Adelaide Hills Lawns & Gardens (AHLG) is a premium garden and landscaping company offering residential and commercial maintenance, landscaping construction, and specialised turf and irrigation services. Led by Directors Jarrad Tait and Luke Timmins, the business has experienced huge growth in only a few short years and now has a team of 60 employees.

Founded by Jack Fletcher in 2012, Controlled Innovation is a specialist mechanical services electrical contractor with a strong focus on design and installation of air conditioning and ventilation systems.

Over 130 years ago, Arthur Follett established the first vineyards on his Langhorne Creek property. The Follett family went on to become successful grape growers and dairy farmers – but if someone had told him then, that they would become one of Australia’s most awarded small wineries, with a restaurant, B&B, and event centre, he would probably never have believed it.

Entrepreneur Steve O’Connor has run lots of different businesses over the years – but without a doubt, the Union Bridge Brewery and Distillery has been his biggest endeavour and challenge.

Husband and wife team Giselle and Chris Pfitzner are the founders and owners of Stirling Variety Meats, a retail butcher shop established in 2014. The couple found a true niche in the market by offering a non-carton, ‘paddock to plate’ service: They break down and manufacture every product for sale, including smoking and curing their own ham and bacon.

Patch Kitchen & Garden in Stirling has gone through a revival in the last few months with new owners taking the helm and transforming the space into a fresh new restaurant in the Adelaide Hills.

Chris Longwill recently decided to make a career change that would allow him more time with his young family while combining three of his passions: people, finance, and property.

Dawn Patrol Coffee was first established in South Australia in 2014 by Dom Ossa and Nick Suggitt. They shared a passion for great coffee and wanted to find a way to buy and showcase different brew methods and share insights on coffee production with customers.

In 2008, Danielle Frankish and Tanya Agius started Let Them Eat with a goal of moving vegan and vegetarian food “out of the ‘hippie’ stereotype into the mainstream” to create wholesome, healthy and tasty food for all.

Service Air is a privately owned and operated air conditioning business located in Darwin, NT. The company offers heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) solutions to commercial and industrial businesses, as well as preventive maintenance and 24-hour repair services to both public and private clients throughout the greater Darwin area.

What lengths would you go to if you wanted to save a forest? That’s a question our client, David Cross, has spent the last five years of his life answering, as well as considerable sums of money – on a forest next to his family farm in Belvidere, SA.

The idea for Rap Joinery began about four years ago when three close friends – Antoni Falanga, Paul Dente and Ryan Fry – started toying with the idea of opening their own cabinet making business. The three had all been working together at another joinery business so they decided to take the leap and go into business for themselves.

The Lady Burra Brewhouse began as a start-up business in 2015, and today is the only operational microbrewery in the Adelaide CBD. Named after the infamous “Lady Burra”, Elizabeth Lilian Oliver – whose colourful history includes being the only South Australian woman ever to be hanged – the brewhouse features both a complete on-site brewery and restaurant, featuring traditional pub fare with a Portuguese twist.

The Bayly Real Estate story is one that started years ago when Steve and Jackie Bayly first met as teenagers. As a couple, they learned some harsh lessons early on when they began investing in property for themselves. Now they run Bayly Real Estate with a team of 10 people, from their offices in Kent Town.

It’s not every day that an employee takes over a business and continues to build on its success, but that’s just what happened with Ben Schwartzkopff and Riverland Collision Centre.

Originally founded by Graham and Denise Duff, Southern Design Group has become one of Australia’s leading suppliers of architectural hardware products, with a sales and distribution network spanning the entire Australasian region.

The company has gone from being a small, locally based business to distributing nationally and expanding to New Zealand. They’ve also broadened their product range to incorporate various product lines aimed at ‘high end’ markets, which has opened new opportunities for them.

Designer Mandy Primett’s business journey actually involves two success stories. In October 2008, she set up a design practice called Abeo Design. Abeo (meaning ‘change’ in Latin) ultimately employed eight staff and was awarded numerous local and national awards for excellence in design, as well as receiving an international lighting award.

With backgrounds in fashion and sales – as well as a strong interest in vintage clothing – partners Stephanie Dimasi and Reuben Lane turned a part-time hobby into a thriving business.