Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Don visited a Mexican-style house and garden in Noosaville, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The front garden uses the structural form of succulent plants such as euphorbias and yuccas to reinforce the design of the house, and to set off the white and terracotta...
Anna Chandler is a designer of decorative home ware. She lived in Morocco and Spain for four years, and this experience has had a huge influence on both her design work and the style of her house. When Anna and her husband Mick bought the house as an investment...
Whenever Don meets Andrew Quixley, he knows he can expect lots of jokes, fun and sound effects along with excellent garden design! Andrew’s fabulous water gardens have been featured several times on Burke’s Backyard. Recently, Andrew showed Don around the...
Many people think that the fastest way to get out of a restricted area, such as a sportsground, is to follow the people in the centre of the group. However, as Graeme Quirk explained, crowds are not like grains of sand in an egg timer, where the fastest flow is...
To raise money, increase self-sufficiency and help intellectually disabled people live with freedom and choice, the Sunshine Home has set up a landscape and gardening business called MowMentus. MowMentus specialises in maintenance of landscapes and lawns, with the...
On this week’s program Don and the film crew had a bit of fun playing ‘the name game’. As promised, here is a list of all the presenters who regularly appear on Burke’s Backyard: Don Burke – Host. Don Burke is a horticulturist and animal...
Don and the Burke’s Backyard team visited the historic home of Dr. Les Norton and his family. Only 15 minutes from the centre of Melbourne, the house is an amazing blend of Scottish baronial and Australian colonial architecture. History William Taylor was born...
Regular Burke’s Backyard contributor, Peter Valder, has written a wonderful new book titled Gardens of China. In the book Peter describes over 200 of the gardens he has visited in China. They include surviving imperial gardens and those of retired officials,...
According to Burke’s Backyard resident scientist, Graeme Quirk, many an afternoon ‘snoozer’ has been unjustly labelled as lazy. In fact, research conducted by NASA and others has shown that staff who take quick naps at work are really doing the right...
Don and the Burke’s Backyard team travelled north-west of Sydney to Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains. There they visited a beautiful garden called Windyridge, and met the owners, Rodger and Wai Davidson. History The garden dates back to 1877, when it was part...