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We took that classic backyard disaster area, the disused driveway on the side of the house, and transformed it into a tropical jungle fantasy garden complete with ponds, a waterfall, colourful plants, a boardwalk...

Indiana Jones SequelWe took that classic backyard disaster area, the disused driveway on the side of the house, and transformed it into a tropical jungle fantasy garden complete with ponds, a waterfall,...

Indoor Makeover Indoor plants are simply not very fashionable any more. Rarely do you open a decorator magazine and see plants featured in an interior decor. Indoor plants, however, can be used well in an indoor garden....

Don received a letter from Sandra Price, asking for help. Sandra's flat faces the street, and as the garden is below street level there is no privacy from passers-by. She explained that she loves Parisian-style gardens filled with...

Inner City Tropical Courtyard This inner city courtyard is a very good example of how to create a garden in a small space. The owners moved to Sydney from Adelaide six years ago and virtually brought the backyard...

Instant GardenMichael McCoy has created an amazing garden which has maximum impact in minimum time. A year ago the 0.1ha (0.2acre) backyard lawn was sprayed to kill it off and the whole area was planted out with herbaceous perennials. Within...

Japanese Garden Although many Australians dream of living near the beach, gardening by the seaside can be quite a challenge. Not only are beach sites usually very windy, but the plants also have to cope with sandy soil...

Japanese Style Garden Don looked at a contemporary, Japanese-style garden at Noosa, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Local landscape designers Anne-Marie and Dror Barkai designed the garden to add interest to a stark, white, modular building. Their solution to...

Japanese Waterfall Garden Retired opera singer Maureen Williams and her husband Frank own one of the finest Japanese-style gardens in Australia. It was designed and built for the previous owners by Ken Lamb of Imperial Gardens, Sydney. His...

Jubilee Garden nestles at the foot of Mount Wellington in Hobart. On the day Burke's Backyard visited, the...