Landscaping Unlimited
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Real shop talk for serious outdoor work.
The Landscaping Podcast turns jobsite stories, school visits, licenses, client expectations, and crew work into practical conversations about the green industry. It is warm, field-level, and focused on why landscaping can shape families, careers, communities, and character.
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The Landscaping Podcast speaks from inside a working landscaping company, not from a studio safely removed from the jobsite. Its center of gravity is practical: crews, licenses, clients, equipment, weather, schedules, social media, and the many small decisions that make outdoor work succeed or fail. The show is not only about mowing lawns. It repeatedly pushes against that narrow image. Career day episodes make that point plainly, with drones, cameras, sprayers, saws, brick cutters, and kids reacting to a trade they may not have understood before. That sense of advocacy runs through the whole feed. Landscaping is presented as a path that can lead to conventions, education, new towns, family moments, leadership opportunities, and a more varied workday than many office jobs provide. The tone is warm but direct. Zachary Small’s solo episodes often start with a broad pressure point, such as AI, talent, career drift, or the value of social media, then bring it back to what crews and companies can actually do. Shea Brickhouse’s appearances add a business-owner angle, especially around licensing, general contracting, outdoor wellness projects, and the changing expectations of clients. The show also makes room for leadership conversations that are not limited to the green industry. John Rennie’s episode, for example, connects Navy service, entrepreneurship, teaching, and responsibility into a wider discussion of how leaders carry pressure without being crushed by it. The format can be loose. That looseness is part of the appeal. A conversation might detour into family, faith, hair donation, a school shout-out, or the pride of seeing a crew member’s work represented well online. Still, the episodes tend to return to the same argument. People matter. Standards matter. The trades deserve better storytelling. Landscapers need technical skill, but they also need resilience, communication, awareness, and a willingness to keep learning. For listeners in the industry, the show feels like shop talk with a conscience. For outsiders, it explains why a finished lawn, patio, or backyard retreat is only the visible end of a much larger craft.
Made for: Landscapers, hardscape crews, lawn care operators, outdoor living contractors, and green-industry owners will get the most from it. It also suits students, career changers, and local business builders curious about skilled trades with real upward paths.
What sets it apart: The show blends trade specifics with leadership, media, family, and community storytelling from inside Landscaping Unlimited. It treats landscaping as both skilled field work and a serious career ecosystem.
The Landscaping Podcast is where real landscapers talk shop. Hosted by Shay Brickhouse (CEO of Landscaping Unlimited, Inc.) and Zac Small (COO & Media), each episode dives into landscaping, hardscape, irrigation, turf installation, and the realities of running a company. From managing crews and scaling a business to balancing family and faith, we bring unfiltered conversations with experts, entrepreneurs, and tradesmen building lives outdoors. Whether you’re laying pavers, leading a team, or want to grow a landscaping company with integrity, this show is for you.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Outdoor work becomes legible as a skilled business shaped by leadership, maintenance, communication, and the people behind each finished landscape.
The Landscaping Podcast treats outdoor work as a chain of practical decisions, from keeping equipment ready during downtime to showing prospective clients who performs the work.
Pocket invoices and broken equipment become management lessons before the truck reaches its destination.
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A borrowed-vehicle lesson turns leadership into something practical, human, and hard to ignore.
John Rennie appears on The Landscaping Podcast in a leadership conversation that keeps its attention on responsibility as a human burden, not just a professional badge.
A practical case for putting the crew at the center of the company story.
Zachary Small speaks from the digital division at Landscaping Unlimited, using social media, content creation, photos, and writing to show the work happening in the field.
A truckside time-management talk that turns tire hauling and slow-hour maintenance into a practical season-ready reminder.
The episode centers on a solo truck run and a load of tires headed to a recycling facility, then uses that setup to make a plainspoken case for time management when spring work is in full force.
A moving truck ride makes a strong case for landscaping as demanding, technical work.
The episode frames landscaping as skilled, exacting work by grounding it in spring weather, soil temperatures, and the rhythm of the green industry calendar.
A plainspoken Turf Council talk about communication, trust, and getting paid by serving people well.
The Landscaping Podcast makes a straightforward case for people-first work. It begins with a quick show of hands and lands on a simple point: people do not change just because the setting does.
Practical food gardening for real spaces.
Cut flowers, real fields, honest growing.
Practical permaculture from the soil up.
Zachary Small and Shea Brickhouse welcome John Rennie and frame the conversation as a full circle moment.
Zachary Small goes solo.
This episode features shout outs from students at Northeast Elementary and discusses Landscaping Unlimited's involvement in Career Day and community engagement events.
This episode argues that skilled trades like landscaping offer a secure career path during the AI revolution by emphasizing hands-on work that AI cannot easily replace.
This episode explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted homeowner priorities toward creating backyard wellness spaces that promote mental, physical, and spiritual health through features like meditation gardens and koi ponds.
This episode discusses various green industry licenses, focusing on Shay's new general contractor license and how it expands Landscaping Unlimited's capabilities in North Carolina.
The host discusses five reasons why talented individuals often fail to advance in their careers, drawing from his experiences across various fields like military, landscaping, and creative work.
Shea Brickhouse records solo from the truck.
The episode starts on a truck ride.
The speaker opens by saying he is going to talk about people.
This episode responds to a listener's question about using pre-emergent versus post-emergent weed control methods in Eastern North Carolina, focusing on soil temperatures, sprays, and effective practices.
This episode discusses how to prepare homes and yards for snow, focusing on landscaping and safety tips for handling winter weather.
This episode discusses the dynamics between contractors and subcontractors in landscaping, focusing on when to use subcontractors, managing ego, and maintaining fair partnerships.
This episode discusses the financial and practical considerations for landscapers and hardscapers when deciding whether to rent or own equipment, focusing on usage frequency and cost-effectiveness.
This episode discusses how to handle stress and pressure in running a landscaping business, focusing on turning it from an anchor into fuel.