Meet Australia’s landscaper to the rich and famous

Probably the mid-noughties. I started my business in 1993. It takes about a decade

to work out how to do the job. I was on two television shows in 1999 and 2000. There was a point when there wasn’t a landscaper in Sydney who wasn’t on a lifestyle show. That created a buzz. It’s a word-of-mouth thing. You work with one high-end client and discover that they’re connected to a network of others, and they pass you around like you’re a precious object. Know More: https://www.forbes.com.au/life/lifestyle/michael-bates-on-how-people-spend-on-their-gardens/