Day 4 - Bantry House and Gardens
What a spectacular view of Bantry Bay and the house and gardens are just as spectacular! Bantry House is a stately home overlooking Bantry Bay in the south west of Ireland. It is owned by Mr and Mrs Shelswell-White and their children. The house ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Green-free House & Garden
The house Frank Macchia designed for Rod and Sue Thomas is powerful, dominating and unconventional. The building covers 60% of the block, with about one third of the house surrounded by a moat. Landscape designer, Jim Fogarty, didn't feel that ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Government House Garden
Every year over 27,000 visitors are hosted in the grounds of Government House, so keeping the five and half hectares looking as good as they do is a major job. It may come as a surprise to know the expansive grounds are being maintained under the ... [... more]
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Spiders in the House and Garden
Almost all spiders possess venom for the purpose of subduing their prey - normally insects. Almost all spiders possess venom for the purpose of subduing their prey - normally insects. This makes spiders one of the most beneficial of invertebrate ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Pollution Absorption
Who doesn't love a lush, green, soft lawn? Not only do they make your garden look great, but lawns act as a dust suppressant. Great for those with asthma or hayfever. Lawns also cool your house and garden, reducing your energy and water ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Vicky Moon
A journalist for more than twenty years, VICKY MOON has written about Middleburg, Virginia's hunt balls, steeplechase races, and parties for Town & Country, Millionaire, Veranda, Southern Accents, and House & Garden. She writes a monthly column .. [... more]
Random House |
Mark Robbins
Driving the glossy shelter magazines -- Architectural Digest, House and Garden, and many more -- is an enduring fascination with other people's lives and houses. But the pristine photographs in these publications do not represent reality. In his ... [... more]
Random House |
Suzanne Slesin
Suzanne Slesin, a former editor and reporter for the Home section of the New York Times, is currently design editor of Condé Nast House & Garden magazine. She is also coauthor of all the titles in the Style Library, and coauthor of the [... more]
Random House |
Classy Pots
Potted plants can look very effective around the home, but it's often difficult to buy pots that work well with the colours of the house and garden. Don demonstrated an easy solution to this problem. He purchased some standard terracotta pots ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Living in the Tropics
When you live in the tropics you can be very adventurous in your use of colours, both in the garden and inside the home. Don looked at an award winning house and garden in Cairns, where the bright colour scheme provides a permanent, tropical ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Colour in House
Don visited Cairns to look at a stunning house and garden featuring a mixture of styles and themes. The owners, Rance and Julie Stafford, drew much of their inspiration from the work of Versace. Rance began collecting Mexican homewares, which led ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
City Terrace Garden
Owner, Peter Wannan, has taken huge risks in designing his inner city house and garden. The result is brilliantly successful. The extraordinary house and garden is a mixture of elements including Greek and Roman statues, blackamoors, Balinese ... [... more]
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