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Grafton Art GardenAlthough gnomes and other garden ornaments are sometimes frowned upon, they are amazingly popular among all sorts of people. Even well known radio man Doug Mulray has pink flamingos in his garden. During a recent trip to...

Granny Goes Groovy Don looked at a modern interpretation of an historic garden that might have been seen around a house built in the late 1890s. The design is a collaboration between Interior Designer, Christian Lyon, and Landscape...

Greek Style Courtyard When garden designer Matthew Cantwell first saw the courtyard shown in our segment, it was ugly and dated. Quarry tiles, mission brown furniture and a dilapidated paling fence made it a depressing place where the...

Gregg Chapman's GardenDon visited Gregg Chapman, landscape designer, and Nicole Faulkner, landscape architect, at their home in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. They have transformed a dull and uninteresting garden into a beautifully designed, stylish...

Grouping Yellows A great ornamental plant for the garden is Golden diosma (Coleonema pulchellum 'Sunset Gold') which grows as a low bush to 1m (3') with bright yellow foliage and pink starry flowers. But it...

Harris-Hobbs Garden The history of gardening is currently at a high point with improved plant materials, products and design concepts. In line with this trend, landscape architects Neil Hobbs and Karina Harris have created a garden with strong colour...

Heather Cant's Garden Revisit Burke's Backyard first filmed "Gowan Brae" at Burradoo over four years ago, so we decided it was time to pay Heather Cant another visit. The property is 11/2 acres (0.6ha), and consists...

Hodge Native GardenRegular viewers of Burke's Backyard may remember the garden belonging to Merve and Olwyn Hodge, at Logan Reserve in Brisbane. This is one of the very best native gardens in the country, and it will open under...

Beverly Duncan wrote to Don asking for ideas on screening a very exposed deck. All the plants she had tried to grow there had died. Don thought that Beverly's urn-shaped terracotta pots were part of the problem. Terracotta...

Indian Goddess Garden In 1996 Julia Wright wrote to Burke's Backyard asking for help with the landscaping nightmare that she had inherited. The small courtyard at the rear of Julia's terrace was barren, out-of-date, and completely covered by...