Japanese Style Garden
Don looked at a contemporary, Japanese-style garden at Noosa, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Local landscape designers Anne-Marie and Dror Barkai designed the garden to add interest to a stark, white, modular building. Their solution to a ... [... more]
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Bamboo
We get a few enquiries regarding Bamboo and many viewers are concerned about plants becoming invasive and uncontrollable but like the appeal of bamboo as a screen or Asian style garden plant. No doubt for some people the mere thought of bamboo ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Tropical Paradise
Neil and Viola Hamilton have created an amazing tropical style garden on their 2-acre property south of Brisbane. It's been a lot of hard work, but funnily enough; the whole thing was inspired by something a little more relaxing. The Hamilton's ... [... more]
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Arcadia Garden
In northwestern Sydney Warren Naylor and Tim Higgins have created an Italian style garden, complete with buildings inspired by the villas of the great architect Palladio. When they purchased the property eight years ago it was a typical bush ... [... more]
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Vegetables in a Cottage Garden
You know, you don't necessarily need a separate veggie patch if you want to have a go at growing your own vegetables. That's what the traditional 'cottage' style garden was all about. Cottage gardens with roses, daisies and other flowers growing ... [... more]
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Money Saving Design Ideas
Phil visits a garden beaming with terrific design ideas and lots of little tricks that could save you money. In the front garden the owners opted for a formal style garden, full of neat repetitive shapes and clipped hedges. It really suits the ... [... more]
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Garden Centre of the Week - Eden Garden World
Up until now residents in the northern suburbs have not had a choice of a quality, boutique style garden centre just around the corner. Luckily for gardeners in this area, shopping for the garden has just become easier as Eden Garden World opened ... [... more]
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Episode: #5 21/04/07
We get a few enquiries regarding Bamboo and many viewers are concerned about plants becoming invasive and uncontrollable but like the appeal of bamboo as a screen or Asian style garden plant. No doubt for some people the mere thought of bamboo ... [... more]
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Cliff Garden
John and Beth Craggs have proved beyond any doubt that it's possible to transform a steep, rocky cliff face into a tropical resort style garden paradise. Twelve years ago they bought a one acre block at Clifton Springs on the Bellarine Peninsula, ... [... more]
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Whale Beach Garden
Simon Johnson, innovative businessman and owner of specialty food venture, Simon Johnson Purveyor of Quality Foods, bought his beachside house four years ago. At that time the cottage style garden was full of roses, marguerite daisies, lavender ... [... more]
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Palms for Brisbane
Palms for Brisbane tucked away on Lytton Road in Morningside and if you are looking to create a lush sub-tropical style garden that is perfectly suited to our climate, then a visit to this place is a must. When it comes to palms and cycads, they ... [... more]
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