Making the most of your outdoor spaces
Burke’s Backyard list of the top 10 best pot plants for shade. Don has listed plants to suit a variety of climates. To find out which ones grow best in your area, check with your local nursery. Note: not all shade-tolerant plants do well in a pot, but these ones do!
Don Burke says some citrus trees are much better performers in gardens than others. If you want a healthy citrus tree a great start is to take Don’s expert advice and plant one of his ‘best’ varieties. No fruit has affected civilisation as much as citrus. We drink...
Gardening Information Services CONTACT SHEET There are many places which provide advice on your garden and on specific plant problems. Most nurseries which employ qualified horticulturists will also offer advice on plant problems, and many Botanic Gardens have...
Six years ago, Hazel and Hans Kuoni started their garden from nothing. Today, they have a beautiful garden full of memories and nostalgia. Hans and Hazel’s garden is made up of gifts of seeds, cuttings or plants from friends and relatives. This ‘keepsake’ garden is...
Heligan is one of the great archaeological discoveries in horticulture. Created mainly in the 19th century by three generations of the Tremayne family, it included 57 acres of gardens, 100 acres of woodland and 300 acres of rides. Henry Hawkins, John and John Claude...
Don visited a beautiful country garden belonging to Fiona and Andrew McIntosh. The 8 ha (20 acre) cattle property has about 1 ha (2.5 acres) of gardens surrounding the homestead. The house itself was built in 1870. Known as ‘Brandon’, it was once owned by...
Wigandia is an 8 hectare (2 acre) property on the side of Mt. Noorat in the western district of Victoria. The garden has been described by visitors as dramatic, challenging and exciting in its design, the way it addresses the exposed and windy site, and the careful...
Don visited a cutting edge garden belonging to Gitta and Gunther Rembel. The garden is situated in bushland, and takes elements from the natural landscape as well as borrowing sparky ideas from other countries. The Mogul gardens of northern India and Pakistan,...
When Di and Doug Johnson purchased their Mornington Peninsula property it consisted of sparse farmland and 1 acre of Pinot Noir grapevines. The topsoil was acidic and very thin. After 7 years of work and the application of tonnes of horse and chicken manure, the...
Don visited one of the very best native gardens in Australia. Amazingly, this beautiful garden is planted on the roof of a house! Deidre and Ivor Morton’s mud brick home appears to be underground, but it is actually built on top of a rock and it nestles sensitively...