Motion Sensors, Timers and Restoring State

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That example shows how to easily implement a motion activated light. In the actions instead of on / off use the scene create / restore services you have already used above to accomplish your needs. No input boolean or timers required.

In the on / motion detected automation save your temporary scene and then adjust the lights how you want.

In the off / no motion automation restore your saved scene. Set the for: trigger to the time you want this to last.

EDIT: actually that will overwrite the before scene with the bright settings when motion repeats. You will need to set an input boolean and use it as a condition to prevent this. I’ll help you write this later, hard to do on mobile.

EDIT 2: Try this:

Input booleans:

input_boolean:
  name: scene_saved

Automations:

- alias: 'Brighten the Garden'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_garden_motion_motion
    to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.scene_saved # prevents overwriting the before scene with the bright scene on motion repeat
    state: 'off'
  action:
  - service: scene.create
    data:
      scene_id: garden_before
      snapshot_entities:
      - light.garden
  - service: hue.hue_activate_scene
    data:
      group_name: Garden
      scene_name: Bright
  - service: input_boolean.turn_on  # to prevent overwriting the before scene with the bright scene on motion repeat
    entity_id: input_boolean.scene_saved

- alias: 'No Motion Restore Garden Lights'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_garden_motion_motion
    to: 'off'
    for:
      minutes: 2
  action:
  - service: scene.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: scene.garden_before
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off  # allow saving of the before scene again.
    entity_id: input_boolean.scene_saved
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