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Don looked at two low maintenance gardens designed by Ted Whitley, of Sacred Grove Gardens in Sydney. Ted has combined native and succulent plant varieties to achieve year-round visual appeal, while minimising the work involved in maintaining them. Paddington...
The design of Sherrie and Nathan Fawle’s garden was based on an article they read in the October 2001 edition of the Burke’s Backyard Magazine. Their garden is still under construction, but stage one, the courtyard area, is complete. The result is...
This East Hawthorn garden is three years old. Rick Eckersley’s design enhances the architecture of the Victorian residence and also provides a backdrop for the family’s lifestyle. Rick describes the garden style as one that reflects Australia’s...
Landscape designer, Rick Eckersley, transformed a neglected yard with an old tennis court into a wonderful, multicultural-style garden. Rick incorporated Greek, English, French, Islamic and Balinese influences into his design. The garden has strong geometric lines,...
Garden designer, Lisa Isherwood, is passionate about Australian native plants. Although Lisa thinks the natural bush garden has its place, she encourages her clients to use natives in a more contemporary context, with lots of colour and drama for bold effect....
Landscape designer, Jim Fogarty, transformed a steep, sloping backyard with no useable space into a beautiful and functional entertaining area. His design includes a formal pond, with an arbour surrounded by a rose garden. The planting is elegant and romantic, in...
Cheryl Maddocks has written 34 books and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles on gardening. She is the gardening columnist for the Good Weekend (Sydney Morning Herald, The Age), and she is also a member of the horticultural team at Burke’s Backyard. In...
Victor and Cristina Aprozeanu wrote to Burke’s Backyard inviting Don to visit them and see their unique garden. Victor is very enthusiastic about his extensive and fascinating collection, and is proud of his horticultural achievements over the last four years....
Melbourne landscaper, Evan Gaulke, enjoyed the challenge of designing his own garden on a small, steep corner block. Evan loves gardens that are fun, interesting and free flowing, rather than very formal gardens that are difficult to maintain. He also tries to work...
Don made over the front garden of a Sydney cottage using a dramatic mixture of black and yellow foliage plants. The wonderful thing about foliage plants is that they look good all year round, even when there are no flowers, because they have interesting leaf colours,...