By Mike Gambino I am writing this blog post as a rebuttal to one that I read earlier this week entitled: Why I don’t Want LED Fixtures That I Can Work On Below is the blog article reprinted in it's entirety. Below the article will be my response...
By Mike Gambino That’s an easy one to answer not one. None, zero, zilch, nada. Anyone can call themselves a lighting designer. Traditionally, landscape and landscape lighting industry professionals have kept design at somewhat of arm’s distance, meaning ours is an industry that, for the most part,...
By Mike Gambino Recently at a maintenance service, a client told me that he was in the market for a new home coffee maker. Turns out that he's in the market for not just an everyday ordinary coffee maker, but for a new coffee machine of...
By Mike Gambino This article is not about any particular episode or client. I am fortunate to have great clients for the most part and very thankful for that. In fact it’s been quite awhile since one of these types of calls has ruined my day....
By Mike Gambino Experience only comes from repetitive behavior over an extended period of time. The successful completion of multiple projects of various types and sizes will allow for skills to be mastered. If landscape lighting is important to you, only do business with an experienced...
By Mike Gambino What has inspired this blog article is that recently I’ve been reading some misguided statements on the internet from fellow trade colleagues. One guy was promoting an internet retailer on a public message forum who sells electrical products to anyone whether qualified to...
By Mike Gambino Working in the landscape lighting industry is a fantastic gig – there’s no denying it. Something about being outdoors everyday in the fresh air and sun surrounded by plants and beautiful trees and being able to be creative yourself is just unbeatable. But...
By Mike Gambino It has not been a well kept secret that over the past few years Loran Nightscaping the originator of 12 volt landscape lighting has been on the brink of going out of business. In fact they were briefly out of business for a...
By Mike Gambino I write this blog only 9 days after publishing this article on this very blog https://gambino.sycamoresol.com/2013/08/17/select-your-landscape-lighting-designer-builder-with-much-care/ Low and behold I have received a generous offer to contribute to an article that is currently being written about landscape lighting design in another landscaping trade magazine. Below...
By Mike Gambino I’ve written about this topic before but I think it needs to be written about again. At a recent scheduled maintenance service for a client, whose system we installed about 8 years ago, upon arrival we were given a box of LED’s and...
