping in 2022. Regardless of how you've designed your property, there is always a way to use outdoor lighting to customize your backyard, driveway, or home design in an elevated way. 

Whether you are looking to increase curb appeal and property value, prevent ill-intended intruders or maximize safety in dark or slippery places, adding outdoor lighting provides the potential to create beautiful spaces that can be enjoyed all year round.

Rockland is a proud supplier of in-lite Outdoor Lighting in Edmonton and surrounding areas and is here to help you with all your lighting questions. Get inspired and begin planning your dream space!