5
Great Ideas for a Safety-Conscious Landscape
Beautiful
landscape design can and should make your safety and
security a top concern.
Here’s how!
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Use
low voltage lighting for broad light and increased
overall visibility, compared with the blinding and
less attractive traditional security lighting.
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Direct
low voltage lighting downward from a tree or the
roofline to better highlight key areas such as walkways,
steps, entries, storage and utility space.
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Walk
right past all the fancy, expensive light fixtures
and remember that your home, your art and your plants
should be the focal point of your landscape – the
lights are just tools to keep you safe, secure enhance
everything else’s beauty.
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Prune
with an eye for safety to ensure you can see when
you pull out of your driveway, keep your plants from
overpowering your walkway, and see that you don’t
get poked in the eye by branches packed with snow
and ice while entering or exiting your car or home.
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Bring
it all together beautifully: a softly lit entryway
can be enhanced with colorful planters, which become
more prominent due to the lighting. Plans for the
placement of unique garden art might change so the
sculptures can bask in more light and perhaps even
serve surreptitiously as guideposts to direct foot
traffic away from bumpy patches of walkway.
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