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Underground BungalowBruce and Margaret Dunn have always longed for a peaceful place in the bush. They have spent the last 2 years building their architect-designed home in...

Update Native PruningAbout eighteen months ago Don visited the Cumberland State Forest Nursery in Sydney and talked to Steve Sullivan, Operations Manager, State Forest Nurseries about renovation pruning of native plants. They looked at a fifteen-year-old Grevillea 'Honey Gem',...

Using GreyThe bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae, is a wonderful landscaping plant. It has silvery grey, paddle shaped leaves with a spiky look about them, and beautiful blue and orange flowers which look just like the crests of exotic birds....

Pham Bao Khanh Linh creates entire landscapes in miniature. He began learning the art from his grandfather at the age of 12, and his inspiration comes from real life and from Vietnamese culture. The tiny landscapes combine mountain...

Viewers' Letters Giant Crepe MyrtleA few weeks ago on the program we showed a photograph of an enormous crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) growing in Donnybrook, Western Australia. It was about 10m (35') high! Since then we've received another photograph...

Bichons Bronson and Bianca Boyle, Bichon Frises from Townsville in Queensland, emailed to dispute some of the details in our Bichon Frise road test. The breeder interviewed in our segment said, "For dogs...

Viewers' Letters - Grevilleas and Stained Pots Two viewers' letters were mentioned on Burke's Backyard recently. One included a photo of a 10 year old Grevillea 'Pink Surprise' which was covered in flowers and still looking like a very...

Jap pumpkin Maree Allen wrote to say that she has recently grown a Japanese (Jap) pumpkin weighing 17 kilos, and she wonders if this is an extra large specimen. Don asked anyone who has grown a...

Reusing garden leftovers Paul Pascoe emailed Don to suggest that Burke's Backyard run a weekly item on how to use up landscape gardening leftovers for projects around the home. As an example, Paul and...

Toadstools Sarah Munday, of Camberwell in Victoria, wrote to ask Don what to do about all the toadstools in her garden. Sarah thinks that the toadstools are poisonous and she is worried that her...