This week I speak with Renee Reiter from Invidia Landscapes. Renee is a designer working in and around Melbourne.
Although already working in the "Green Industry" straight from school, Renee decided to head back to school in her early 30's to study design as a mature aged student and started Invidia Landscapes from there.
She was recently involved in the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show so we discussed what that was like and the success she's experienced from it.
Renee also mentions how she got a bit caught up in the whirlwind of starting the business and having plenty of work coming in, so she took a breath and realised the direction she wanted to head, and did it.
You can follow along with Renee on Instagram @invidialandscapes
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You can view each episode on our YouTube channel or on our website
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The Landscaping Podcast Ep49 - Bruce Winstanley - Great Ocean Pools
In this episode I speak with an icon of the industry in Bruce Winstanley of Great Ocean Pools and Winstanley Landscapes.
Bruce was a late starter in the industry but has had a huge impact on the professionalism and profitability for fellow landscapers through educating not only his employees, but also anyone in the industry who's wise enough to listen.
Bruce has a great acronym that he measures his overall success by using WHIRL (Wages, Health, Investments, Relationships, Lifestyle) and goes into detail about this in the episode.
He has also had up to 13 employees at one stage, so I ask him about what that was like compared to lower numbers.
You can follow along with Bruce on Instagram @greatoceanpools
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The Landscaping Podcast - Ep48 - Andrew Smith - Warners Nursery
This week I speak with Andrew Smith from Warners Nursery in Melbourne.
Andrew has worked at Warners since he left school 36 years ago, and shares some of the tips in this episode about how Warners is so good at retaining staff.
Warners are also a significant contributor to the success of The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show each year, and Andrew is hugely involved in that too, so he explains some of the benefits of being involved.
Andrew is also one of the great plant nerds, so there's a bit of plant chat too.
You can follow Andrew on his personal Instagram page @andrewsmithwarners and you can follow the nursery @warnersnurseries
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This week I speak with Tom Humphrey from Landscapists in Berry, New South Wales. Tom is one of four directors at Landscapists, and last week I spoke with Lloyd Sharpe who's one of the other directors there.
Tom controls the office/design side of the business and has an interesting and varied path to get to where he is today, including working in garden maintenance, remedial building, studying art and travelling to the UK, before coming back to New South Wales.
Tom shares advice on the benefits of trying new things as well as being able to take constructive criticism, a skill which he learnt while studying art, where it's a normal part of the learning.
Lloyd mentioned Tom was one of the smartest people he knows in a landscaping sense, and it's clear to see why after speaking with him.
You can follow along with Tom's work on Instagram @landscapists.co and see the Oak Robot here
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The Landscaping Podcast - Ep46 - Lloyd Sharpe - Landscapists
In this episode I speak with Lloyd Sharpe of Landscapists, a landscape design, construction and maintenance company based in Berry, New South Wales.
Lloyd is one of of four directors of Landscapists and is in charge of the construction side of the business, and on next week's episode I'll be speaking with the director who looks after the design side of the business, Tom Humphrey.
Lloyd explains how and why Landscapists started as well as what he was doing prior to then, and we also discuss some of the amazing Tik Tok/Reels that Lloyd has posted along with his employees and how much fun they have while at work and the benefits of it.
You can see the Tik Tok's @lloydsharpe or on Instagram @lloydsharpe_ and follow along with the landscaping @landscapists.co
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The Landscaping Podcast - Ep45 - Mitch Kushturian - Exotic Living
In this weeks episode I speak with Mitch Kushturian of Exotic Living in Sydney.
Exotic Living do Landscaping design and construction, but also Carpentry and Garden Maintenance, and while Mitch runs the Landscaping and Design side of the business, his brother runs the Carpentry and their best mate runs the maintenance. So we discuss how that all works.
We also talk about Mitch's two times working on The Block. And Mitch explains how when he started out, he had a particular type of project he wanted to be working on, and just three years into the business, he's doing just that.
You can follow along with Mitch's work on Instagram @exoticliving_syd
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The Landscaping Podcast - Ep44 - Mon Palmer - Bare Cabo
In this episode I speak with Mon Palmer from Bare Cabo based in Perth. Mon also has a number of other business she runs including SGO Outdoor Showers, a luxury accommodation experience called Sebatikel, and she also runs a SkethUp course. So she's clearly knowledgeable about business and shares some tips in this chat, including that she's still learning despite being in business for more than a decade.
We discuss the benefits of starting out how Mon did in construction, prior to moving to design. And Mon also shares how she decided to run her businesses based on her passions, which lead her to not just designing outdoor spaces, but interiors as well.
You can follow along with Mon's various businesses at @Mon_Palmer , @BareCabo , @SGOoutdoorshower , @Sebatikel
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The Landscaping Podcast - Ep43 - Dan Foreman - Danscapes
In this episode I speak with Dan Foreman from Danscapes.
Dan is a landscaper and designer based in Melbourne and we've had this chat planned for a few months, but I wanted to wait until he'd built one of the show gardens at this years Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show before chatting to him. The garden he was construction manager for won the Mark Bence Construction Award.
Dan seems like one of those people nobody could say a bad word about and I've had a smile on my face every time I've spoken to him. He's a lot of fun to talk to so hopefully that translates through this episode.
There's a couple of great business tips Dan learnt from not only working for himself, but also for other landscapers including a couple of larger commercial companies.
You can follow along with Dan on Instagram @foreman5155
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