By Mike Gambino Quality in the lighting industry is often misunderstood. The quality gap seems to be greater than other areas of the green industry. Comparing apples to apples, or uplights to uplights...
By Mike Gambino Selections are made, the Agreement is signed, and you’re ready to start your landscape lighting project. Before work begins, make sure a few details are handled to help things go more smoothly. This often takes the form of a pre-construction meeting, which may be...
By Mike Gambino What has inspired this blog article is the recent global turn of events that has brought a thriving economy to a very uncertain one going forward. It is aimed at and for the benefit of fellow trade professionals. Recently I’ve been reading some...
By Mike Gambino Lighting is a critical aspect of daily life. Good lighting can bring warmth to a space, highlight architectural features, help set a certain mood and provide appropriate illumination for doing tasks. If you haven’t considered adding a landscape lighting designer to your landscape...
by Mike Gambino Most people nowadays are searching for and purchasing products or services online (approximately one-third are buying products on-line weekly). One great thing about online shopping is that we can conduct our own research before we buy a product or hire a company for a...
By Mike Gambino Estimating a custom landscape lighting project timeline is one of the most challenging tasks that landscape lighting design build specialty contractors and homeowners face. Contractors have a general idea of the time required for the actual landscape lighting design and build process, assuming everything goes perfectly. But as with any large, complex project,...
By Mike Gambino A quality High Performance Landscape Lighting system designed and Installed by Gambino Landscape lighting is a valuable investment that should be protected. It is the responsibility of the lighting system owner to be sure that the system is cared for by its original...
By Mike Gambino Bring the Inside Outside One of the hottest trends in real estate is transforming your outdoor space into an extension of your inside space. An outdoor living space can be anything from a tranquil corner of a garden or it can be a full...
By Mike Gambino, Like every living thing, landscaping is fluid-constantly evolving, growing and changing. Nothing is frozen in time. Without proper, ongoing care, even the best designed and built landscape lighting systems will experience a slow and steady degeneration until the only remedy is complete system renovation....
By Mike Gambino Before any project, whether it’s a landscaping lighting job or other, one thing between the client and the contractor should be clear: their expectations. Both parties should know exactly what the business will provide and what the client will pay in return. If...
