The Landscaping Podcast

This episode is a chat I had on the Welcome Garden at this years Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show with Breana Graham, Iftikhar Ahmed and Paul Pritchard You can now sign up to The Landscaping School! It's live and ready for you to increase your landscaping skills. Head to TheLandscapingSchool.com where you'll find 6 separate courses, as well as a free course in pondless wate...

This episode is a chat I had on the Welcome Garden at this years Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show with Emma Doman, Iftikhar Ahmed and Ashley James You can now sign up to The Landscaping School! It's live and ready for you to increase your landscaping skills. Head to TheLandscapingSchool.com where you'll find 6 separate courses, as well as a free course in pondless waterfall...

In this episode I speak with Trent Cornish from Mari Group (formerly IMG) about what's happening at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show running from the 25th-29th March. You can now sign up to The Landscaping School! It's live and ready for you to increase your landscaping skills. Head to TheLandscapingSchool.com where you'll find 6 separate courses, as well as a free...

In this episode I speak with Jacob Hoey, a landscaper based in Sydney who works for CSF Landscapes. I was keen to get Jacob on to not only hear the point of view of an employee, particularly one who spent 1-2 years working for himself, but also to hear about what it's like working as a landscaper in London. You can follow Jacob on Instagram @jacob.hoey You can now sign up to The Landscaping S...

In this episode I speak with Andrew Whyte from Whyte Gardens, a design and construction company based in Melbourne.  In the chat Andrew talks about how he gets that little bit extra from his designers as well as why he loves marketing and how he's looking to learn more from it. You can follow Andrew on Instagram @whyte_gardens You can now sign up to The Landscaping School! It's live and...

In this episode I speak with Ross Uebergang, Jenn Reed and Rorie Clarke. Jenn and Rorie are from Urban Discovery and they're doing a unique garden at this years Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and leaning on Ross for his experience with Show Gardens. They've got an amazing story about what the garden will be and it's a great representaion of the work that they do, and...

In this episode I speak with Landscaping Victoria CEO Ritchie Hinton. Ritchie has been in the role for 2-3 years and it's clear from this chat that he's a great person to have in the role, based off of his previous experience and knowledge. He has a great message about appreciating what he learnt in some of his previous employment roles even though he wasn't enjoying them. He also s...

In this episode, brought to you by The Landscaping School(!), I speak with Josh Meaden from Joshua Tree Outdoor Construction, a landscape construction company based in Melbourne. Josh is a true construction artist and it was awesome to hear his story about how he wanted to leave school, his parents suggested he stay, and then he discovered a horticulture class, loved working with his hands and end...

In this episode I speak with Alannah Easton from Olivera Garden Design. Alannah is a Landscape architect based in Melbourne and it's a fascinating chat with her, hearing about the work she's doing in schools to get them interested and engaged in horticulture as well as hearing about Alannah's approach to and understanding of the way spaces are designed. She's also doing a Bouti...

In this episode I speak with Jayden Webber from Webber Landscapes, a landscape construction company based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Jayden also recently started a maintenance side of the business called Breezy Blooms Garden Co, so we talk about the reasons behind that and his plans for that business. We also talk about Jayden's experience working with a business coach, as he&ap...

In this episode I speak with Matt York from Ratio Consultants. Matt is a partner and Landscape Architect at Ratio and is one of the nice guys of the industry. It was a fascinating chat with Matt, from hearing about his journey in the industry and seeing how relevant it's all been to the work he's doing now, to hearing about what's he doing now, which is designing a city in Kenya whi...

In this episode I speak with Toby France from Exterior Architecture, a landscape architecture firm based in Sydney and on the Sunshine Coast. Toby started study and work in the UK and worked for some high end companies before moving to Australia, working for a few years here and then starting EA. He's also recently opened the Sunshine Coast office after moving there and is running both office...

In this episode, the final for 2025, I speak with Breana Graham from Breana Graham Landscapes, a landscape architecture/design business based in Sydney working on high end residential projects. Breana makes some great points in this chat about the importance of challenging the relationship between architect and builder so that they both improve. She also talks about the way she does her plant sche...

In this episode I catch with friend of the show, Peter Donegan from Peter Donegan Garden Design, a designer based in Ireland. I always love chatting with Peter and hearing the creativity behind his designs, and in this episode he talks about a couple of recent award victories, including one we're he'll be representing Europe. He also talks about his recent trip to a University in Turkey,...

In this episode I speak with Chris Varsamakis from Zorbas Gardens, a design, construction and maintenance business based just outside of Geelong in Teesdale.  Chris has gone from having his first horticultural job 3 years ago, to being a solo operator as recently as 14 months ago, to now having 7 full time employees as well as a couple of sub contractors on his books, so he's grown very quick...

In this episode I speak with Patrick Hudecek from Peak Project Group, a landscaping company based in Mansfield, Victoria building high end landscapes in the high country. Patrick initially started the business himself, and around 12 months ago had two other team members come on board as partners in the business, and he explains why it's working so well in the partnership. He also explains how...

In this episode I speak with Tim Hanna from Hanna Digital Design, a design company based in Vietnam who convert 2D designs into stunning 3D renders as well as doing elevation drawings. Tim talks about how he started his apprenticeship in Parks and Gardens in Melbourne, working in garden maintenance for a couple of big name businesses before starting out on his own and having up to 6 employees, and...

In this episode I speak with Natalie Back from Living Earth Design. Natalie is a landscape designer based in Melbourne and while only early into her design career, it's clear she has a great business mind and there's plenty to learn from her in this episode. She talks about how valuable it's been being part of Landscaping Victoria's mentor program, where she's being mentor...

In this episode I catch up again with Amy Downie from the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Amy was last on about 6 months ago on episode 236 and she spoke about how at the Botanic Gardens, she works on escarpment horticulture, and that she was hopeful of one day going on a trip where they'd need to climb on a 300m cliff to get the seeds of an endangered Eucalypt, Eucalyptus stenostoma. Well s...

In this episode I answer some questions asked via Instagram. Regular episodes will return next week If 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 @thelandscapingpodcast You can view each episode on our YouTube channel

In this episode I speak with Tyler Howard. Tyler is a horticulturist based in NSW and is an extremely knowledgeable fella, so much so that he was awarded the AIH Horticulturist Of The Year for 2025 by the Australian Institute of Horticulture. He's also been a recipient of the Global Footprints Scholarship where he travelled overseas to work on some of the world's best gardens, and create...

In this episode I speak with Amy Drought from Greencare Project. Amy works as a horticulturist at Greencare and has done for a little over 6 months. She started her passion for the industry hanging out with her dad in their productive permaculture garden at home and has built on the passion from there, getting her certificate in horticulture, planning on getting one in Parks and Gardens and also L...

In this episode I speak with Vic Jones from Smove Studio, a landscape design company based in Melbourne.  Vic previously worked for past guest Nadia from Platylobium before achieving her goal of starting a business before she turned 25, which she turned last Monday. Even though Vic only started the business in February this year, some 8 months ago, there's some great advice to learn from her...

In this episode I speak with Emma Doman from Emma Doman Design. Emma is a landscape architect based in Brisbane, but works on projects all around Australia. She started out working in the commercial area of landscape architecture, and after 17 years there, made the move to residential when she started her business, two weeks prior to her second child being born! Emma talks about the differences be...

In this episode I speak with Tim Fogarty, one of two directors at Loci Landscapes, a design, construction and maintenance company based in Tasmania who focus solely on using Australian native plants. Loci Landscapes existed prior to Tim joining the business, so we discuss how thie business looked when Tim joined compared to now, roughly 3-4 years later, and we also discuss what Tim was doing in th...