Everyone knows that solar energy is clean energy, unlike fossil fuels that are damaging the atmosphere and becoming rapidly extinct as well. It is also a well-known fact that solar energy is long lasting and safe, another trait that most fossil fuels can’t claim. What many people might not realize is that this energy can now be used in the landscape with solar garden lighting products.

There are many reasons to consider solar garden lighting for a landscape project to enhance the home’s natural beauty and bring natural light into the dark. A few reasons to consider using solar garden lights follow:

First, they provide light for safety and security. They light the way around paths and outdoor features and help to ward off intruders by lighting up the dark. Outdoor lights provide added life to areas of the yard that would otherwise be inaccessible if there were no light.

Secondly, solar garden lights do not waste electricity; they are powered by the most widely available source of energy known to man, the sun. Moreover, they are automated through the use of photocells that turn them off and on according to the light outside, which makes them efficient in saving light bulbs and the batteries that power the lights.

Thirdly, the installation of solar garden lights is much simpler than electrical garden lights. The installation is so simple that most homeowners can do it themselves with in the course of a weekend if the plan has been designed ahead of time. The majority of solar garden lights are installed by simply placing them where they are going to stay by pushing them into the ground or hanging them on poles in trees. Wall mounted solar lights are simply a matter of screws or bolts used to attach them to the walls and pavers with lights are placed on a level ground. Nothing could be easier.

The reasons for installing outdoor solar garden lighting are many more than are included here and all just as valid. As technology grows so does the ways in which solar power will benefit the home and landscape. Using the sun as a free source of power is just one way to take advantage of this free gift.