Gannon Electric Light.
For over three decades, Gannon Electric Light has served the finest homes in Los Angeles and San Francisco providing contemporary and innovative solutions for a wide range of landscape lighting needs. Our long-standing conviction of creating striking spectacles for those who entertain and calming sanctuaries for those who would rather decompress has withstood the test of time.
As the sun sets on a Gannon project, trees become sculptures, plants become incandescent points of light and pathways become inviting jaunts for proprietors and guests alike. For this reason, Gannon Electric Light is sought-out by the most refined Home-Owners, Architects and Garden Designers in California.
Glowing Reviews from Our Design Partners.
“To all the fans of Gannon Electric Light, I'm the son of a lighting director of movies, and a 50-year veteran of Landscape Garden Design and I have worked with many professional lighting companies. Gannon Electric Light is far and away the very best in its field than I can recommend highly enough, both: for their artistry and professionalism.”
— Jay Griffith, Jay Griffith Garden Design
“Your world will shine with John Gannon and his lighting creations. No one does it better”
— Doug Levy, Doug Levy Landscape Design
“Our landscape architecture practice has been collaborating with Gannon Electric Light for almost 30 years. It is always a pleasure to work with John and his remarkable and friendly team and to see the vision, skill and talent they bring to every project. Upon seeing their landscapes lit for the first time, the most frequent client comment has been regarding the magical quality the lighting has brought to the landscape. I appreciate it that John is always up for figuring out a way to accomplish custom light features that we dream up with our clients and I also appreciate their professionalism, dedicated work ethic, and direct and honest communication with us and with our clients. I trust Gannon Electric Light to work with us to add another dimension to our projects so our clients can enjoy stunning lighting for safe and beautiful night-time experiences in their landscapes!”
— Pamela Palmer, President
“I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with John some 35 years, since we both began our careers. And in all that time, on any project that I’ve had the authority to select the outdoor lighting designer, it’s been Gannon Electric Light. Their competence, of course, extends well beyond lighting to the latest technologies of home automation and outdoor heating. From the outset, I was impressed not only by John’s professional prowess - he is a superb electrician and problem solver - but his intelligence, wide range of interests, and most of all, his humanity. He has a tremendous gift for connecting with people. All of these ingredients went into making Gannon Electric Light the unique company it has become: attuned to its clients’ lives and personalities, creative and indefatigable in its execution, ever imaginative in its approach to outdoor living.
As a designer of gardens that tend toward the naturalistic, I’ve always appreciated John’s restraint and respect for light. He understands that night is about darkness too, mood and mystery as well as illumination — and that where light is concerned, it’s the phenomenon, not the fixture that’s most important. His subtle fiber optic work on stairs, innovative use of davit arms to cast light seemingly from out of space, and expert placement of fixtures make night feel as natural as day. His gardens become places in which you linger not just in the evening, but deep into the night.
Now, at a time when some of us are slowing down, John is passing the torch to the next generation: his daughter Audrey, whose formal design training complements the technical expertise that she’s developing, along with Carlos Campos, who also descends from a distinguished contracting background. They are learning from a master, who teaches from the ground up: the lessons and experience of forty years. A wonderful, talented and dedicated pair, just entering their prime, they are worthy inheritors of this legacy.”