There’s not much I prefer to sitting in my garden after the sun has set, with a balmy breeze blowing, sipping some lovely local ale and eating a meal prepared from my home-grown fresh produce.  Of course this is even better with good company, and with some pretty garden lighting.

You can make your own atmospheric lighting by reusing or recycling stuff you already have at home.  Check out this video for how to make gorgeous garden lanterns from a pierced-tin cans, or turn saved brown paper bags into “luminarias” by filling half-way with sand and then putting a candle in them.

If you’re looking to buy some pretty lighting for your garden, please consider the environment and choose an option that will save energy, like these solar lanterns from John Lewis (pictured above).  Perfect for on an outside table or placed elsewhere in the garden.  The lantern has an LED light bulb and needs to be charged in full daylight before use.