Follow Burke’s Backyard travelling throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia
Don and the Burke’s Backyard team travelled to Matamata, a rural town in the Waikato region of the North Island. Matamata is well known for its racehorses and dairy farms, but also as one of the principal filming areas for the movie ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Film site...
May Moir’s Garden The late May Moir created a marvellous tropical garden in Hawaii called ‘Lipolani’. May designed the garden for privacy and to screen the house from passers by, but also to maintain the dramatic mountain views beyond. She developed...
While the Burke’s Backyard team was in Chiang Mai they visited a private tropical retreat. It was a rare privilege to see one of the best private gardens in Thailand and there’s a lot that Australians could learn about garden design to adapt to our country. In...
Monet’s garden at Giverny, about an hour from Paris, is a mecca for garden lovers. This garden’s most recognised feature is a painted wooden Japanese-style bridge, which is draped with wisteria (a white Japanese wisteria called Wisteria floribunda ‘Shiro...
Contents Ayutthaya Oriental Hotel Bangkok Pat Pong Road Cats of Thailand Regent Resort, Chiang Mai David Thompson and Thai Food Siamese Fighting Fish Doi Tung Snake Show Elephants Thai Terracotta Jim Thompson’s House and Garden Tropical Garden, Chiang Mai Ko...
Contents How to Get There The Cultural Triangle Travel Considerations Geoff’s Recipes Geoff and Jamie’s Itinerary Growers Markets Locations Located at the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is an exquisite, pear-shaped island afloat in the Indian Ocean....
Burke’s Backyard Overseas Ireland Helen Dillon’s Garden, 45 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin.Telephone: (353) 1 4971308. Helen Dillon’s book, The Flower Garden, published by Conran Octopus, available at good book shops for $24.95. For mail order...
Adobe Architecture, Aeroplane Graveyard, Decorated Car, Gila Monster, Hummingbirds, Lotusland, Martha Schwartz Design Garden, Prairie Dogs, Pueblo Indians, Rio Grande, Roadrunners, Route 66, Wild West. Adobe Architecture Many cultures have used adobe or mud brick...
Iris Book One of the most spectacular achievements in plant breeding this century is the development of modern irises. There are many different iris species and within the main garden irises such as tall bearded and Japanese iris, exist a myriad of colour and forms....
Japanese Chins Breed: Japanese Chin Temperament: independent, lap dog Cost: $300 plus Lifespan: 10 years Recommended for: older people, singles and families with older children Dumpage rate: low Popularity: increasing, ranks 83 out of 174 breeds in Australia...