By Mike Gambino This week I had a rare opportunity, along with my friend and colleague Mark Carlson of Avalon landscape lighting of Sacramento, to visit the former estate of the father of outdoor lighting F.B. Nightingale in Altadena California which is about 50 minute drive...
By Mike Gambino Would you call a retail store and ask “How much do you charge for a TV?” Probably not. You’d have to do research and decide what you want to buy before asking for prices. One of the toughest calls that I get as...
By Mike Gambino Several perceptions and misconceptions of what LED low voltage landscape lighting is and what it is not have been circulating since the beginning of the use of LED light sources just a short few years ago. Here are a few of them which I...
By Mike Gambino Its Thanksgiving morning and time to give thanks to all clients, family and friends for another great year at Gambino landscape lighting. I just got off the phone after several calls to family on the east coast. All affected by hurricane Sandy...
By Mike Gambino Lighting textures can be fun, challenging and dramatic. One of the great things about textures is that they can be found all throughout the landscape. Also, when done well, illuminating a texture can transform an ordinary scene into something visually striking. ...
By Mike Gambino The oppressive southern California heat has finally lifted and that landscape lighting system that you thought about this summer is probably far from your mind, but did you know Fall is actually the perfect time to start that project? Here are 7 advantages of...
By Mike Gambino In garden lighting, knowledge of plant materials is just as important as the knowledge of the fixtures. The growing habits of the various plants, the type of foliage the plant is to have, its ultimate size, whether it will spread out or grow...
By Mike Gambino The "Three-Bid Practice." This is what home improvement buyers have been told to do for years by consumer advocacy groups as the best way to get what they want for the lowest price. I recently read an article by a custom homebuilder who recommended the...
By Mike Gambino Designing and Building a fantastic landscape lighting system is absolutely a collaborative effort between the project owner and the lighting system designer/builder. But lately it seems, some consumers who are in the market to buy a professionally designed and installed landscape lighting system...
By Mike Gambino Here is a system we recently installed in Sherman Oaks, California. This client came to us after they saw one of our lighting systems in their neighborhood. The property is gated so they couldn't knock on the door. However they liked what they...
