By Mike Gambino Here at Gambino Landscape Lighting we firmly believe in a very basic, efficient and effective low cost design process which we have been using successfully since the start of this business nearly thirty years ago. Most every photo of completed projects on this...
By Mike Gambino When it comes to your landscape lighting, we feel superior fixtures, transformers and LED's for brilliant color rendition and effective quality and clarity is imperative. Simple is not the defining factor. We are concerned about making sure that your system performs and is...
By Mike Gambino When landscape lighting system builders screw up, two things happen: the industry gets a bad name and other designer/builders like myself get more work. Or sadly a property owner has to live with the problem every day knowing the money they spent was...
By Mike Gambino What difference does maintenance make for landscape lighting systems? More than most may know. While system owners are often wary of any unnecessary services, Landscape Lighting system maintenance is a practical solution to most, if not all, problems homeowners experience with their landscape...
By Mike Gambino No matter what the scale or shape of your landscape lighting project, from a small front yard to a whole multi acre estate property, it requires the same key ingredient to be a success - trust. Homeowners should develop a relationship with a landscape...
By Mike Gambino I start this article by relaying a recent experience of a fellow design build trade pro: First, I was at the orange box store looking at indoor LED's when a client saw me and spoke. In his hand was a bag of 2 MR-16's....
By Mike Gambino “We Plan to Get 10 Estimates–Can you come by at 5?'” Qualifying Potential Customers–What is that? Your average landscape lighting design build contractor goes with the flow. Potential customer calls, you get their name, address, a time to meet and you go. Why on earth...
By Mike Gambino Hiring one company to do both design and construction can simplify the process. Here are pros and cons for deciding if it's right for you For property owners who are looking to get a landscape lighting project under way, a specialized landscape lighting design-build...
By Mike Gambino A story of First Come First Served. I want to share a story of a very unhappy client or potential unhappy client, depending on how you look at it. This is not an exact actual verbatim recollection of what transpired in one situation but...
By Mike Gambino As I "Illuminate" my way around multiple properties and gardens in southern California and beyond, it’s not hard to come across evidence of improper pruning in both residential and commercial applications. It seems that how to prune, when to prune, and how often...
