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Gardco
Gardco is represented in South Florida by SESCO Lighting — that is my line. If you are specifying it here, call me on 786-395-1222 and I will price it and see it through submittal.
Need Gardco priced, or just need to know if we can get it? Send the schedule or ask us a question. No charge for a takeoff.
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About Gardco
Gardco was founded in 1961 in San Francisco and is now a Signify brand sold through Genlyte Solutions. Its reputation was built on specification-grade outdoor lighting — the company pioneered the shoebox area luminaire, faceted optics and true cutoff designs, which is most of the vocabulary a site-lighting photometric plan still uses.
The current range covers site and area lighting, garage and canopy luminaires, wall mounts, bollards, floodlights, poles and brackets, plus solar and landscape products. The PureForm family is deliberately broad: area, post top, wall sconce and bollard versions share one visual language, so a parking lot, an entry drive and a pedestrian path can be lit from one family without mismatched hardware.
That matters in South Florida, where site lighting has to clear the photometric requirements at the property line, survive salt air and wind, and still look deliberate from the street. Gardco publishes Comfort optics for glare control and Precision optics for efficiency, and its Service Tag QR system lets a facilities crew identify a fixture years later without hunting for the original submittal.
- Founded: 1961, originally San Francisco
- Owner: Signify, sold through Genlyte Solutions
- Categories: site and area, garage and canopy, wall mount, bollards, floodlights, poles and brackets, solar, landscape
- Families: PureForm (area, post top, wall sconce, bollard), GeoForm, OptiForm, SoftView parking garage
- Optics: Comfort optics for glare control, Precision optics for efficiency
- Typical projects: parking lots and garages, campuses, retail centres, office sites, pedestrian paths
Getting Gardco on your job
Gardco is carried on the South Florida line card of SESCO Lighting. That is what decides who can sell it to you: lighting manufacturers appoint one representative per territory, and the rep for your job site is the one that matters — not the one nearest the manufacturer.
For a project inside our service area, send us the fixture schedule and we will price the Gardco lines with everything else, handle the submittals and stage delivery to the site.
Where we can supply it
| County | Can we supply | Territory held by |
|---|---|---|
| Broward County | Yes | SESCO Lighting |
| Miami-Dade County | Yes | SESCO Lighting |
| Palm Beach County | Yes | SESCO Lighting |
| Monroe County | Yes | SESCO Lighting |
| Martin County | Not on this line | — |
| St. Lucie County | Not on this line | — |
| Indian River County | Not on this line | — |
| Okeechobee County | Not on this line | — |
Representative agency
| Manufacturer site | genlyte.com |
|---|---|
| SESCO Lighting | 6250 Coral Ridge Drive, Suite 200, Coral Springs, FL 33076 sescolighting.com |
Line card data read from the representative agency’s own published South Florida line card. Territories and line cards change — if you are working to a deadline, call the project desk and we will confirm before you specify.
Also on this line card
Quoting Gardco?
Send the fixture schedule or the drawings. You will get a line-by-line price and current lead times, usually within one business day.
Request a Project Quote Call 786-395-1222Job outside South Florida?
Some of our lines ship nationwide, and some are held by a different agency in your territory. Tell us where the job is and we will tell you which applies to Gardco — and name the rep for your area either way. No charge, no catch.
Manufacturer
Building outside South Florida? Gardco publishes its own representative locator — use it to find the agency holding the line in your territory.
Why ask me about it
Twenty years specifying lighting in this market, on the rep side of the desk. I know which lines hold a spec, which ones slip on lead time, and what the substitution is going to be when value engineering starts.
Common questions about Gardco
Who handles Gardco in South Florida?
I represent this line in South Florida — if you are specifying it here, call me on 786-395-1222 and I will price it, chase samples and drawings, and keep it on the schedule through submittal.
What do we quote from the Gardco line?
Most often outdoor and landscape fixtures. That is what we see on jobs, not the whole catalogue. If you need something from Gardco that is not listed there, send the model numbers and we will check it.
Can you supply Gardco outside South Florida?
Not outside South Florida. This line is ours for Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. For a job elsewhere we will point you to the representative who holds it in that territory, or offer a comparable line we can ship you.
How do I get pricing on Gardco?
The quote form takes drawings, a fixture schedule or a plain list of catalogue numbers. Expect a line-by-line price and current lead times, usually within one business day, at no cost.
What is Gardco known for?
Specification-grade outdoor and site lighting. Gardco pioneered the shoebox area luminaire, faceted optics and cutoff designs, and the brand is still specified mostly for parking areas, garages, campuses and pedestrian lighting.
What is the Gardco PureForm family?
PureForm is a single design family that spans area luminaires, post tops, wall sconces and bollards. Using one family across a site means the pole heads, the entry sconces and the path bollards read as one system rather than as three separate purchases.
Who owns Gardco?
Signify. The brand is sold in North America through Genlyte Solutions, a Signify business.
What is the difference between Comfort and Precision optics?
Comfort optics are shaped to reduce glare, which is what you want along a pedestrian path or where a site borders residential property. Precision optics are shaped for efficiency and reach, which suits open parking fields where pole count is the cost driver.
More lines we carry
Categories: outdoor landscape lighting
Also on our line card: Garden Light LED · GigaTera · FX Luminaire · Fonroche Lighting
Ask us about Gardco
Not ready for a full quote? Ask the question. Whether we can get a particular item, what the lead time looks like, or whether there is something comparable we can ship you. We usually come back the same business day.
Or call 786-395-1222, Monday to Friday, nine to five. If you have drawings or a fixture schedule to attach, use the quote form instead. For a whole project we handle fixture takeoffs, submittals and procurement across the line card.