The Landscaping Podcast

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Nov 2026

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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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November 8, 2026Episode 3850 min

Episode 308 - Eugene Klay - Klaycon Landscape Construction

This episode was sponsored by askWillow, an AI job quoting tool created by landscapers specifically for landscapers. - Join free: community.askwillow.ai/communities/groups/the-landscapers-corner/home - Try Ask Willow free for 14 days: app.askwillow.ai - Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/askwillow - Follow on YouTube: youtube.com/@askWillow The personality test can be found here The Landscape Leader Profile — free 12-question test | Ask Willow In this episode I speak with Eugene Klay from Klaycon Landscape Construction, a landscaping company based in Melbourne. I've come across Eugene plenty of times at MIFGS or Landscaping Victoria events and always found him to be a guy hungry for knowledge, and he's started out his business well, getting his building licence earlier than most and also being involved in two builds at MIFGS where he credits plenty of his early work sources. You can follow Eugene on Instagram @klaycon_lc 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

November 1, 2026Episode 371 hr 0 min

Episode 307 - Anthony and Laura Antoun - Mr and Ms Group

This episode was sponsored by askWillow, an AI job quoting tool created by landscapers specifically for landscapers. - Join free: community.askwillow.ai/communities/groups/the-landscapers-corner/home - Try Ask Willow free for 14 days: app.askwillow.ai - Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/askwillow - Follow on YouTube: youtube.com/@askWillow The personality test can be found here The Landscape Leader Profile — free 12-question test | Ask Willow In this episode I speak with Anthony and Laura Antoun from Mr and Ms Group, and landscape company based in Sydney. It was great to hear their story about how they started, both working in different jobs until Covid happened and put them both out of work, so they started their own maintenance business which has turned into their current business. They're doing plenty right in the early days of business so its a great episode to listen to and learn from. You can follow Anthony and Laura on Instagram @mrandmsgroup 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

October 25, 2026Episode 3654 min

Episode 306 - Steve and Ruby Hemley - Hemley Landscapes

This episode was sponsored by askWillow, an AI job quoting tool created by landscapers specifically for landscapers. - Join free: community.askwillow.ai/communities/groups/the-landscapers-corner/home - Try Ask Willow free for 14 days: app.askwillow.ai - Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/askwillow - Follow on YouTube: youtube.com/@askWillow The personality test I mention in this episode can be found here The Landscape Leader Profile — free 12-question test | Ask Willow In this episode I speak with Steve and Ruby Hemley from Hemley Landscapes, a landscape construction company based in Melbourne. They're another great example of how business partnerships can be successful when the partners have different skillsets. It was also great to hear them early in the episode talk about the value and importance of reflecting on what you've achieved while also having a continuous improvement mindset. You can follow Steve and Ruby on Instagram @hemleylandscapes 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

October 18, 2026Episode 351 hr 14 min

Episode 305 - Matt Whitehouse - Whitehouse Concrete and Carpentry

This episode was sponsored by askWillow, an AI job quoting tool created by landscapers specifically for landscapers. - Join free: community.askwillow.ai/communities/groups/the-landscapers-corner/home - Try Ask Willow free for 14 days: app.askwillow.ai - Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/askwillow - Follow on YouTube: youtube.com/@askWillow In this episode I speak with Matt Whitehouse from Whitehouse Concrete and Carpentry. Matt is based in Tasmania and was brought up in my conversation with Johnny Zambelis when I mentioned I'd come across someone who did fluted concrete on a project and it looked really cool. Found out it was Matt, and he was good enough to come on the podcast for what is one of my favourite episodes! You can follow Matt on Instagram @whitehouse_concrete_carpentry 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

October 11, 2026Episode 341 hr 10 min

Episode 304 - Xavier and Yasmin Schaff - Alchemy Landscaping and askWillow

In this episode I speak with Xavier and Yasmin Schaff, a husband and wife from Victoria where Xavier is a co-owner of Alchemy Landscaping and Yasmin is the creator of askWillow, an AI quoting app made purely for landscapers. It was great getting to talk to Xavier about his business and I found there were a lot of similarities between the way he's gone about things compared to me, and then hearing about the app he and Yasmin have developed, based off of the challenges and sticking points Xavier has come across in his business, made me excited to understand more about it. If you are interested in anything you heard on this episode, the best place to start is The Landscaper’s Corner - a free community built for landscape business owners. Real conversations about pricing, staff, clients, and job management. No negativity, no fluff. Just honest people sharing what’s working and what isn’t. - Join free: community.askwillow.ai/communities/groups/the-landscapers-corner/home - Try Ask Willow free for 14 days: app.askwillow.ai - Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/askwillow - Follow on YouTube: youtube.com/@askWillow 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

October 4, 2026Episode 331 hr 24 min

Episode 303 - Craig Turner - Echuca Shepparton Plant Farm

In this episode I speak with Craig Turner from Echuca Shepparton Plant Farm. Craig owns the nurseries with his wife Kate, as well as their landscape design business and tree farm, so they're quite busy! I loved chatting to Craig and hearing how he started out, as well as hearing about how all of his various businesses have started. You can follow Craig on Instagram @echucasheppartonplantfarm 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

September 27, 2026Episode 3250 min

Episode 302 - Debbie Laporte - Orterra Design

In this episode I speak with Debbie Laporte from Orterra Design, a Landscape Architecture company based in Brisbane who has now branched out into a whole home service with Orterra Home. Debbie now offers Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture all under the one roof, so I wanted to find out the story behind where it all began. You can follow Debbie on Instagram @orterradesign and @orterrahome 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

September 20, 2026Episode 3159 min

Episode 301 - Jason Martino - Etch Landscape Design

In this episode I speak with Jason Martino from Etch Landscape Design, a landscape design business based in NSW who works predominantly around the South Coast and Southern Highlands. I loved hearing Jason's origin story about how he started in landscape design straight out of school and also did additional study in landscape construction to get a better understanding of the industry as a whole. He also talks about the challenges of different design programs and explains to me what a DA is that's required on some projects. You can follow Jason on Instagram @etch.landscape.design 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

September 13, 2026Episode 3058 min

Episode 300 - Julian Ford - Epic Gardener

In this episode I speak with Julian Ford from Epic Gardener. Julian works with his partner in the business where they rescue and transplant advanced feature trees from their Brisbane base, including Grass Trees, Dragon Trees, Palms and Olives, amongst others. I loved hearing how, even though he's only been in the industry a short time, Julian has an obvious passion for the industry and for the unique trees he moves around. You can follow Julian on Instagram @the_epicgardener 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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

September 6, 2026Episode 2955 min

Episode 299 - Johnny Zambelis - Zambelis Concrete Artistry

In this episode I speak with Johnny Zambelis from Zambelis Concrete Artistry. Johnnny is a concreter who does bespoke architectural concrete around Victoria and also runs workshops teaching people to do the same, one of which I'll be attending in November. I loved hearing how organic it was for Johnny's business to develop, doing a job for one friend, then another, then a friend of a friend and it continued to grow purely based off referrals and Instagram. He also mentions a great saying he heard from a former employer "Nothing's hard if you know how to do it" You can follow Johnny on Instagram @zambelisconcreteartistry 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 construction. You can also bundle 4 courses together and only pay for 3 and now I've also added The BIG Bundle, which is all 6 courses for the price of 4! Check it out! 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