Self confessed 'plant nerd' Andrew Smith talks all things Horticulture and his 35 years working at Warners Nurseries.  

Find out how Andrew's love of plants commenced at a really early age - he recalls some great stories of being part of different plant clubs whilst still at school.     He also provides advice on the things individuals can do to get into the industry and shares why he loves being part of trade shows, especially MIFGS (but not necessarily the 5am starts!)

When it comes to successful planting, he discusses the key things you need to consider, and it's these helpful tips that will help save your company, and your clients, time, money and effort in the long run.

Email [email protected] if you've got a question or a suggestion for a topic you’d like Chris and Tyson to chat about on ‘The Front Garden’. 

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This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

Ollie Stephens from Hungry Wolf talks about his meteorical rise from a supermarket register operator to becoming a concreter highly regarded in the landscaping industry. 

As concrete started to enter homes through floating stairs and BBQ benches, Ollie capitalised on the boom in social media, in particular Instagram, to grow his business and explore interesting and unique ways to utilise concrete for that designer look in delivering striking landscapes elements like cantilevered benches and polished benchtops. 

Driven by satisfaction over profit, Ollie shares his thoughts on how to best help clients achieve their dream spaces, how to manage staff levels to create the best business model, the beauty that can be found in cracks, and the importance of formwork when working with concrete which, once set, can be a very unforgiving material.  

Email [email protected] if you've got a question or a suggestion for a topic you’d like Chris and Tyson to chat about on ‘The Front Garden’. 

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

Our Hosts Chris Weiss and Tyson Owen share their experiences of lessons learnt throughout their careers and discuss how, as a business owner, that the way you respond to the challenges you face will shape the future success of your business.  

From using new contractors to taking on jobs 'just a little bit' out of your capability, or the best way to set up your teams on site, tune in as Chris and Tyson illustrate that the best way to learn is from your mistakes (unfortunately!)

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

In this episode of 'The Front Garden', Chris Weiss and Tyson Owen, have a chat with Lisa Ellis from Lisa Ellis Gardens about how she happened upon the Landscaping industry, the challenges of operating within a predominantly male dominant industry and industry specific challenges in general. 

With a successful career in marketing to a Graduate Diploma in Horticulture, Lisa speaks with passion, pride and joy of building beautiful tangible outdoor spaces of escape.  Together, they cover everything from the difference between hard and soft Landscaping, Landscaping Builder vs. Designer and the importance of collaboration, negotiation and client management.  
Email [email protected] if you've got a question or a suggestion for a topic you’d like Chris and Tyson to chat about on ‘The Front Garden’. 

Meanwhile, don’t forget to subscribe to your favourite podcast app to get the latest episodes of ‘The Front Garden’.

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

Chris Weiss and Tyson Owen, together with Andrew Grasby, Managing Director of Super Gardens and current President of Landscaping Victoria discuss smashing through the stigma of having more women join the predominantly male-dominant Landscaping industry on this brand-new episode of ‘The Front Garden’ brought to you by StrathAyr, the home of ‘World Class Grass’. 

Andrew also takes us through the humble beginnings of Super Gardens in 1989 as a Residential Maintenance company, mowing and maintaining lawns and gardens through to its transformation over the 30 years to a Commercial Landscaping company holding major contracts in both landscape construction and grounds maintenance, servicing the top end of town in the likes of airports, hospitals, universities and racing clubs.  

Head over to ‘Contact Us’ at Landscaping Victoria  http://bit.ly/2MmaU4X if you've got a question or something you’d like Chris and Tyson to chat about on ‘The Front Garden’. 

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

Chris Weiss and Tyson Owen have a chat with Shah Turner, Landscape Architect and owner of Pitch Box, on this brand new episode of ‘The Front Garden’ brought to you by StrathAyr, the home of ‘World Class Grass’. 

Shah takes you on a journey of how his love for Landscaping got him enrolling in a degree in Landscape Architecture at RMIT before setting up Pitch-Box, an online ‘on-demand’ service, working exclusively with landscape business owners, translating Sketch Plans into industry-leading 3D visualisations and 2D CAD drawings. 

Hear him speak of the challenges and triumphs of setting up hub in South East Asia to advocating the efficiency of automation for a holistic customer experience.  

Head over to ‘Contact Us’ at Landscaping Victoria  http://bit.ly/2MmaU4X if you've got a question or a suggestion for something you’d like Chris and Tyson to chat about on ‘The Front Garden’. 

Meanwhile, don’t forget to subscribe to your favourite podcast to get the latest episodes.

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

On this episode we take a deep dive on the topic of OH&S standards and the importance of staying on top of your obligations for the safety of your workers, and the survival of your business. 

David Jarman from Coolabah Landscapes, with 36 years of knowledge, experience and know-how under his belt takes us on a journey through his early days in the business, whilst emphasising the importance of dotting your I’s and crossing your t’s with OH&S Policies & Procedures.  

He lets us in on the drama of a major incident in his business which took place 20 years ago and set the current standards for machine handling in the Landscaping industry. 

Proudly brought to you by StrathAyr, the home of ‘World Class Grass’. 

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

Yet another informative episode brought to you by StrathAyr where Chris Weiss and Tyson Owen pick the brains of Ineke Clark, Director of Ambition Consultants, a successful Marketing Consultancy whose primary objective is to help small business Landscapers and entities in the built industry to build brands online.

Ineke takes us through her journey from being the former CEO of Landscaping Association of SA (Master Landscapers of SA) to starting Ambitions Consultancy 18 months back, which now manages Digital Strategy, Marketing, HR, Events and a plethora of other services for over 60 business across Australia. 

A fabulous insight to the fascinating world of Content, Hashtags, Engagement and all things Digital and Social Media Strategy and Marketing. 

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

In this episode, we speak with Bruce Winstanley from Winstanley Landscapes and Great Ocean Pools about his 30 years in the landscaping business.  

Bruce has a great story to tell - from his beginnings of working in a Bank for 10 years, to completing his apprenticeship at 28 years of age! He has some great tips for tradesmen in general and offers advice on how you can improve your business.

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au

In this episode, we are speaking with Chris Keay. He describes how he started his career as an (almost) roof tiler before deciding on a Landscaping Apprenticeship, culminating into the creation of his own commercial landscape business, Landscapes Plus. 

Chris gives Chris and Tyson his tips for building a successful business and outlines the process he went through in successfully selling an 80% share of Landscape Plus in 2018, before moving out of the business completely in mid-2020.  

Got a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message!

This November 21st and 22nd , Garden DesignFest opens the gates to inspiring private gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

For 2026  LV has partnered with Garden Design Fest to showcase the best of the work produced by LV designers. all while raising funds for Rotary’s chosen charities. 

 Tickets and locations at GardenDesignFest.com.au.

Manufactured right here in Australia using Australian BlueScope steel, SHAPESCAPER products are built tough for DIY projects, professional landscaping, and heavy-duty commercial installations. Explore SHAPESCAPER steel planters and garden edging today, and shape your outdoor space with confidence. 

 Find out more by visiting shapescaper.com.au

The Front Garden podcast is proudly presented by Landscaping Victoria, and is brought to you by ShapeScaper, the Australian made modular steel garden edging and planter system, trusted by landscape professionals nation wide. 

Find your nearest stockist at shapescaper.com.au