This magical garden lighting trend looks straight out of a fairytale – this is where to snap up these whimsical lights for as little as £8
No wonder people can't get enough of them!
Who wouldn’t want to turn their garden into a whimsical space straight out of a fairytale?! That’s exactly what adding mushroom solar garden lights, the latest garden lighting trend, to your outdoor space will do. And the best part is how affordable they are, with prices starting at just £8!
Adding whimsy to both interiors and outdoor spaces has been a major trend this year – and garden lighting ideas are the perfect way to do that as we’ve seen with the likes of Nigella Lawson creating magical garden lighting set-ups. Paired with the ever-popular mushroom motif, you have a match made in whimsical heaven.
The mushroom microtrend has grown in popularity over the last couple of years, taking over interiors at Christmas and becoming a hugely popular garden trend too. While you can add little metal mushroom stakes to your garden or even grow your own sculptural mushrooms, these little lights are one of the best ways I've seen this motif displayed in the garden. It feels very Alice in Wonderland without being gimmicky.
I have spotted mushroom garden lights all over the high street, but Habitat and Lights4Fun have my favourite models that are both solar powered. Each set has a little solar panel that comes attached to the lights, so you can just leave the lights to do their own thing, and they’ll automatically glow in the dark once the sun sets.
One reviewer of the popular Habitat mini mushroom solar stake lights, selling for £10 at Argos, wrote, ‘I bought these lights to go round our new pond. The effect at nighttime is lovely as the lights are reflected in the water. This is my third set of lights and all are still working perfectly. Two sets are now over 3 years old and left out all year round.’
Another customer that purchased the Lights4fun mini mushroom solar stake lights, currently on sale for £7.99, wrote, ‘These little solar lights are perfect. They give a soft white light and I have grouped them around large potted trees on the patio near the house. A real talking point!’
However, they're not the only retailers selling these charming decorative lights. Here are my top picks to add some magical flair to your plant pots and borders.
My top picks
Each of the 12 little mushroom lights is equipped with a stake at the bottom (and so is the solar panel) which is how you attach them to the ground.
While most of the mushroom solar stake lights emit a warm white light, this fun design is a little diffenet because it comes with multicoloured lights.
Sold as a set of 10, these lights come with a rechargeable AA battery which gets recharged by the attached solar panel.
Unlike some of the other designs, these mushroom lights come in clusters of a few shrooms of different heights.
This clustered design contains 15 lights in total, all of which are multicoloured and last for six hours when fully charged by the sun.
This is another mushroom solar light set much loved by the Robert Dyas customers. It's only £7.99 and if you buy two, they're only £12 altogether.
Whether you place these mushroom solar lights along your fence, in your borders or by a pond, they are sure to make your outdoor space look like an enchanting garden that’s out of this world. The only question left to answer is, which one of these mushroom lights will you be adding to basket?
