Garry Ashton

Aussie LawnStars

Business EN ↓ 308 episodes

Welcome to Aussie LawnStars, The freshcut LawncastWe are all about the legends, and cowboys, Aussie seasons and grasses and products. We share the stories and product reviews, helping you make your business successful.

Author

Garry Ashton

Category

Business

Podcast website

aussielawnstars.libsyn.com

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

Michael Carroll's story, only took me 12 months to pin him down 02.10.2022

Join Michael Carroll today as we talk about his experience and acquisition of larger commercial contracts.

Anthony Hahn explains the West coast 25.09.2022

Anthony Hahn has been running his business for two seasons but his insight into success, cylinder mowing and different customer needs is well worth listening to. Check out Momentum mowing on instagram, facebook, and his website www.momentummowing.com.au

Daniel Barna knows which way to skin his cat 18.09.2022

Daniel Barna runs a great business in QLD. Tune into his episode to get insight into the way he runs his business.

Tim Samuel in the dungeon 11.09.2022

Tim Samuel lives and works on the Central Coast NSW. He has a successful business with several employees and he has a lot of experience to share.

Prosper Financial is supporting Aussie LawnStars 04.09.2022

Prosper Financial is offering the listeners of Aussie LawnStars a free consultation, and they are supporting the podcast with any listeners that sign up with their services. If you are starting a new business or already running a business and want to review your business structure and start strategically planning with the experts, contact Prosper Financial on 0249773363, mention you are a listener...

Accountants offer us insight and planning for business growth 28.08.2022

Join Adrian and Charles from Prosper Financial as we talk about business planning and utilising an accountant to gain insight into the business planning and growth.

From Bank manager to Lawncare business Matthew Wandmaker 21.08.2022

Matthew began his business as a frachisee and now he has gone independent, but he has no gripe against the franchise model.  He has certainly proven that you can make what you want from a lawncare business.

Adam Ratcliffe from car sales to lawncare business 14.08.2022

Adam left the Car yards for a lawncare business.  we discuss working around other priorities, running a business that works for you, and... Lets talk about the new EGO blower and compare it with two of the industry leading battery backpack blowers along with a few others for good measure.

Stewart Marfleet mows from his wheelchair 07.08.2022

Stewart Marfleet suffered severe injuries in a 4wding accident that left him a paraplegic. Following this he has accumulated extensive experience working as a mechanic in remote regions in the Northern Territory before returning to Bundaberg and making a start in the lawn mowing industry. Brendan King helped raise awareness and funds for Stewart to get him started.

West Aus Entrepreneur Andrew Thomson from Busselton 31.07.2022

Andrew Thomson has built a quality business where employees and teams deliver to the local shire and commercial sector. In West Australia that means a lot of cylinder mowing with large area grounds mowers and even the Gianni Ferrari.

Tom Hazeldine is helping new people into the industry 24.07.2022

Tom has run his own successful business, and made mistakes. Now he helps others with the things you need to now to run a great independent lawncare business.    

Ash Smithers new business and great support network 17.07.2022

Ash Smithers has been in business for two year and he has some great life experience to share with us about the industry he came from and the support he has in lawn care within his local community

West Australian Cylinder expert Thomas Riedel 10.07.2022

Thomas Riedel knows cylinder mowing and West Australian conditions at expert level.  He shares a ton of information about the mowing conditions and equipment and work in WA.

Andy B's got a similar story to me 03.07.2022

Andy B shares a lot of similarities to my story.  listen in as we talk about lifestyle, life choices and running a business while balancing life.

Richard Hogan's Robotic Lawn Mowers 26.06.2022

Richard Hogan lives in Mackay QLD and runs a lawn care business that successfully uses robotic lawn mowers as a part of the service for his customers. Visit @tech_no_mow on instagram

Safa from Garden Maintenance and Care 19.06.2022

Safa from @garden_maintenance_and_care shares about her garden and lawn maintenance business. Not only is it great to see more women out there running their own business, but in this episode we can see that stereotypes of all types should not be, and definitely should not stop us connecting with others. Most of us will share similar experiences as we listen to Safa and appreciate what she has buil...

Adam Vinnicombe's story 12.06.2022

Adam Vinnicombe shares how he started without any community support and the struggles he had with his health. LMCA and Aussie Lawn Contractors have given so much to our industry through creating community

Trimax Mowing Systems 05.06.2022

Michael shares with us about his family business that manufactures Flail and rotary, wide area mower decks. Trimax is a New Zealand based company with a big product representation in Australia, the USA and around the globe. https://trimaxmowers.com.au/

Sandy Fairbanks on your mental health 29.05.2022

Sandy Fairbanks runs a part time business in lawn care and works as a mental health professional. She has recognised the need to find balance which she shares how she does this and a number of suggestions for us all to help find a better balance. link mentioned in the show https://someone.health

EGO powertools Barry Crowhurst 22.05.2022

Barry Crowhurst operates Chervon Australia which is the sole distributor for EGO powertools in Australia. We talk about the history in australia, the tool range and the battery technology that EGO has developed. Keep an eye on the range of products that they are releasing over the next few months.

Keith Kalfas walks us through growing business 15.05.2022

Keith Kalfas has been the light on the hill for many of us, sharing helpful and heartfelt advice from years of his own experiences and mistakes. If you are new to business, or struggling to handle an increase in work, Keith has a wealth of wisdom to help you. Please check out Keith's podcast 'The Untrapped Podcast with Keith Kalfas' https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-untrapped-podcast-with-...

Conrad Brookman the Electric Lawn pioneer 08.05.2022

Conrad Brookman launched one of the first Australian battery powered lawn care businesses. He has run several brands of battery tools and talks to us about his business change over time.

Sean from Blade Mate Lawn Care 01.05.2022

Sean has a unique story from the Defence Forces to a unique business model and finding balance with family, work and life. https://www.youtube.com/c/BladeMateLawnCare

Andrew Tulloch ART Landscape Tools 24.04.2022

Andrew Tulloch has run a successful landscape maintenance company and is now managing three business opportunities which help his balance and lifestyle. If you are looking for Green Touch racks in Australia Andrew is the person to talk to. https://www.artlandscapetools.com.au/  

Ian Stathers, rocks the rough stuff 17.04.2022

Ian Stathers has been in business longer than a lot of us can remember. His experiences in mowing and business and life are so interesting and it is clear he has done a lot to help the industry.

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