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Our Boscombe, Cheltenham and Chatto sets all feel fitting in a garden room because of their finishes (Cheltenham, like Boscombe, is painted metal, and Chatto is made from Lloyd Loom, a woven paper material that’s finished in our green-white Lily shade). They’re outdoor designs, taking their cues from vintage garden furniture, but as they’re painted, they feel less immediately outdoorsy than teak or all-weather wicker.


We love to eat outside on summer evenings, but tend to go back inside once the sun sets. What are your tips for using lighting to extend the time we spend in the garden? Lighting in the garden (just like inside) can be as complicated or as simple as you like, but either way, there’s nothing like it for creating a welcoming setting. If you’re prepared to go down a more committed route, then ask an electrician to install fitted outdoor lights like our Dartmouth. Discrete downlights encased in bronze can be attached to posts, fences and walls to provide subtle illumination all over your garden, lighting paths, planting, doorways and terraces.


A little less involved, our Rosewood festoon lights are wonderfully atmospheric when strung overhead between walls, fences and trees, and all you need is a covered outdoor socket to plug them into.


Finally, and least complicated, is portable low-level lighting that, although not strictly designed for the garden, can easily be brought in and out. Being outside is a real opportunity to maximise on candlelight more than you might do inside:


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gather them around doorways, use them to light paths, and create little clusters in corners as well as down your table top. Just make sure to shelter them from breezes in a hurricane vase or a lantern like Browning. If you’d rather not use candles, then our dimmable Hanover lamps are perfect because they’re cordless. Our advice would be, if you can, to combine all three for different layers and levels of lighting: practical illumination from Dartmouth, a festive atmosphere from Rosewood, and cosy ambience with candles and Hanover.


You can explore all the designs in Neptune’s garden collection online www.neptune.com/garden/ or for expert advice speak to home designer Kate Bradley. Visit Neptune.com/Edgbaston to book an appointment.


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