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Laburnum Walk Structure and formality is returning to favour in gardens. Plants trained into hedges or along trellises or pergolas have become very fashionable. A pinnacle of garden achievement is a pleached walk. 'Burke's Backyard' recently visited a garden...

When you live in the tropics you can be very adventurous in your use of colours, both in the garden and inside the home. Don looked at an award winning house and garden in Cairns, where the bright...

Low Maintenance Gardens Don looked at two low maintenance gardens designed by Ted Whitley, of Sacred Grove Gardens in Sydney. Ted has combined native and succulent plant varieties to achieve year-round visual appeal, while minimising the work involved...

MacLean's Spring GardenTwelve years ago Jack and Margaret MacLean purchased half a hectare (1.25 acres) of land at Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of NSW. The property was on sheet rock covered by a thin layer...

Magazine Inspired GardenThe design of Sherrie and Nathan Fawle's garden was based on an article they read in the October 2001 edition of the Burke's Backyard Magazine. Their garden is still under construction, but stage one, the courtyard area,...

Don transformed an ugly, useless part of the garden into a fabulous feature area complete with colourful plants, a spectacular fish pond and a waterfall. One of the most important reasons for this makeover was that a large...

March HappeningsWe're sort of between seasons at the moment, the summer flowering plants have just about finished and soon many of the trees will be decked out in their beautiful red, yellow and brown autumn colours....

In growing Australian cities there is an urgent need to build houses on increasingly smaller blocks of land. As an alternative to using land for high-rise buildings such as flats and units, designers are now looking at other ways of...

Melbourne Apartment GardensCourtyards adjoining tall buildings can be very difficult to landscape. There are often wind tunnels between the buildings; some areas bake in fierce reflected heat from the hard surfaces, while other areas are in full shade. Don...

Melbourne Garden by Rick Eckersley This East Hawthorn garden is three years old. Rick Eckersley's design enhances the architecture of the Victorian residence and also provides a backdrop for the family's lifestyle. Rick describes the garden style...