Episode 238 - Jackie Warburton - Terra Solarus

In this episode I speak with Jackie Warburton from Terra Solarus. Jackie is a horticulturist, garden designer and columnist with the City News Canberra and is a super passionate person in the industry, so was a lot of fun to chat to.

She has a great story about starting out maintaining a property in the early days of her career, and now recently being employed to re-design the garden to bring it back to it's former glory.

She also has some great bits of advice in this episode about staying in your lane and doing what you do best, as well as the fact that if someone wants something that she doesn't like to provide, she's not the gardener for them.

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Episode 237 - Shaun Gerring - Pure Turf Lawns and Gardens

In this episode I speak with Shaun Gerring from Pure Turf Lawns and Gardens, a lawn and garden maintenance business operated solely by Shaun in Geelong.

Shaun has looked after about 7 of the projects we've built, so I can attest to the quality of work he does, and it was great to get him on to hear where his journey started.

He talks about having to do work on Air Tasker in the early days until he had built up enough work to be more selective and start targeting the high end projects he wanted to work on.

He received some great advice from a previous employer about pushing boundaries, and continues to do that today, while importantly communicating with his clients.

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Episode 236 - Amy Downie - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

In this episode I speak with Amy Downie, a horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne.

I was excited to talk to Amy to learn about escarpment horticulture, which she's involved with, and it was as fascinating a chat as I had hoped!

She recently presented at a Botanic Gardens Conference in Singapore about escarpment horticulture, and her passion for her job is infectious, so she was a joy to speak with.

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Episode 235 - Shannon Blackbourn - Panacea Landscapes

In this episode I speak with Shannon Blackbourn from Panacea Landscapes, a landscaping and maintenance business based in Canberra. 

Shannon has been involved in gardens at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show the past three years, coming 1st and 3rd in the Balcony Garden competition the last two years.

Shannon talks about how she's obtained some business/accounting advice recently to make sure she's on the right track, which I think is a great thing to do being only 4 years into running the business.

We also talk about the places Shannon worked and studied prior to starting Panacea Landscapes, and a recurring theme I noticed is that Shannon still keeps in contact with many of the people she worked and studied with, which is awesome.

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Episode 234 - Daniel Taylor - Taylor'd Waterscapes

In this episode I speak with Daniel Taylor from Taylor'd Waterscapes, a waterscape and landscape construction company based on the Sunshine Coast.

Daniel initially started out working for several landscape companies before starting with Patrick from Waterscapes Australia and finding his passion in aquascaping, working with him for 4-5 years and then starting Taylor'd Waterscapes.

Danie has been to the USA as part of his role as a CAC (Certified Aquascape Contractor) and also recenty spent time in Namibia working on what sounds like an insane water feature.

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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 @silverstonegardening

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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.

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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 @themikeandes

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