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68 Landscape Architect and Specifier News Bennett (Continued from page 66) Vista fixtures were used for some downlighting as well, typically housing 4-watt LEDs with 60-degree spread, or 5-watt LEDs with a 40-degree spread. Copper Moon was used for path lighting (2.4-watt LED lamp).Lumierre and Hadco fixtures were used for mounted downlights that were purposely aimed. Lamps for these were 4-watt LEDs with 40-degree spread, or 5-watt LEDs with a 40-degree spread. Universal fixtures were used for wall washing and housed a 2.4-watt LEDs. The LED lamps were from Dauer and Brilliance. All the installation work was completed with hand tools and ladders to avoid damaging the gardens' mature plantings. We make it part of our daily practice to work with "light feet," working carefully about the gardens to make sure nothing was disturbed or damaged. One of our pillars of business is to always leave a garden better than we found it. Moonlighting is a design/build firm. Mike Rollins, president, is a landscape architect by trade; Doug Wickenhoefer, vice president, is a licensed electrician. Moonlighting has the capability of presenting the design on paper, then translating every aspect of that design successfully in the field. After almost a full week of installation, several aspects of the design were worth noting: A live oak tree that flanks the main garden, most often used for wedding ceremonies, now stands proudly lit. A grove of crape myrtles separating the main garden from the side yard and the secret garden is now lit with a combination of up and downlighting, helping make a nice transition between the gardens. Since the completion of this project, Moonlighting has been called back several times to further enhance other areas of the garden, to begin phasing out the older fixtures and replacing them with a fixture now to Moonlighting specifications. Moonlighting received great feedback from Linda McCormick, director of the Governor Thomas Bennett House, as well as several of the end- users that have since attended events at this location. These two tree-form ligustrums, from two different angles, are each down lit with a single Vista down light fixture lamped with a 4-watt LED with a 60-degree spread. 62-69.indd 68 3/26/14 2:35 PM