Landscaping ideas don’t always mean creating new landscapes. You can add depth and interest to your current landscape design by adding or changing your lighting design. Dramatic effects can be achieved by placing a light below an ornamental tree or a statue.
Underwater lights that illuminate a garden wall can create an otherworldly glow.
“Design Ideas for Home Landscaping” recommends stringing fairy lights around tree trunks and on branches or decorating with overhead down lighting to create a moonbeam effect on your landscape at night.
Forced perspective is a popular landscaping idea in Japanese gardens where space is at a premium. If you have a very small area in which to landscape, you can create the illusion that it is larger than it really is. Place large trees, shrubs and boulders at the front of the landscaped area and smaller elements near the back. Features and accessories placed toward the front should be bold while finer textures are used for the background. Forced perspective is also accomplished, according to “All About Creating Japanese Gardens” by using detail in the foreground of your garden and avoiding detail toward the rear.
