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The Landscaping Show

The Landscaping Show with John Roberts blends entertainment and vital industry insight, in a bi-weekly podcast.Hosted by trade veteran John Roberts, Fix Radio’s latest podcast tackles important issues from the cost of materials, to skills, tools and pricing jobs. It also provides a platform for the most talented landscapers in the UK to discuss their work, challenges and top tips.If you want to make the most of your time, while rain stops work, subscribe and download the podcast.

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Episodes

  • The Approach To Working Through The Winter In England

    Monday, 27 November 2023

    41 minutes

    John Roberts is joined by Dan Kewley from Hampshire, Ash Thompson from Manchester and Kevin Fitzpatrick, who is based in Devon, so that they can discuss their approach to working through the winter in England. Dan talks about his side business, Ash...

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  • A First Look Into Training, Continued Professional Development & Upskilling

    Monday, 13 November 2023

    35 minutes

    John Roberts has recently gone back to the classroom to learn more about his trade, so on this episode he talks to Rupert Keys from TASK training academy to discuss why he's decided to offer courses to Landscapers in the UK and what's available...

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  • Another Look Into Tools Used In Landscaping

    Tuesday, 31 October 2023

    29 minutes

    John Roberts is joined by landscaper, Tom Windle and landscaper/arbourist, James Sharpe, so that they can discuss the tools they use, how they keep them in good working order, battery vs hard wired tools and much more

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  • A first look at tools used in Landscaping

    Tuesday, 17 October 2023

    37 minutes

    John Roberts is joined by Adam Geldart from Gel Landscaping talks about his recent tool theft experience which saw two vans stolen with thousands of pounds worth of tools inside and David Honeywell from Rubi Tools joins us to talk tools

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  • More about taking time off due to illness and injuries

    Monday, 2 October 2023

    20 minutes

    John Ward and Scott from Tidy Bricks return to talk about the reasons why they've had to have some considerable time of the tools lately and how they've coped with it all

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  • Planning for Autumn

    Monday, 18 September 2023

    24 minutes

    John Roberts is joined by two landscapers and a gardner to discuss how they plan for Autumn, especially after the summer we've just had weather wise in 2023. Scott from well known YouTube channel Tidybricks talks about how he plans for autumn and the...

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  • Taking time off due to illness and injury

    Friday, 8 September 2023

    29 minutes

    John talks to Adam Geldhart from Gel Landscaping about his ankle injury and then Adam and John discuss illness and health conditions of family members and how this can impact your business and professional life in many ways. Iain Healey from Dig It...

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  • Dealing with clients

    Friday, 25 August 2023

    27 minutes

    John is joined again by Tom Windle from Gardenscape, Dan Kewley from Lawn & Order Garden Services, and Ash Thompson from Manchester.

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  • Mark Marshall talks about his business, social media and more!

    Monday, 7 August 2023

    60 minutes

    Mark Marshall has just hit 1 million followers across all social media platforms. He talks about his social media journey, his experiences in the trade and building his business Lawn, Stripes & Hedges, John and Mark talk about the trade,...

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  • Logistics & Planning

    Tuesday, 25 July 2023

    36 minutes

    John Roberts talks to Adam Geldhart & John Ward about the importance of logistics and planning and how they approach all aspects of planning and conducting work

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  • What makes a good landscaper?

    Monday, 10 July 2023

    34 minutes

    John Roberts from Greentop Landscapes hosts the first episode of The Landscaping Show. In this episode he talks to some well known landscapers from across the country about how they got started in the trade and what principles they think make a good...

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