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The first time I watched a Category 3 storm roll through a coastal neighborhood, I was standing in a garage…

Most solar lights fail for one simple reason that has nothing to do with the LED, the battery, or the…

The garden bridge is one of the most romantic features you can build in a landscape. It is also one…

Uplighting a tree is the one outdoor lighting effect that consistently makes people stop and stare. Done right, the canopy…

A garden tunnel is one of the most magical spaces in a landscape. You walk through an archway of climbing…

I built my first treehouse for my kids about eight years ago, and the one thing I refused to do…

Stairs on a slope are the most dangerous feature in any yard after dark. A flat path in the dark…

The boathouse on my lake has eaten more solar lights than every other project I have ever worked on combined.…

I got involved with dog park lighting through a community group that was trying to extend the usable hours of…

A garden gate is the handshake of your landscape. It is the first thing a visitor touches and the last…

Solar flood lights are the most over marketed category in outdoor lighting. The box on a sixty dollar solar flood…

Stair lighting is the most safety critical lighting on a deck. A path light in the garden that fails is…

I have installed somewhere north of four hundred solar pathway lights over the past six years. Most of them were…

The reason to light your house numbers is not decoration. It is so the ambulance driver, the delivery driver, and…

Tabletop lanterns are the lighting category where people buy with their heart and end up disappointed with their head. The…