By Mike Gambino 1. Are you a licensed landscape contractor that specializes in system construction and lighting design and may I please see a copy of your contractor's license? Most landscape lighting designers have a copy of their landscape contractors license in their design portfolio or have...
By Mike Gambino When you think about it, we work in a strange industry… an industry unlike any other. Often we encounter people that not only aren’t sure exactly what it is we do, but also aren’t sure they even want or need what we offer. This...
By Mike Gambino Many landscape lighting installers do not understand their overhead and arbitrarily price jobs by the number of fixtures rather than the time it takes to do the job. To make matters worse landscape lighters without an extensive number of systems completed do not...
By Mike Gambino Growing as a landscape lighter and reaching a professional level involves developing certain habits among other things. These are practices that come with time, as well as plenty of trial and error. Here are some of these productive habits 1. Valuing time Besides being artists, lighting designer/builders...
By Mike Gambino Once again I am amazed at the poor and potentially damaging misinformation in regards to landscape lighting on public access message forums. One recent post titled 12V vs. 14V really made my blood boil because its truly the blind leading the blind. Here...
By Mike Gambino Recently I have noticed a disturbing trend where some dedicated landscape lighting companies have either reverted back to offering a more diverse range of services outside of landscape lighting in order for their business to survive or have gone out of business entirely. My...
By Mike Gambino At times I find myself explaining what goes on during a Gambino landscape lighting on site design consultation. The following is a very accurate description of the process and what one can expect to occur during a site meeting. Try not to go into...
By Mike Gambino The new original Garden Lighting book written by F.B. Nightingale, myself Mike Gambino and Mark Carlson will be available for sale early December. The cost of the 8 1/2” X 11” full color soft cover book will be $45 plus the cost of...
By Mike Gambino The arrival of the new original Garden Lighting book written by F.B. Nightingale, myself Mike Gambino and Mark Carlson has been delayed. Mark was erroneously notified that it had shipped 9 days ago. We have been trying to find out where the shipment...
By Mike Gambino The new original Garden Lighting book written by F.B. Nightingale, myself Michael A. Gambino and Mark A. Carlson will be available for sale late next week. The cost of the 8 1/2” X 11” full color soft cover book will be $45 plus...
