Garden lighting mistakes that everyone makes when designing an ambient scheme, according to experts

A beautiful small raised deck area with built in strip lights and up-lit plants in the background
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Avoiding garden lighting mistakes not only helps you create a seamless scheme in your outdoor space, which is both practical and beautiful, but you can avoid the common traps which often lead to bad investments and ultimately losing money.

Lighting design experts reveal common mistakes that they've come across when dealing with garden lighting design so you can learn from these and swerve any potential problems.

Claire Bassett, Head of Product at Lights4fun
Claire Bassett

Head of Product at Lights4fun

Sam Garbutt, a lighting expert at LED & Power
Sam Garbutt

LED & Power specialise in providing commercial and residential LED lighting products to the trade and wholesale market. They work with leading brands and manufacturers across the UK and Europe.

Teresa Conway
Deputy editor on Homebuilding & Renovating

Teresa was part of a team that launched Easy Gardens in 2018 and worked as the Editor on this magazine. She has extensive experience writing and editing content on gardens and landscaping on brands such as Homes & Gardens, Country Homes & Interiors and Living Etc magazine. She has developed close working relationships with top landscape architects and leading industry experts, and has been exposed to an array of rich content and expertise.

In 2020 Teresa bought her first home. She and her partner worked alongside architects and builders to transform the downstairs area of her two bedroom Victorian house in north London into a usable space for her family. Along the way she learned the stresses, woes and joys of home renovation, and is now looking to her next project, landscaping the back garden.