The weather center has yet again forcast a barbeque summer, not sure how much faith we have in their metrological equipment, but we plan to remain optimistic and plan like we are going to have a scorcher! And of course with a hot summer comes outdoor dining, but this year we don’t just want to sit on white plastic chairs we want an outdoor dining experience that will rival the indoors. This means a high quality table and chairs and of course the right lighting.

Daylight toTwilight – Garden Solar Lights to The Trick

If like us you like to sit round the table nursing your drink until the sun goes down you will need something other than just the sun for lighting. The range of lights that you can have in your garden has progressed greatly from days of the dodgy electrics that had your dad one eye on his food one eye on the weather lest you turn your patio into an electrical death trap. The best area of lighting that has progressed significantly is solar lighting, a great money saving way of lighting your garden providing there is lots of sun of course.

With a fair amount of sunshine during the day the lights will get fully charged and will keep going on into the night and you can buy several forms it used to be that the only form of solar lighting that was available was the kind that you stuck into the ground to mark out the edge of paths or ponds lest your guests take an unexpected dip. However, the belle of the ball is now a fully fledged solar light, yes we are talking about fairy lights. Everyone loves a set of fairy lights at a party they give off a small amount of light which creates a mood and makes everyone look good, definitely a bonus. In the garden you can wrap them around branches and furniture put them in large glass vases and create your own lighting effect and you don’t have to worry about setting the garden a blaze because complete with LED lights they are truely safe. LED lights are great for this kind of thing because the bulb is so low voltage that they won’t heat up and pose a potential fire risk. They come in a selection of colours so you can even turn designer and create your own lighting scheme.

Solar lighting now comes in the form of solar powered jars which are perfect for use on dining tables because they produce a gentle but effective light that will give the table a soft lighting look. They are charged in the same way as all solar lighting and can simply be put in the garden all day before the party and then they can be placed on the table totally charged ready for when the sun goes down. Again these are available in several different colours, so you can match your lighting to your colour scheme.

Barbeque and Stake

No that’s not a typo and it’s definitely not some new party idea taking over the country, instead we are talking about the good old solar lights that you can stake in the ground to either highlight objects for their attractiveness or to stop people damaging themselves on it.

If you don’t want to stake light into you lawn but would like some individual lights scattered about you can now get clear bricks which have bright LED lights in them. They are solar powered so you don’t have to concern yourself about batteries or tricky leads wired up to them in order to get them to be lit. They are simply charged by the sun during the day and they come automatically at night time which is another great bonus of the solar light, not needing to worry about turning them on and off.

Oh and we forgot to mention that solar lights are good for the environment which is something that most people are aiming for these days since we all know that the planet is not in good shape every little helps. What are you waiting get yourself ready for the barbeque summer and make the most of your garden this year!