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patio area from the entry motorway and parking area. Eight LED directional lights with 5-watt comparable lamps were selected to up light, graze and wash the 25-year-old conifers. The lamps were 4000�� Kelvin color temperature, providing full light coverage and enhancing the color of the plants. The row of spruces grows under the canopy of a large, mature red oak (Quercus Rubra) that allowed for vertical dimension of the lighting at this end of the pool and patio. The arbor at the end of the spruce row permits passage to and from the pool area. Par 36 well lights with 35-watt halogen lamps up light the clematis vine on the easterly trellis, and aid in locating the gate within the arbor in the evening hours. The southeasterly side of the pool patio lighting was connected to the concolor fir screen by a Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboretum) specimen tree. Dwarf English Boxwoods (Buxus Sempevirens) within the perimeter fence were illuminated by spill light from both the specimen tree and the conifer screen, which now defines the patio perimeter at the south end of the pool enclosure. Large perennial beds were lit just outside the perimeter fence, at the south side of the pool. At the client���s request, light shields and proper stem heights for the area lights eliminated glare from the extensive perennial beds. Knockout roses, hydrangeas and other perennials were combined with white and purple butterfly bushes to introduce Top Two life-sized bronze crane statues stand atop the spillway and are cross-lit with two MR16 Halogen 35 watt light fixtures, each with a 24-degree beam spread. The cross lighting highlights the sculptures at the highest elevation on the water feature. A weeping cherry (prunus subhertella) was positioned directly behind the cranes and lit using two Par 36 fixtures with 20-watt lamps, which create a low-light silhouette of the statues. Bottom Wash lighting, on the plantings abutting the spillways, emphasizes the varied number of annuals and perennials that make up the water feature gardens. Up lighting on the mid level vegetation adds depth to the lighting on the canopy of the forest trees above. April 2013 81