Land Language

Land Language
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Join hosts Brit Sastrawidjaya and Bethany Rydmark as they share bold ideas, practical strategies, and inspiring conversations with designers, scientists, vendors, and visionaries who are rethinking the way we design & build our outdoor spaces.

  1. 2d ago

    How to Let Nature Be the Feature with Molly Sedlacek

    Molly Sedlacek is the founder of ORCA, a female-founded landscape design and product studio based in Los Angeles. In this episode, she shares how her upbringing with a landscape-designer mother and forester father shaped her belief that materials are living participants, emphasizing simplicity, permeability, and designing for visible time and patina rather than permanence. We address fire-smart landscape design, including Class A fire-rated black locust lumber and the importance of keeping trees, plus advocacy through client questionnaires that tap sensory memories. Chapters: 00:00 Start 00:34 Meet Molly of ORCA 02:49 ORCA Name and Roots 04:14 Nature First Design 08:06 Client Questionnaire Prompts 11:37 Designing for Enough 13:41 Visible Time in Gardens 16:39 Local Materials and Pavers 23:30 Wood and Fire Smart Design 31:46 Advocacy Through Education 34:57 Docent Workshops Launch 42:28 Patina Over Maintenance Free 49:19 Rethinking Concrete and Pools 54:32 Closing Thoughts Follow Molly: Website: https://www.orcaliving.com/ ORCA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orcaliving/ Follow Land Language: Land Language Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    How to Let Nature Be the Feature with Molly Sedlacek

  2. Jul 23

    From Vanity Fair to Great Dixter: Becoming a Garden Steward with Julie Weiss

    In this episode of Land Language, we sit down with Julie Weiss, a designer and gardener based in the Pacific Northwest and board member of the North American Friends of Great Dixter. Julie spent eighteen years at Vanity Fair. She then went on to apprentice for two years at Great Dixter under head gardener Fergus Garrett, and came home calling herself a garden steward instead of simply a designer. Julies shares with us: cover planting standards, soil and aftercare, trusted research sources, and the value of native plants for resilience and biodiversity. Chapters: 00:00 Start 02:43 From Art School to Magazines 03:51 Roof Garden Awakening 04:36 Great Dixter Training Years 06:00 Design Skills Carry Over 08:45 Biodiversity and Bug Love 10:43 How Dixter Teaches 13:34 Planting Standards and Soil 16:43 Regenerative Soil Practices 22:23 Natives and Nursery Education 24:18 Garden Culture England vs US 28:00 Resilient Gardens and Ethos 32:39 Native Plants Ease Anxiety 33:04 Manzanitas and Dry Summers 33:59 Stewardship and Bossy Natives 35:27 Realistic Garden Maintenance 37:21 Succession Planting Basics 42:00 Matrix Planting Over Mulch 43:45 Control Culture and Invasives 46:58 Gardens That Move and Biodiversity 49:43 Old World Ethos and Materials 54:45 Gardening for Wildlife and Hope 56:45 Ecological Design Ripple Effects 58:46 Closing Thoughts Follow Julie: Website: https://www.julieweissdesign.net/ Instagram: @julieaweiss Follow Land Language: Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    From Vanity Fair to Great Dixter: Becoming a Garden Steward with Julie Weiss

