Hobbiton, NZ
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 ... [... more]
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Backyard Trains
Don visited railway enthusiast, David Fletcher and his wife Alison, who is a keen gardener. David has had a life-long interest in railways of the world and railway history. Alison had never heard of model railroading until she met David. In 1998, ... [... more]
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Chainsaw Mill
In the days of the pioneers the wealth of hundreds of towns and families was built from wood. Those days are now gone but there is a new Australian-developed timber mill that is small and portable. It can be set up in the backyard so that ... [... more]
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Alpine Bulbs - Come and See My Garden
Burke's Backyard visited the garden belonging to Otto Fauser in the Dandenongs, Victoria where he has created a Bavarian inspired alpine garden. There are crocuses and irises covering the hillsides of the garden including a number of miniature ... [... more]
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Budd's Beach: Ansett Australia's Come and See My Garden
Burke's Backyard recently visited a fantastic Queensland home that makes great use of a small garden area to create a relaxing retreat. Situated on the Nerang River at Budd's Beach the landscape designer worked closely with the architect to ... [... more]
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Variegated Eucalypts
Recently on Burke's Backyard we featured 'Summer Beauty' and 'Summer Red', wonderful hybrid gum trees developed specially for the home garden. They produce masses of flowers, and you always know exactly what colour the flowers will be. The good ... [... more]
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Pohlmans Nursery:
In Queensland, backyards are getting smaller and for some, that means less garden space to look after, but for others it presents some interesting new challenges. Sally from Mt Gravatt in Brisbane has always lived on a big property, but recently ... [... more]
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Jack the Corella
Jack the Corella has appeared on many television shows all over the world, including Burke's Backyard, Midday, the BBC's "Look who's talking" Jack has won many Burke's Backyard competitions, these include Burke's Backyards "My pet's a [... more]
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Inner City Tropical Courtyard
This inner city courtyard is a very good example of how to create a garden in a small space. The owners moved to Sydney from Adelaide six years ago and virtually brought the backyard with them. They moved from a house with a courtyard so most of ... [... more]
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Housing and feeding
There is a large range of finches available in specialist bird shops around Australia including many native but also foreign birds in a range of colours. Native finches commonly kept in backyard aviaries include the Emblema Finch, also known as a ... [... more]
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The King Family Garden
It is episode 6 of our 11 week journey where we transform an average Australian family's backyard into a waterwise paradise. The boys from the Garden Company have had a busy week. They've made a big start on all of the hard landscaping. The fence ... [... more]
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Yates Story
Ever thought of growing a little bit of Korea in your backyard? Not many people realize that Korea is home to some of the world's best Camellia varieties and most of them are commonly available through garden centres in species of varieties that ... [... more]
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