Issue#15.6 2018

Backyard and Outdoor Living

Create your dream backyard and garden

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Penthouse Paradise
WORDS: KYLIE BARACZ PHOTOS: KATRINE MARDINI With population growth and apartment living on the rise, you would expect relaxing green landscapes to be a thing of the past. However, this inner-city balcony proves you can still have a lush garden no ma
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Editor's Note
It’s autumn and what a beautiful time of year. In many parts of Australia, it’s still warm enough to do all the outdoor activities you did in summer, while in others it’s starting to get a bit fresh. Some Aussies will be cheering the cool change afte
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Now You Can Enjoy The Great Australian Backyard With A Lot Less Effort
Backyard entertaining is a fundamental way of life in Australia. We love having friends over for a barbie, playing in the pool, backyard cricket or just lazing on a Sunday afternoon with a cold beer or a chilled glass of wine. What has also become a
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Taste Of The Tropics
WORDS: ALICE GRIFFIN PHOTOS: JOEL BARBITTA, D-MAX PHOTOGRAPHY “Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” — Seth Godin, best-selling author. Rarely in life does a quote resonate so
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Don't Miss A Beat
Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi is one of Sydney’s most popular events, with up to 500,000 visitors each year. Staged on the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, this free-to-the-public exhibition captures the imagination of Sydney and its visit
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Timber Provides Excellent Value For Money And Offers An Array Of Benefits For Your Home
Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat
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Lemon Cupcakes WITH LEMON CURD & CREAM CHEESE ICING
Lemons need good amounts of fertiliser for healthy growth and a good crop, so begin feeding them with an organic fertiliser at the first sign of spring. They tend to be shallow-rooted plants so, to keep them looking their best, apply a good layer of
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Moving On Up
WORDS: APRIL OSSINGTON PHOTOS: NICHOLAS WATT As the population of Sydney increases and more apartments are built, properties with expansive outdoor spaces are becoming few and far between. High-density housing also presents a number of other challen
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The Makers
Self-watering planters are a great way to grow herbs and veggies, especially in urban courtyards and on decks, patios or balconies — in fact, anywhere it’s not possible to have a conventional garden bed. The GlowPear Urban Garden planter is a perfect
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Grow A Thriving Garden All-year Round With A Little Help From A Greenhouse
Greenhouses are designed to provide a controlled horticultural environment where you can adjust the temperature and humidity. This allows you to grow plants, fresh fruits and vegetables, and flowers and herbs with ease. The beauty of greenhouses is t
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Backyard Stuff
The Vertical Garden 4 offers the perfect solution for apartment living. Growing vegetables on your balcony (or deck) has never been easier with this handy storage unit that is both incredibly stylish and functional. Handmade with love, this piece is
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SOPHIA’S Choice
WORDS: NATALIE RAAD PHOTOS: PATRICK REDMOND What began as a small veggie patch is, today, the ultimate food-garden sanctuary. Located in Armadale, Victoria, the garden is not only pleasing to look at, with its array of colours and textures, but is e
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High Society
WORDS: ANNABELLE CLOROS PHOTOS: BLACKBOX COLLECTIVE Spending time in the backyard as a child is a rite of passage that transitions to alfresco dining and backyard barbecues as an adult. With three children and one on the way, a young family called o
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The Greenhouse Effect
WORDS: ERINA STARKEY In Historia Naturalia, Pliny describes one of the first recorded proto-greenhouses in which carts of vegetables would be wheeled into the sun by day and then stored in warm structures made of transparent stone by night. This gar
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SURROUNDED By Nature
WORDS: DIANE CRAWFORD PHOTOS: DIANE NORRIS Although not far from Sydney’s centre as the crow flies, Glenorie is home to abundant native fauna and flora, including black cockatoos, king parrots, powerful owls and gang gang cockatoos, as well as black
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Go For Green