  3. Jul 9

    AI, Leadership, and What the Land Teaches Us with Andrea Palacio

    In this episode of Land Language, hosts Brit Sastrawidjaya and Bethany Rydmark sit down with Andrea Palacio, co-founder of Crewless. Andrea walks through how she used AI to rescue her Florida lawn care company from near-collapse, and what she learned when she stepped too far away. Andrea went from answering 50+ calls a day with a newborn in her arms to building Crewless: an AI implementation consultancy that helps home service businesses get their time back. Chapters: 00:00 Start 00:53 What AI Implementation Means 03:13 Crewless Origin Story 05:47 Crisis Sparks Automation 08:16 Quick Wins With AI 11:45 AI for Human Connection 17:39 Leadership Cannot Be Delegated 21:52 Scorecards and Metrics 26:19 Regenerative AI Concerns 33:03 Balancing Innovation and Nature 40:22 Policy and Data Centers 49:10 How to Work With Andrea 54:06 Closing Thoughts Follow Andrea: https://www.instagram.com/andreapalacio Follow Land Language: Land Language Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Andrea: Andrea Palacio is co-founder of Crewless, an AI implementation consultancy helping home service businesses solve operational problems with AI. She and her husband also co-own a Florida lawn care company, where she first built the systems that became Crewless. Before going into business, she spent four years living on a sailboat and sailing the Caribbean. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    AI, Leadership, and What the Land Teaches Us with Andrea Palacio

  4. Jun 18

    Geotuning the Land for High-Performing Spaces with Brittney Herrera

    In this episode of Land Language, we sit down with Brittney Herrera, CEO of Thunder Egg and GeoTune. With 25 years in interior architecture for Fortune 500 tech companies, Brittney has spent her career designing spaces where people want to be. Over time, she found the layer beneath the built environment that most designers never look at: the energetic condition of the land itself. We discuss geopathic stress, how it shows up in dead trees, struggling businesses, flooding basements, broken equipment, and what ancient practices like copper-rod tuning can do about it. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Start 00:33 Meet Brittany Herrera 01:15 Magnetic Workspaces 01:56 What Is GeoTune 03:09 Origin Story and Proof 05:58 Hotel Case Study 08:35 Tuning Worldwide 10:28 On Site Process 12:07 Flooding Success Story 14:01 Skepticism and ROI 17:10 Trees and Relationship 25:35 Farms and Biodiversity 26:59 Tensor Ring Demo 28:14 How to Work Together 28:59 Closing Thoughts Follow Brittney: Website: https://www.brittneyherrera.com/ Geotune on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geotune_energy Follow Land Language: Land Language Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    Geotuning the Land for High-Performing Spaces with Brittney Herrera

  5. Jun 4

    Breaking Silos in the Landscape Industry with Angelique Robb

    In this episode of Land Language, hosts Brit Sastrawidjaya and Bethany Rydmark sit down with Angelique Robb, founder of SYNKD, a media platform and event series connecting landscape architects, contractors, designers, and horticulturists. They dig into the communication failures that cost design-build-maintain projects their best outcomes, two materials most US practitioners haven't encountered, and why stormwater management belongs to anyone who calls themselves a landscape professional. Chapters: 00:00 Start 00:34 Meet Angelique Robb 01:34 From Petroleum to Landscapes 09:41 Communication Makes Projects 15:20 SYNKD Connecting the Industry 18:10 Living Retaining Wall Innovation 26:33 Stormwater Is Landscaping 31:09 Permeable Paving Options 36:56 SYNKD Events and Community 39:36 Collaboration and Taking Action 43:56 Language Shapes the Land 48:48 Closing Thoughts Follow Angelique: Website: https://www.synkd.io/about-us SYNKD on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synkd_landscpae Follow Land Language: Land Language Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    Breaking Silos in the Landscape Industry with Angelique Robb

  6. May 21

    Regenerative Leadership, Permaculture Principles, and Local Food Systems with Jonathan Clay

    Jonathan Clay built The Kalos Project to close Houston's local food gap using permaculture design. The same principles guide how he leads his team. In this episode of Land Language, hosts Brit Sastrawidjaya and Bethany Rydmark sit down with Jonathan and explore how permaculture's closed-loop principles translate to team leadership, what it takes to create a safe container for conflict on a job site, and the platform Jonathan is building to transform Houston's local food economy. Chapters: 00:00 Start 00:34 Meet Jonathan Clay 04:05 Handling Conflict On Teams 07:37 Boundaries And Timing 10:19 Making Space For Quiet Voices 16:50 Permaculture As Leadership 21:05 Team Goals And KPIs 25:59 Right Fit For The Role 28:14 Ground Zero Resources 29:06 Profitability Not Woo Woo 31:44 Why Kalos Project 33:02 Volunteer Powered Food Hubs 35:16 How To Follow Kalos 35:57 Closing Thoughts References: - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz - The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer Follow Jonathan: Website: https://kalosproject.earth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalosproject.earth Follow Land Language: Land Language Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    Regenerative Leadership, Permaculture Principles, and Local Food Systems with Jonathan Clay

