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  • Australia's Best Shed Competition

    Burke's Backyard — For the terms and conditions for our competition, click here For the full details of the Trojan Tools to be won in the Best Shed competition, click here For photos of some of the entries so far, click hereMore…

  • What's On - January 2009

    Burke's Backyard — Summer school holiday program of events, walks and family fun at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and the Australian Garden; visit www.rbg.vic.gov.au The Gardens Market is on again at the Royal Botanic Gardens ...More…

  • What's On - December

    Burke's Backyard — Paintings by Sally D'Ovelle and Myriam Kin-Yee, celebrate the beauty of their Kangaroo Valley environment, the fruits of the orchard and the delights of the garden. At the Palm House Art Exhibitions, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 10 am-4 pm ...More…

  • What's On - November

    Burke's Backyard — Warragul & District Garden Club's Flower show will be held in the Anglican Church Hall, Princes Way, Drouin. On Friday it's open from 1pm to 5pm and on Saturday, 10am to 4pm; phone (03) 5626 8434 The Ballarat Bonsai Society is staging a Bonsai ...More…

  • Carrot growing tips & recipes

    Burke's Backyard — Carrots are one of the best vegies you can get kids started with in the garden. They don't take up much space, either, so even if you have only a small patch of sunny ground available, you can get a small crop of carrots growing. Carrots (Daucus ...More…

  • Nasturtium - Plant of the week

    Burke's Backyard — This wonderful plant is often taken for granted. As well as producing brightly coloured, cheerful flowers, it is the ideal plant for a child's first garden. The seeds are large and easily handled by little fingers, and the plants are easy to ...More…

  • Celebrity Gardeners - Umbilical Brothers

    Burke's Backyard — This week’s celebrity gardeners were described by the New York Times as being ‘like Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd on the set of Terminator Three’. Shane Dundas and David Collins met as drama students, got bored with the mime classes, added some sound ...More…

  • Celebrity Gardeners - Sara Storer and Beccy Cole

    Burke's Backyard — In January this year, Sara Storer blitzed the Tamworth Country Music Awards by taking out seven Golden Guitars - more than anyone else in its 32 year history. Sara is performing all over the country to sell-out audiences. She has country in her ...More…

  • Celebrity Gardeners - Phil and Amity

    Burke's Backyard — Don visited Amity Dry and Phil Rankine at their Sydney apartment, which has a waterfront garden and remarkable views across the harbour. Amity and Phil became household names as one of the four couples on the highly successful television program ...More…

  • Celebrity Gardeners - Matt and Jane Martino

    Burke's Backyard — The final episode of the second series of 'The Block' will be seen on Sunday, July 25. The four couples started work on a derelict building without floors, ceilings or walls. In just 101 days, they transformed it into one of the most desirable ...More…

  • Celebrity Gardeners - Hi 5

    Burke's Backyard — Hi 5 are releasing a new CD this month which kids will love. The CD is 'It's a Hi-5 Christmas', due for release on November 26. We featured the song 'Santa Claus is Coming' from the new CD. This song was originally released by Sony as ...More…

  • Celebrity Gardeners - Ben Elton and Tottie Goldsmith

    Burke's Backyard — Don visited cousins Ben Elton and Tottie Goldsmith at Tottie’s Melbourne home. Ben is in Australia at the moment taking his smash musical ‘We Will Rock You’ to the international stage. It features the brilliance of Elton’s writing talents and the ...More…


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