Solatec Pergola
Solve the privacy problem and gain a great outdoor entertainment area by installing a pergola. To obtain more privacy from their neighbours, these owners decided to install a pergola. They have chosen a Solatec pergola because it features solar ... [... more]
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Autumn Garden Jobs
Autumn is a great time to do garden improvement and maintenance, for example constructing a pathway or a pergola, sharpening your tools, improving your soil or mulching the garden beds. A little time spent on jobs now will help your garden power ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Sue visits Veranda Home and Garden
Just like clothes, gardening is part of the fashion industry. Sure you can't wear the latest garden ornament, but the trends in the garden certainly come and go. Many gardeners will remember the mission brown pergola and the brown small pavers, ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Episode: # 11 16/06/07
Winter is a good time of year to get some landscaping projects done, particularly hard landscaping. Things like walls, paving, decks and pergolas at which time, you can think about getting some plants in the ground, making full use of the entire ... [... more]
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No Rot
No Rot is a product that treats and controls rot and insect damage in timber. As a wood preservative, it will lengthen the life of timber fences, decks, pergolas, etc. Timber is often subject to frequent rot and insect attack, especially if ... [... more]
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Carbolite Awning
If you thought the only way to protect your home from the sun's heat was to plunge it into darkness, think again. Carbolite awnings let you light your patio without heating it too. If you're in the market for a pergola, there are many options in ... [... more]
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Treated Pine
Treated pine has been around for ages and you can use it for all sorts of landscaping projects such as fencing, decks, pergolas and retaining walls, but there are a few things you need to know to get the job done quickly. Treated pine comes in ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Hebel benches
Over the last few weeks Don, Scott and Nigel have completed the deck, pergola, tiling and concreting at Maria and Kosta's place. This week's projects included a tiered herb garden, wire balustrading on the deck, bench seating and the installation ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Best Perfumed Roses
The following three are climbers and are not quite as fragrant as the others but are very useful when looking for a perfumed rose to grace a pergola or trellis. Don has chosen his best five roses from this list. They are: Roses can be purchased ... [... more]
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Laburnum Walk
Structure and formality is returning to favour in gardens. Plants trained into hedges or along trellises or pergolas have become very fashionable. A pinnacle of garden achievement is a pleached walk. 'Burke's Backyard' recently visited a garden ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Print fact sheet - Allamanda
This showy climber from tropical America is very popular in warm climate gardens, where it is often seen growing on fences, walls and pergolas. It produces large, stunning yellow flowers over several months of the year. The genus name ... [... more]
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Best Climbers
Climbing plants are among the most useful plants in the garden. Deciduous climbers are great for growing over pergolas to create summer shade but allow the winter sun through. Evergreen climbers are great for growing over a fence, providing ... [... more]
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