Lighting Up Your Landscape: The Benefits of Professional Installation

Your garden parties are lit, your barbeques are fire, and your outdoor gatherings are brilliant. And it’s all because you have set up a beautiful outdoor living space. The only limitation for your fun is time, which is negated if you have a good lighting setup. If you don’t have landscape lighting for your Georgetown yard yet, what are you waiting for? Regular Progreen readers know the benefits of lighting your yard (which we will review shortly), but if your yard’s not yet let, you may be tempted to make it a DIY project. We caution against that and would like to offer Progreen services to help you set up your evening paradise. There are many good reasons to get lighting for your yard, and there are an equal number of reasons to let the pros handle it. Landscape Lighting Review If landscape lighting is a new subject to you, we’ve written additional blogs about it that you might enjoy. But if all you need is a refresher here, you go! Landscape lighting holds many benefits for your yard and home. Extends Entertaining & Entertainment Season Though nightclubs and bars kill the mood by turning on the lights, complete darkness isn’t conducive to socializing either. So outdoor lighting is a must unless you’re trying to use the sun setting to create a natural ending for your outdoor gathering. In addition, adding lights allows you to extend entertaining to more months of the year, as the sun begins to set earlier. Safety & Security Besides socializing, darkness poses safety concerns. If your guests can’t see where they step, they’re more likely to stumble and get hurt! That creates injuries and liability. Additionally, darkness invites crime. Removing places to hide eliminates the opportunity for some miscreant or prankster to damage or steal your property. And Pretty Too Strategically lighting parts of your yard creates new ways of seeing your landscape. Flowers that fade into the background during the day can be highlighted at night. Lighting water and paler elements can create an almost magical feel! Why Pros Are Best for Your Lighting It’s hard to argue against the pros of landscape lighting. But we Texans are independent-minded folks who sometimes like to do things ourselves. But unless you’re experienced with all the ins and out of outdoor lighting, we recommend you leave this to experienced professionals for the following reasons. Benefits in Mind You know the benefits of lighting your landscape, but do you know how to light your yard properly to accentuate those benefits? The entertainment part may seem straightforward, but what about safety and security? We understand how to light your landscape to keep it secure and your guests safe. Likewise, there is both a science and an art to lighting for beauty. It takes time to perfect it. Progreen loves landscaping and our clients. We know you love your landscape, too, and we want to assist you in creating the landscape you’ve always wanted. Some of that involves thinking about things you may not know, informing you of them, and allowing you to make informed decisions before we begin the lighting design and installation work. Save Money It’s counterintuitive to think that hiring someone will save you money. But when you hire experienced professionals, we ask the right questions, get the best equipment, and do the job right the first time. Because of our experience and tools, we’re also more efficient in completing the work than it would be possible for most homeowners to be. Having to redo your work is a waste of your time, and time is money. Avoid Danger Electricity is not to be taken lightly (pun intended). When you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s easy to make a mistake. Wiring incorrectly can lead to your lights not working correctly, lacking protection from the elements, or, worst of all, you or someone else getting hurt. Any work in the ground also necessarily involves digging. And digging can put you in contact with utility lines. Unfortunately, hitting a utility line is an expensive and sometimes deadly mistake! Progreen knows how to safely work around utility lines without endangering you or your property. Night and Day Love Your Landscape Loving your landscape is a 24-hour job, so you should be able to see it all day too. And the best way to add landscape lighting to your property is by hiring the Pros and Progreen. Let Your professional green team light your yard!