Hi Wylie's Mom, my husband owns a landscape business. He does it all-landscape design, hard scapes, and landscape lighting. My suggestion to you would be steer clear of solar, they are not near as bright and you are not getting the lighting bang for your buck. I think you could probably do hard wire yourself with some research and patience. If you have a local nursery or irrigation supply that retails the lighting they will have a display and/or catalog that you can look through. Much better quality than big box store such as lowes and Home Depot, these lights are a little more pricey BUT will last you many many years. You are going to want the warm white LEDs, they do not project the blue hue. Also hard wire puts off quite a bit more light for up-lighting trees or architectural details of your home. You want something that has a strong casing made of copper or another hard material that will take weather conditions. Hope that helps, I will go to the office in a bit and see if I can put my hands on some of our brochures and give you the names of manufactures my husband uses. |