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Stunning StandardsIn the past, if you wanted to add some really interesting feature plants to your garden, you had to have the time and the expertise to grow them yourself. Today things are much easier for the busy gardener. It's...

Suburban RainforestImagine a backyard waist deep in wandering jew and fishbone ferns, with a 10 metre drop to boot! A landscaping challenge, don't you think? Well, Burke's Backyard recently visited such a garden, and discovered that an amazing transformation had...

If you're tired of hedges that are boring and predictable, a tapestry hedge is a very attractive option. Tapestry hedges are made up of a range of different plants, chosen for foliage colour, texture, flowers, berries and fragrance....

Don looked at a modern Australian garden featuring a stunning and unusual combination of plants. It was designed by Ted Whitley, who has broken away from the predictable landscaping plants so often used by garden designers these days....

Teese Garden Nurseryman, Barry Teese, showed Don around his garden, which is set amongst the rolling green hills of an Angus cattle farm. This beautiful garden owes its success to good drainage and the selection of reliable plants...

Terrible to Tuscany Makeover In an outer Sydney suburb, Don and the Burke's Backyard team transformed a daggy Aussie backyard into a Tuscan inspired entertainment area. They tackled several problem areas including an old swimming...

Don teamed up with Scott Cam, the builder from Backyard Blitz, to work on our best garden makeover ever. They constructed a large aviary with a cement...

Don and the Burke's Backyard team visited James Letherbarrow and his French Bulldog, Hugo. James, who is an accountant and a passionate gardener, moved into the ground floor apartment three years ago. He began renovating...

Tom Thumb Makeover   A dwarf evergreen magnolia (Magnolia 'Little Gem') was planted on each side of the entrance to a building with stark, white walls. 'Little Gem' reaches about 4-8m in height. It has a dense...

Toowoomba Rock Garden We first saw the fabulous rock garden built by Ben and Mavis Mundey in August 1998. From 1984-91, Ben and Mavis made 131 trips collecting rocks for their garden from mountainous grazing land in the...