  7. Apr 30

    Building to Last: Business Succession, Legacy, and the Future of the Trades with David Hori

    $14 trillion in small business assets will change hands in the next decade. If you own a trades business, this conversation is for you. David Hori has spent his career where people and business overlap. From HR to startup operations to building and exiting pro.com (acquired by Opendoor), he now coaches business owners on how to build, prepare, and thoughtfully pass on what they've created. Brit and Bethany talk with David about what it actually means to build a healthy business, whether you're planning to sell or not. Chapters: 00:00 Start 00:34 Meet David 02:48 Why He Buys 06:02 Retention Playbook 11:12 Building To Sell 13:22 Red Flags Green Flags 14:29 First Buyer Call 16:32 What Makes Buyable 18:29 Sustainable Growth 22:29 Local Legacy Mission 24:08 Coaching Owners 26:13 Culture Needs Weeding 26:58 Loyalty Versus Fit 28:22 KPIs With Compassion 32:11 Incentives Beyond Pay 35:01 Stewardship Over Recklessness 38:04 Coaching That Drives Change 41:52 AI Agents For Leads 44:28 Using AI To Free Time 46:36 Closing Thoughts Brit and Bethany help bring in the regenerative lens. A business with 90% of its revenue in one customer is like a landscape with 90% of one species. One bad season and it's gone. This conversation goes where most business podcasts don't: into what it means to care for what you've built, and leave it better than you found it. Follow David: Web: toplineops.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/iamdavidhori Instagram: @thedavidhori Follow Land Language: Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    Building to Last: Business Succession, Legacy, and the Future of the Trades with David Hori

  8. Apr 17

    Designing Outdoor Spaces That People Actually Use: From Deck to Meadow to Family Garden

    The landscape industry is still building its catalog of case studies for regenerative work. Every project that gets built is an example. Every conversation that shifts a client's understanding is a seed. We're all relearning methods of cultivation that were once just daily life, and we're doing it together. In this episode: Why the first question in any deck project isn't about materials, it's about purposeExtruded aluminum framing + juniper decking as the most ecologically sound Pacific Northwest deck choiceThe lifetime cost of cheap composite vs. the permanence of a well-built deckHow to bring a client from lawn loyalty to meadow conviction: root depth, carbon, wildlife, morning routinesA real 2025 Portland front yard: native garden, willow play structure, brass auto-shutoff faucet, reflecting bowl, wildlife habitat directoryDesigning for children from toddlers to teenagers: splash zones, nooks, and getaways This is the season wrap. Season 2 is coming soon. Follow Land Language: Land Language Website: https://www.landlanguage.org/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandlanguage/ Connect with Us: Got questions? Ideas for future guests? DM us on Instagram or visit our website to share your thoughts. We're building this together. About Land Language: Land Language is a podcast for landscape professionals, plant lovers, and anyone who wants to understand what it really takes to build regeneratively. Hosted by contractor/designer Brit Sastrawidjaya and designer Bethany Rydmark, each episode brings you expert insights, practical tools, and honest conversations about transforming the landscape industry from the ground up.

    Designing Outdoor Spaces That People Actually Use: From Deck to Meadow to Family Garden
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Join hosts Brit Sastrawidjaya and Bethany Rydmark as they share bold ideas, practical strategies, and inspiring conversations with designers, scientists, vendors, and visionaries who are rethinking the way we design & build our outdoor spaces.

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    Land Language
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    17
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