Outdoor Lights for Garden and Pond Lighting
In the first post, I was looking at Home Depot for outdoor lighting for the garden. Now, I want to turn my attention to Lowe’s for outdoor garden lights and possibly some pond or water fountain lights. Not that I have a fish pond, but I saw some stone lights that wouldn’t look half bad sprinkled around small trees or shrubs.
The first item that caught my eye was the SmartPond Stone Light. Basically these are little rocks about 6 inches off the ground and 10 inches wide that give off a little extra outdoor light where you need it the most. They come with a 16 foot cord and LEC lights that can be activated with a dusk to dawn sensor. The stones are inconspicuous looking, perhaps a little lighter than I’d like them to be, but solid nonetheless. It appears $69.94 buys you three in a package but this isn’t clear. They do specifically mention these work both in and out of the pond as I had already assumed (I mean why wouldn’t they?).
Moving to dryer surfaces, I next examined the Royce Lighting 8-Light Brushed Steel Patio String Lights. The cord for these is 14 feet which is a little short for my likings, especially with 8 lights on the string – and not just non-decorative lights – brushed steel frames similar to that which you might find at the top of a street post (but smaller). You really wouldn’t use these as garden lights, but I’m open to outdoor lighting ideas in multiple spots of my backyard. You’re going to have a bright patio with these because of their space density, but it seems forced to me. $92.79 here.
Surprisingly, Lowe’s didn’t really have much in the way of garden light fixtures. I searched and searched but the extent of their selection revolved around patio lighting, Christmas light decorations, and pond lights. I’m going to continue looking at some independent solar powered garden light stores online to see if I can’t find any more cool options like the stepping stone lighting that is pretty hot as far as home and garden outdoor trends. I’m going to try siliconsolar.com, outdoorlightingshowroom.com, socallighting.com, and yardbright and see if they have newer, more trendy styles of solar yard lighting for the garden and garden light posts. I’m still not sure which direction I want to go – in air or on the ground. I’m leaning on just brightening up the ground but if I see some awesome post lights, I’ll definitely have to consider them.
