{"id":1387,"date":"2018-03-20T06:29:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/?page_id=1387"},"modified":"2020-08-31T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T04:25:56","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1598847938007{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][tmc_custom_heading heading=&#8221;About Zen Gardening&#8221; position=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;about_sec wdt_100 pad_100&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;pull-right &#8220;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1088&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;about_desc &#8220;][vc_column_text]\n<h3 class=\"black-color mar_btm30\">About Director Keisuke Ishibashi (Kei)<\/h3>\n<p>The first time I came to Australia was after I pulled out of high school and stayed for a month when I was 17 years old where I started surfing after being introduced by an acquaintance. I fell in love with the sea and nature here in Australia and after saving money working in Japan, I came again when I was 19 years old on a working holiday visa and also stayed a further 2 and half years on a student visa. After that, I went on to work at factories, do carpentry and civil engineering work whilst frequenting Australia, as well as enjoying surfing in California, Hawaii and Chiba in Japan. It was during this period that I started taking care of my friend\u2019s garden in Australia.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"black-color mar_btm30\">Studying at TAFE, captivated by Australia<\/h4>\n<p>When I was 27, I started thinking I need to choose where I want to be, and that is when I seriously started thinking about permanent residency here in Australia. The year after that I got my secondary school education certificate in Japan and then decided to start a carpentry course at TAFE here in Australia. I had previously worked for a year at a different company doing gardening, and although at first I didn\u2019t really enjoy it, after handling all different types of plants, seeing the different colours of flowers, their smell, beautiful turfs, and seeing the charm of a variety of different trees, and not to mention the smiles of my customers after I\u2019d done a good job, I soon started to love gardening.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"black-color mar_btm30\">Purchasing my own business and becoming Independent<\/h4>\n<p>The boss at my old company was often tardy, out of touch and most of the time not ready for work in the morning, so I decided to become independent and do my own gardening business and started Zen Gardening Services in 2011 after buying a business I saw in a newspaper advertisement. After that, I spent my time reading gardening books, going to gardening shows, and gaining knowledge from fellow gardeners. In addition, I used my experience in Japan in carpentry and civil engineering whilst occasionally learning a thing or two from my clients, to further build on my experience and expand my business.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1598837785613{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1598837716877{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1598838018772{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"full-img-sec wdt_100 pad_100\" style=\"padding-top: 40px;\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"our_vision_div\">\n<h3 class=\"mar_btm30\">Our Vision<\/h3>\n<p class=\"white-color\">Putting our customers requests as the number one priority, we don\u2019t just preserve your garden, we propose and carry out major upgrades for your garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"white-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 choose_list_div\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 choose_list_56 list_pad_left\">\n<div class=\"choose_list_icon chooselist_lyt-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/service_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"choose_list_info\">\n<h5 class=\"mar_btm30\">Extensive experience<\/h5>\n<p class=\"white-color\">We have over 10 years of experience as gardeners here in the Gold Coast, meaning you can be at piece of mind even with difficult requests, you can leave it to us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 choose_list_56 list_pad_rght\">\n<div class=\"choose_list_icon chooselist_lyt-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/clean_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"choose_list_info\">\n<h5>Fully Insured<\/h5>\n<p class=\"white-color\">We always put safety first and take the utmost precaution with our work, however in the case that an accident may occur, we are fully insured, giving peace of mind to our customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 choose_list list_pad_left\">\n<div class=\"choose_list_icon chooselist_lyt-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/quality_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"choose_list_info\">\n<h5>Guarantee<\/h5>\n<p class=\"white-color\">In the unlikely case that the customer isn\u2019t happy with our service, we will either fully refund you or we will continue to work on your garden as many times as it takes until you are happy. The guarantee lasts for 7 days after the work is finished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 choose_list list_pad_rght\">\n<div class=\"choose_list_icon chooselist_lyt-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/farmer_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"choose_list_info\">\n<h5>Company uniform and truck<\/h5>\n<p class=\"white-color\">We carry out all of our work with a sense of pride and an awareness of being professionals, always wearing a clean uniform and making our way to work with the company truck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;emmergency-leaks wdt_100&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513810969850{background-color: #5fa031 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;awsm-contain-pad&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"this-intro\"><\/h4>\n<h2 class=\"this-title\">Get a quote! <span class=\"sp\">Call Now!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"span\"><a class=\"call-link\" href=\"tel:0425471484\">0425-471-484<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1598847938007{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][tmc_custom_heading heading=&#8221;About Zen Gardening&#8221; position=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;about_sec wdt_100 pad_100&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;pull-right &#8220;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1088&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;about_desc &#8220;][vc_column_text] About Director Keisuke Ishibashi (Kei) The first time I came to Australia was after I pulled out of high school and stayed for a month when I was 17 years old where I started<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":707,"parent":0,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_locale":"en_AU","_original_post":"1064","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1387","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en-AU"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2348,"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1387\/revisions\/2348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zengarden.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}