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  • Greg Bailey’s Garden

    Don and the Burke’s Backyard team travelled west of Sydney to Bilpin, in the Blue Mountains. There they met Greg... read more

  • Reliable Irrigation

    When choosing equipment or machinery for your house or garden, it’s best to go for something that is simple, with... read more

  • Growing Carnivorous Plants

    Growing Carnivorous Plants Don visited specialist plant grower and author, David Banks. David demonstrated how easy it is to set... read more

  • Hedge Pruning

    When hedges such as camellias or lilly pillies are in active growth during the warmer months of the year, Don... read more
  • Bougainvillea

    How to Keep a Bougainvillea Flowering

    Don looked at a spectacular red-flowering variety of bougainvillea called ‘Scarlett O’Hara’. This particular plant had been pruned back hard... read more

  • Come & Save My Garden

    This week’s program was a Come & Save My Garden special. Don Burke and Scott Cam were on the road,... read more

  • Dividing Bromeliads

    Bromeliads are native to tropical America. Many are epiphytes, that is they live on other plants but do not parasitise... read more

  • Don’s Lawn Tip

    Every week part of Burke’s Backyard is filmed in Don’s garden. It is an indigenous native garden, which mostly features... read more

  • Drought Tips

    Don looked at some practical ways to save water and keep the garden alive and functioning through the drought. Watering... read more

  • Bare Spot on Lawns

    If you’ve always wanted to grow a lush, green lawn but you’re not having much success, the problem could be... read more

  • Best Lawns for Winter

    Don visited turf farms at Clarendon and Windsor, on the outskirts of Sydney. Recently, this area has had severe frosts... read more

  • Bindii Grows in Compacted Areas

    One of life’s pleasures is to go without shoes in summer – unless there’s bindii in your lawn. If you’ve... read more