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Maya Glantz

5 Outdoor Lighting Trends Designers Are Using to Give Gardens a Glow Up After Dark in 2025

A luxury garden with a pool with floating orb lights, trees wrapped in fairy lights, and a firepit in the corner.

The summer months are meant to be spent outdoors, and that's not an opinion — it's a fact. And, in my opinion, that shouldn't change once the sun goes down; on the contrary, there's nothing more enjoyable than a summer evening spent lazing around your garden. But there is one essential component to ensuring the enjoyment of this activity: some good garden lighting.

Now, you may be thinking you've got that covered, that your garden is already suitably illuminated. But I've got some news for you, those exposed-bulb festoon lights aren't going to cut it this summer. This year we're embracing some more modern, style-forward garden lighting ideas. Think styles you'd just as happily have in your living room, but made suitable for the outdoors.

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