So what does Christmas yard decorations, decorating, and lights ideas have to do with your landscaping and garden design? For some, nothing. For other folks who love to decorate for the holidays like the folks in Carlsbad, NM who decorate for Christmas On The Pecos, it should be a consideration. Things to consider when designing and creating landscaping and garden design ideas vary from person to person. And while decorating for the holidays may not be a priority for everyone, it should be considered into the landscaping plans for those who it is a priority.
Power Access For Your Decorations
When it comes time to decorate for Christmas or any other holiday, having access to plenty of electricity is a main consideration. It’s also the main setback of not being able to decorate the way you want to. While most modern homes have plenty of outlets at the home itself, very few have electricity in the yard. Some Christmas yard decorations and displays can use a lot of electricity and outlets. Having access directly at the point of use is so much better than having extension cords stretched out all over the lawn. So having electrical outlets installed strategically throughout the landscaping is the obvious solution.
It’s best and safest to have a licensed electrician do this project. Regardless of where you are, it’s probably law anyway.
The amount of power you’ll need will depend on the extent of your decorating habit and possible future growth of your displays. And over planning for too much is always better than not enough. Cost wise, there won’t be much difference. Consult with your electricians and they will create the right size power supply and network for your decorations. And have them place outlets where you know you’ll have Christmas yard decorations as well as for other holidays and possibilities.
A possible problem when adding electrical outlets to your yard and landscaping will be the visibility factor. Nothing is worse to a landscaping project than the presence of utilities. Along with others like utility poles, transformers, and meters, outlets can’t be avoided and so creative ways of hiding them or blending them with the landscaping is necessary. Generally, the easiest way to hide outlets is to place them in planting beds nearest to the areas where you’ll have Christmas yard decorations. There are also weatherproof outlet boxes that can be set directly into lawns and flowerbeds as well as artificial landscaping rocks. Regardless of how you do it, hiding the outlets will help keep your landscaping looking clean in the off season when there are no decorations and displays being used.
