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Don visited Gabriel Rosati, who has a very curious water feature in her backyard. The sloping block was too small for a lap pool or a swimming pool, so Gabriel came up with the idea of a stream instead. But...

Cuttings UpdateGrowing your own plants from a cutting is one of the most satisfying things you can do when gardening. The cuttings can be taken during late spring and summer and grow readily. Plants that can...

Cymbidium Orchid TipsAlthough there are still a few weeks of winter to go, many plants for sale at nurseries are in full bloom. Cymbidium orchids in particular are looking spectacular. If the ones at your place...

Dangerous RootsOne of the most fashionable plants in Australia at the moment is Ficus benjamina, the weeping fig. Pots of standardised weeping figs clipped and shaped into balls on sticks can often be seen dramatically...

Watering the garden is a much more complex job than many people think. It is particularly difficult if your soil is water repellent (or hydrophobic), because the water just runs off instead of soaking into the soil....

Watering the garden is a much more complex job than many people think. It is particularly difficult if your soil is water repellent (or hydrophobic), because the water just runs off instead of soaking into the soil. These soils can...

Design the Perfect Backyard How do you create a backyard that works really well and also looks good? Well in the April edition of the Burke's Backyard magazine between pages 32 and 33 there's a free...

Disaster Aviary After a heavy thunderstorm in Sydney, two large trees from a neighbour's property fell onto the recently built 'Burke's Backyard' aviary. Some damage occurred to the structure but no birds were lost. ...

Dividing an Elkhorn Some unusual plants to grow in your garden are the elkhorns or staghorns. The difference between these two plants is the elkhorn (Platycerium bifurcatum) has thinner, wispier leaves and multiple "eyes" or...

Dividing Bromeliads Bromeliads are native to tropical America. Many are epiphytes, that is they live on other plants but do not parasitise those plants. Rather than growing in soil, they are found up in the forks of tree...