By Mike Gambino Sometimes clients need to be educated on the importance of safety and insurance while selecting a company to install a landscape lighting system. Some landscape clients are first time homeowners – they haven’t thought about potential problems and their consequences. If a service...
By Mike Gambino Light emitting diodes, or LEDs, are becoming increasingly popular and more high-quality LED lighting products are being manufactured and sold in the marketplace. LED lighting is an attractive alternative to incandescent or halogen lighting in both residential and commercial lighting applications because they are very energy-efficient,...
By Mike Gambino When should I get a landscape lighting design specialist involved on my design team for the landscape lighting system at my new luxury high-end multi-million dollar estate? EASY ANSWER: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is for a number of reasons...
By Mike Gambino Some property owners believe that they are saving money by supplying materials for a design or construction project, and then only paying for the installation labor. However, this is a very myopic and narrow view of the entire "what can go wrong" scenario. Material...
By Mike Gambino The moon is high in the sky which at twilight is a beautiful shade of sapphire blue, but towering trees still cast dramatic night shadows across the lawn, and their silhouettes dance across the surface of the pool. Every night, the grounds around a...
By Mike Gambino There’s certainly no question that landscape lighting budgets can range from shoestring to extravagant. Do you think it deserves a prominent place in the landscape budget? There are certainly a number of landscape lighting designers who will tell you it does. After all, lighting...
By Mike Gambino When you happen to be shopping for a landscape lighting system provider, you’re dealing with one of those industries where “you get what you pay for.” It’s not unlike other design and mechanical installation services such as landscaping and interior design, so it’s just...
By Mike Gambino This article will discuss the pricing criteria for new landscape lighting work not maintenance or repair work which typically is priced by the amount of time the labor takes to complete and the cost for required parts. For landscape lighters, the question of how...
By Mike Gambino If you have a dark landscape that you are trying to light, you probably already know that it isn’t an easy task to accomplish. It’s important to understand how different light fixtures illuminate a space differently. If you really want the best results...
By Mike Gambino When designing an outdoor space it is essential to pay attention to the lighting. Both the quantity and quality of light can have a dramatic effect on how the space will appear after dark. Quantity is fairly simple, the more light you have...
