The Landscaping Podcast

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 inc...

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...

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 ...

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 sayin...

In this episode I speak with BJ Wallace from Into the Green Podcast, who also is the founder of the Lawn and Land Equip Expo, and green industry expo he started a couple of years ago after the passing of his daughter Ella, to thank the industry for the support his family received after Ella's passing. I wanted to speak to BJ not only about the expo, which is coming up on the Gold Coast on the 1st of August, but also about the Podcast Royale which he'll be involved in, which is a boxing even...