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The gardens of the Palace of Versailles are immense, covering about 1200 hectares (the botanic gardens in Sydney and Melbourne by way of comparison only occupy around 30 hectares). The central axis of the garden, which focuses on...

Paronella Park is an historic park and garden complete with a crumbling Spanish castle in the depths of the rainforests of tropical north Queensland. History Paronella Park was built by José Paronella, who was from Catalonia in...

Paul Jennings is one of Australia’s leading authors of children’s books. Don visited Paul at his stunning new cliff top home near Warrnambool, almost 4 hours by car from Melbourne. Wild thing Paul describes the...

Pear Tree CottagePear Tree Cottage at Dunkeld near Hamilton in Victoria, is a charming garden that has been beautifully designed by its owner Patricia Learmonth. The garden takes full advantage of...

Peardie's PlaceJohn Peard is a legend in the world of Australian Rugby League. A sterling career as five-eight saw him enjoy back-to-back...

Regular Burke's Backyard contributor, Peter Valder, has written a wonderful new book titled Gardens of China. In the book Peter describes over 200 of the gardens he has visited in China. They include surviving imperial...

Well-known Melbourne landscape designer, Philip Stray, moved to a heritage-listed Victorian Gothic house four years ago. Philip's new garden has been constructed to incorporate existing fruit trees, including quince, walnut, olives, date palms,...

Plantusforsalus Plantusforsalus is one of St Kilda's best known icons and definitely not your average nursery. For over four years and under direction of owners Adam Wright and Greg Turner this inner city plant nursery is popular for more...

Pleasant PlaceMargaret and Bob Eggins began work on their dream garden ten years ago. They started with what Margaret describes as 'a big ugly space' - a large open paddock with only one tree, a gigantic old teak. Today...

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