It’s likely that a considerable amount of time, money and effort has been poured into your landscape design to make sure your business always looks its best, especially during the day. So why not accentuate already attractive features of your landscape your landscape throughout the night?
Just by adding the simple touch of landscape lighting you can add a new sense of professionalism and safety to your business. Even if you are a company that with and early closing time, exterior lighting can be benefic
ial to your property. Though clients may not be visiting after dark, customers spend their evenings out and about, making it a great time to double your exposure and catch the attention of passerby’s.
There are a number of reasons why adding exterior lighting to your property is beneficial. We’ve laid out a list of why we recommend it for your company.
Aesthetics.
Exterior landscape lighting can transform a dark and ominous backdrop into a captivating nightscape. It beefs up your curb appeal by creating composition, balance and symmetry. The highlights created on your buildings architecture, landscape beds, and walkways provides focal points that tie your landscape plantings and building’s structure together. Lighting close and distant shapes and silhouettes creates depth to your property. This prolongs interest allowing them to visually explore the important elements of your landscape.
Safety. Lighting your property, stairs and pathways helps prevent obscured vision and reduces the risk of injury to patrons entering and leaving your property during the evening hours. If your company does business after dark, having ample lighting will help alleviate the risk or trips and falls.
Crime reduction. Installing exterior lighting creates a warm welcoming invitation for visiting patrons, but not for intruders! Loiterers love to work in the dark. By illuminating dark corners and casting light into shadowed areas, you are greatly reducing the risk of crime to your business. This also provides security for visiting customers.
Landscape lighting not only adds character to your property, but functionality as well. With endless lighting options available, it’s important to consider what matters most to your business. Whether you’re going for more of an aesthetic appeal or more for utilitarian purposes, there are a variety of approaches you can take to outdoor lighting design that makes sense for your property.
