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Chelmsford, Essex

Project Location: Chelmsford

Date: 2019 – 2022 (phased installation)

Size: Medium

Lights used: low voltage Hunza Lighting, LuxR, Light Visuals,

Controls: Light Symphony

About this project

Over several years, from 2019 to 2022, we built up a medium sized garden lighting scheme in Chelmsford, Essex, as a phased installation. The garden combines a swimming pool, a rock garden with a waterfall and a collection of maples, bamboo and conifers.

Because the work was phased, the lighting grew with the garden rather than arriving all at once.

The lighting
  • The curved swimming pool glows blue at night, and warm uplights in the bamboo hedge and palms sit behind the timber sun loungers.
  • A rock waterfall spills towards the pool and is lit so the water and stone show clearly, with golden Japanese maples above.
  • Copper beech, red maple, conifers and silvery shrubs are uplit across the lawn.
  • A granite pagoda style lantern glows beside a gravel path in the rock garden.
  • A brass armillary sundial on a carved stone pedestal, a gazebo with lattice sides and a circular tree bench are each lit as features.
Fittings and controls

The scheme uses low voltage Hunza Lighting, a New Zealand brand known for long lasting, maintainable fittings, with LuxR and Light Visuals. Light Symphony controls it.

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Granite pagoda style garden lantern glowing beside a gravel path with uplit maple behind
Lit granite Japanese style pagoda lantern in a gravel and rock garden at night in Chelmsford
Bamboo hedge and palms uplit in warm light behind a wooden sun lounger and glowing blue pool in Chelmsford
Raised view of a lit curved swimming pool, rock garden and uplit acers at night in Chelmsford
Timber sun loungers beside a lit swimming pool with warm uplights in bamboo at dusk
Swimming pool terrace at dusk with uplit bamboo, timber loungers and a glowing red maple
Spotlit conifer, silvery shrub and copper tree on a lawn under a deep blue dusk sky
Uplit golden Japanese maple beside a lit rockery and waterfall in a night garden
Lit rock waterfall feeding a glowing blue swimming pool at night with uplit planting
Warm uplighting on a copper beech tree and tall conifer in a night garden in Chelmsford
Soft focus garden waterfall behind lit yellow maple foliage and lavender at night
Garden waterfall spilling over stone lit at night beneath golden Japanese maple leaves
Close up of a brass armillary sphere and carved stone plinth lit against dark conifers
Illuminated armillary sundial on a carved stone pedestal on a dark lawn in Chelmsford
Uplit garden gazebo with warm glowing lattice and bench at dusk in Chelmsford
Mature tree with warm uplighting above a circular wooden tree bench and an in ground spotlight on the lawn in Chelmsford