Modern scientific techniques make it possible for people to grow plants, vegetables and even fruit right in their drawing room in indoor gardens. With the some effort and knowledge you can now grow a variety of plants indoors, either with hydroponics, which is a soilless growing technique or by using suitable techniques for conventional geoponics (growing in soil). Irrespective of the method you choose, you can even make your indoor garden yield better results than a comparable conventional outdoor garden with less effort and in less time.

For successfully using indoor gardening techniques you need to understand five essential aspects of plant growth such as lighting, nutrition etc. These need to be considered and properly provided for during the planning stage, if you want to ensure adequate returns on the time and effort you put in. The five essentials are:
* Lighting
* Environmental Control
* Propagation
* Cultivation
* Nutrition

Outdoor landscape lighting is more than just putting a few pieces of bulbs in the outdoor. Apart from basic illumination, outdoor landscape lighting has different functions and requirements as compare to indoor landscape lighting.

Lights that are placed outdoors, either in a garden or a semi-sheltered area like a porch, are often used to highlight the beauty of landscaping or to keep a lovely garden as beautiful by night as it is by day.