WORDS: KAREN BOOTH The aesthetic appeal of a lush, green lawn is undeniable. So too is its value as a play space for children and pets. If you choose the right type of turf for your climate and water availability, prepare the soil properly, lay or p
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Duck, Duck, Goose!
WORDS & PHOTOS: MEGG MILLER Gardeners extol the virtues of fowls for scratching out creepy crawlies or they may be one-eyed about Runner ducks and their voracious appetite for slugs and snails. There is another worker to add to the list of gardeners
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Snapshot
If anybody knows how to create picturesque gardens, it’s the French, and David Price Design has brought an authentic touch of Provence to this inviting outdoor space. This beauty in the south of France sits on a 12-hectare plot that houses a south-fa
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Keeping Up Appearances
WORDS: KAREN BOOTH Autumn is a great time of year to do an audit of your backyard and get stuck into all those chores you’ve been putting off — things like recoating the deck or cleaning paths, painting the fence or giving well-worn metal outdoor fu
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Change It Up
WORDS: JENNIFER STACKHOUSE PHOTOS: ROS GOODY & JENNIFER STACKHOUSE Feijoas are not a popular fruit, but they are a clever crop for the orchard as these dual-purpose plants produce a welcome and nutritious harvest in autumn and provide year-round she
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Camellia Sasanquas Are Not Just Delightful, They're Ideal For The Cooler Autumn Weather
Autumn is the time when Camellia sasanqua starts to flower. These versatile camellias are perfect in full sun or shade, tolerant of heat and cold, and available in a wide array of colours. These range from pure white through to deep pinks and reds, a
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The Best Medicine
WORDS: ALICE GRIFFIN PHOTOS: HELIPHOTO Ever wondered why you feel so good after a stroll around the park? Countless studies have shown that a connection to nature, especially in urban environments, has a hugely positive impact on health and wellbein
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Black Out
WORDS: DIANE CRAWFORD Black spot is a fungal disease specific to roses and all varieties are vulnerable. The disease starts off as dark spots or irregular brown or black blotches on the surface of leaves. Unlike mildew, it gets right inside the leav
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Selecting The Right Lawn For Your Yard And Your Needs Is The Key To Long-term Success
Choosing the right lawn for your climate can be tough. You don’t want to install a beautiful turf only to find that it has died off or is looking patchy just six months later. Despite your best maintenance efforts, this could happen simply because th
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An Aussie Touch
WORDS: KYLIE BARACZ PHOTOS: CARYN B DAVIS You wouldn’t expect this beautiful perennial garden to be found on the other side of the world. Yet this riverside property, which echoes suburban Melbourne, is located north of the equator in Connecticut, U
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Shed Sense
WORDS: ERINA STARKEY PHOTOS: DIANE CRAWFORD & BIGSTOCK A garden shed is much more than a backyard storage cupboard. It has the potential to be an eco-friendly piece of architecture, delivering an inspiring venue for work, leisure and pleasure. So if
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Now Is The Time To Introduce Some Colour And Form Into Your Backyard With Trees
When it comes to trees, a decision made in haste can lead to a lifetime of regret. Many trees grow more beautiful generation after generation. Others have the potential to create decades of trouble, dropping messy fruit or bothersome sticks. So take
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Fire It Up
WORDS: JASON HODGES Backyard firepits are becoming increasingly popular as we look to utilise outdoor spaces in winter with functional landscaping features. Essentially, a firepit is the new water feature; it’s a great addition to the backyard, tran
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With A Flexible Steel-edging Product, You Can Give Shape And Definition To Any Garden
When it comes to garden edging, you need a product that is strong, versatile and weather resistant — and you can’t get anything that fits the bill better than long-lasting steel. Greenlines Gardenware’s FormBoss range of flexible, no-maintenance stee
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MAKE Lemonade
WORDS: MELISSA KING PHOTOS: THE DIGGERS CLUB The origin of the lemon is something of a mystery, but we do know that lemon trees have been cultivated in northern India for more than 2500 years, making it a likely starting point. So prized were the tr

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