A Podcast where landscaper Joel Barnett of InStyle Gardens, chats with other people within the landscaping/green industry. We chat with Landscape designers, lan...
In this special edition episode, I speak with 20 different people involved in designing and building the show gardens at the 2025 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.It's a great episode to listen to to get a better understanding of the special meanings and inspiration behind some of the gardens, whether attending the show or not.0:00 - Intro3:16 - Trent Cornish - IMG10:28 - Rob Cooper - Distinctive Gardens16:53 - Matt York - Ratio24:09 - Brent Reid - Candeo31:44 - Ben Hutchison - Ben Hutchison Landscapes36:05 - Adam Hompas - Adam Hompas Landscapes39:52 - Paul Pritchard - Paul Pritchard Landscape Design44:19 - Jason Hodges - Buxus Balls of Berry50:04 - Scott Latham - Latham Landscapes55:51 - Aaron - Timeless Outdoors59:25 - Kaz Krasovskis - Kaz Krasovskis Landscape Design1:04:27 - Liam - EarthCore Landscapes1:06:59 - Jocelyn Bennett - EarthCore Landscapes1:10:05 - Carla Perry - Carla Perry Gardens1:15:42 - Riley - Lonepine Landscapes1:20:15 Grahame Rowe - Better Homes and Gardens1:26:36 - Jake - Go Landscaping1:29:44 - Ash Walker - Ash Walker Gardening1:32:21 - Bayley Luutomes - Bayley Luutomes Design1:37:46 - Mitch - Bespoke LandscapesIf you're wanting to sign up to be on the mailing list for The Landscaping School, you can find the link here.You can follow along with the projects we're currently working on via our Instagram page@instyle_gardens@thelandscapingpodcastYou can view each episode on our YouTube channel
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Episode 232 - Luke Smith - Moqo App
In this episode I speak with Luke Smith, not only from Silverstone Gardening and the Australian Lawn and Garden Podcast, but he's also now the founder of Moqo App, an app for lawn mowing/maintenance contractors.We talk about the origin of the app and what it does, as well as talking about what he's up to with his maintenance business, and how his business course is going, now that it's almost been out for a year.You can follow Luke on Instagram @moqo_app , @theaustralianlawnandgardenpod and @silverstonegardeningIf you're wanting to sign up to be on the mailing list for The Landscaping School, you can find the link here.You can follow along with the projects we're currently working on via our Instagram page@instyle_gardens@thelandscapingpodcastYou can view each episode on our YouTube channel
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Episode 231 - Remi Willems - Remi The Gardener
In this episode I speak with Remi Willems, a gardener based in regional Victoria who spent 6 years working at Paul Bangay's Stonefields.Remi has a great story of his first gardening memory, and also has plenty of insights into the high end maintenance he's work in his whole career.He has great plans to coach people to do the same work he does, so it'll be great to following along with his career and see it take off.You can follow Remi on Instagram @remi_the_gardenerIf you're wanting to sign up to be on the mailing list for The Landscaping School, you can find the link here.You can follow along with the projects we're currently working on via our Instagram page@instyle_gardens@thelandscapingpodcastYou can view each episode on our YouTube channel
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Episode 230 - Mike Andes - Augusta Lawn Care
In this episode I speak with Mike Andes, founder of Augusta Lawn Care. Mike started his business early, and has grown it significantly, to now have 100+ franchises in North America, as well as one in Melbourne.Mike is big on systems within business, and also employs P4P in them, which is Pay for performance, where the employees receive a profit share based on performance.Mike also talks about the CoPilot CRM he uses for the business, and we also briefly touch on the future of robotic mowers.You can follow Mike on Instagram @themikeandesIf you're wanting to sign up to be on the mailing list for The Landscaping School, you can find the link here.You can follow along with the projects we're currently working on via our Instagram page@instyle_gardens@thelandscapingpodcastYou can view each episode on our YouTube channel
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Episode 229 - Rob Cooper - Distinctive Gardens
In this episode I speak with Rob Cooper from Distinctive Gardens. Rob is a landscape designer based in South Australia, and only recently stopped doing construction within his business.He's heading a South Australian team, alongside Yergan Landscape and Desert Flower Landscapes, to design and build a garden at this years MIFGS, so we talk plenty about that.We also talk about Rob's process of communicating with contractors who are going to build his projects so that both they, and the client win.You can follow Rob on Instagram @distinctivegardens_landscapingIf you're wanting to sign up to be on the mailing list for The Landscaping School, you can find the link here.You can follow along with the projects we're currently working on via our Instagram page@instyle_gardens@thelandscapingpodcastYou can view each episode on our YouTube channel
A Podcast where landscaper Joel Barnett of InStyle Gardens, chats with other people within the landscaping/green industry. We chat with Landscape designers, landscape builders, garden maintenance folks, nursery folks, and anyone else within this awesome industry!
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