TL;DR
An uplight is a landscape fixture aimed skyward to graze a tree canopy, wash a facade, or rake light up a stone chimney, the workhorse move of architectural and garden lighting. Bullet-style heads stake into beds and adjust on knuckles; in-grade well versions bury flush for clean sightlines.
What it means
An uplight is a landscape fixture aimed skyward to graze a tree canopy, wash a facade, or rake light up a stone chimney, the workhorse move of architectural and garden lighting. Bullet-style heads stake into beds and adjust on knuckles; in-grade well versions bury flush for clean sightlines. Designers control beam spread between narrow spots for columnar trees and wide floods for canopies, add glare shields where sightlines cross the lamp, and dark-sky-minded plans use them sparingly with shielding to limit stray sky glow.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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