Making the most of your outdoor spaces
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 and...
Backyards and gardens have changed a lot in recent years. Modern gardens do not start at the back door. Instead, they are often cheery, spacious extensions of indoor living areas. In our segment, Don looked at a futuristic warehouse garden in inner city Melbourne....
There’s nothing worse than nosey neighbours! Nigel Ruck showed some of the best privacy plants to help protect your backyard oasis. Before you buy your privacy plants, you need to work out how big you want them to grow. If you don’t know how tall or wide you want it,...
Rita Carter, of Barden Ridge in New South Wales, sent Don an email asking how to grow a garden on rocks. Don showed an example of a garden planted on a rock shelf at the back of his house. Basically it was done by barrowing in a thick layer (about 150mm or 6″)...
For a great Aussie look in the backyard, why not use an old hollow log as a planter? You might have a tree in the garden that has died and fallen over, or if you live on a bush block there may already be some hollow logs lying around on the property. Rustic planters...
[metaslider id=31322] Citrus trees were an integral part of an Australian backyard and still have an important place in today’s garden. Not only does the Vitamin C in their fruit protect against colds and flu in the colder months, citrus are also highly...
Van der Haar Garden: Ansett Australia’s, Come and See my Garden The 25 year old garden belonging to Ben and Judith Van der Haar could be described as the United Nations of gardens with ornaments from Portugal, Spain, England and Holland, Greek pillars and...
Denis Walter, singer and popular Melbourne radio announcer and his wife Annette, are opening their garden for the third year in a row for charity. This year the money raised is for Multiple Sclerosis. The large garden features a swimming pool in the backyard...
The cliff top garden belonging to Reg and Elaine Smith overlooks the bay at Mount Eliza. The history of Earimil began when a Welsh sea captain, Edward Lintot bought the land on the peninsula in the mid-1800s. Design The Smiths acquired the 2.5 acre property in...
The garden of St Erth at Blackwood, an hours drive from Melbourne, was until recently, owned by the well-known horticultural writer Tommy Garnett, and has since become part of Digger’s Seeds. Digger’s Seeds, which is based at ‘Heronswood’,...