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The Front GardenAuthor: Landscaping Victoria
The Front Garden is the podcast for landscaping and green industry professionals looking for practical ideas, honest conversations, and fresh perspectives from across the sector. Produced by Landscaping Victoria and hosted by Adam Hompas, it shares real stories and useful insights to help listeners grow their careers, businesses, and industry knowledge. Language: en-au Genres: Business, Home & Garden, Leisure Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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What Finished Gardens Can Teach You About Landscape Design | The Front Garden EP155
Episode 155
Wednesday, 28 October, 2026
In this episode…Discover how Garden DesignFest gives landscape professionals fresh design ideas, opportunities to showcase their work, and a way to support local communities through open gardens.What can you learn about landscape design by stepping into a finished garden and asking the person behind it why they made those choices?Garden DesignFest organisers and Rotary members Phil Mortimer and Malcolm Baird join Adam Hompas to explore how opening private gardens creates opportunities for learning, industry promotion, and community fundraising. Run by the Rotary Clubs of Kew and Brighton North, the event gives visitors access to professionally designed gardens and the people who helped shape them.The conversation looks beyond the planting to the decisions that bring a garden together: materials, layout, outdoor rooms, and the relationship between the landscape and the home. Phil and Malcolm explain why established gardens are important to the event, what makes a property suitable to open, and how designers can use the experience to help the public understand their work.For landscapers, designers, horticulturists, and students, it’s a reminder that professional learning can happen outside the classroom. Adam shares how an open garden visit helped spark his own landscaping career, while Malcolm discusses opportunities for students to connect their studies with real projects. With Landscaping Victoria partnering with Garden DesignFest in 2026, the episode also explores how showcasing industry expertise can support local causes. In this episode, you’ll learn:Visiting established gardens can deepen your understanding of design decisions.Why garden size matters less than the interest created within it.How conversations with designers connect ideas with practical outcomes.What access, safety, and location mean when selecting an open garden.How students can use garden visits to support their learning.How showcasing professional landscaping can raise funds for community programs. 🔔 Follow The Front Garden so you don’t miss any future episodes. 👁️🗨️ About Garden DesignFestGarden DesignFest is an open garden fundraising event run by the Rotary Clubs of Kew and Brighton North. Established in 2004, it showcases professionally designed private gardens while raising funds for charitable causes. Website: gardendesignfest.com.auTickets: gardendesignfest.com.au/tickets/Facebook: Garden DesignFestInstagram: @gardendesign_festGot a suggestion for an episode of The Front Garden? Send us a text message! 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
