Southern Landscape Lighting Systems of Acworth, GA, is committed to designing, installing, and servicing premium residential and commercial landscape lighting systems in metro Atlanta. The team spotlights homes and businesses using lighting fixtures, techniques, and technology that enhance safety, security, utility, and curb appeal. The treescape is an important aspect of any landscape lighting project because trees add significant value to a property.
The Value of Safe and Beautiful Trees
In an article entitled “Increase Your Home’s Value With Mature Trees,” HGTV writes, “Towering trees on your property provide more than beauty -- they increase the value of your home. Several recent nationwide surveys show that mature trees in a well-landscaped yard can increase the value of a house by 7 percent to 19 percent.”
Trees can be a great asset to a home, but to maximize the value of this asset, the homeowner must ensure that the treescape is safe and beautiful.
How to Create the Ideal Treescape
Individual trees require regular maintenance and care if they are to be safe and beautiful. A routine inspection by the homeowner during the months when foliage is on the trees can identify dead or diseased limbs. If the limbs are large and shedding branches and twigs on windy days or during thunderstorms, have a licensed arborist inspect the tree. The arborist will remove dead or damaged limbs if necessary.
Signs of damage or disease include:
- Unseasonal leaf-shed
- Lots of limbs and branches falling from the tree
- Termites and other pests on the tree
- Visible rot or fungus on the tree or its roots
- Open wounds oozing sap
- Unusual leaning or tilting
- Brittle branches
A yearly inspection by a licensed, insured arborist can take tree safety to the next level. Not only can the arborist spot and remove damaged and diseased limbs and trees, but they can also trim and shape trees to enhance their beauty, raise the canopy to let in more sunlight, fertilize the trees, and treat for pest infestation.
The treescape may also be invigorated by the planting of new trees. For advice on the best types of trees and their placement in the overall landscape, have a licensed, experienced landscape architect survey the layout and make suggestions. They can also manage the installation and maintenance of the new trees.
The best time to prune, trim, and shape most trees and shrubs is during the winter months when they are dormant. A bonded, licensed, and insured professional arborist with the proper equipment can safely provide the services. If outdoor landscape lighting is in place, identify the fixtures and other electrical components with orange tape, flagging, or marking paint to prevent damage by the crew. Consider including a lighting design professional from Southern Landscape Lighting systems of Acworth in the process. When the arborist and the lighting specialist work together, the results can be spectacular day and night.
Enhance the Beauty of the Treescape With LED Landscape Lighting
Healthy trees make for a safe treescape. A well-maintained treescape is the best foundation for the design and installation of landscape lighting. A competent arborist working in conjunction with a lighting specialist is able to artfully shape trees so that when the trees are illuminated, they truly shine in all their beauty. Something as simple as the optimal height of the canopy can dramatically affect the impact of the landscape lighting application. Working in concert, the arborist and the lighting designer can produce brilliant results that enhance the safety, beauty, and overall enjoyment of the landscape while adding real value to the home.
With any addition or improvement to the home or landscape, the homeowner must ascertain the intrinsic and economic return on investment. The daily enjoyment a home brings to the residents is priceless. The expense of installing and maintaining a pool, spa, outdoor kitchen, or backyard putting green may not be fully recovered at closing when the home is sold, but these amenities do enhance and improve the quality of life. They may also substantially increase the value of the house.
Outdoor LED landscape lighting enables the homeowner to experience the beauty of the treescape after dark. In some regards, the well-lit tree takes on a mystical quality. It seems to move and shimmer in the spotlight’s beam, seeking to escape the bonds of its root structure. What value can be placed on a majestic Georgian oak, nature’s masterpiece? Its grandeur is priceless!
The value of a treescape is directly linked to its safety and beauty. The expense of transforming an unhealthy and mismanaged treescape into a safe, beautiful component of the overall landscape could be staggering. However, if the treescape has been well-managed, the addition of outdoor landscape lighting could produce stunning results that pay rich dividends.
Southern Landscape Lighting Systems of Acworth, GA, will set up a nighttime demonstration that allows the homeowner to experience the mystique, ambiance, and grandeur of a well-lighted treescape. The team of professionals offers lighting design, installation, and maintenance for homes and businesses in the metro Atlanta area.
Contact Southern Landscape Lighting Systems for more details about landscape lighting design services that showcase a property in the best light. The Acworth office can be reached by phone at (678) 324-6842, as well as by email at lindsey@southernlls.com.
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