Gardening Australia

A Family Backyard, Part 2 - Giant Lilies - Waldo the Bush Poet - Peas, Beans and Leafy Greens - A Garden for Song (22x20)

: 25, 2011

A Family Backyard, Part 2: After helping with the initial layout, Josh Byrne re-visits a young family to help them with the next step building their dream back yard by defining paths and garden beds, preparing for irrigation and starting the trellis for the fruit trees. Giant Lilies: Clarence Slockee looks a spectacular group of local plants, Gymea and Spear Lilies. Waldo the Bush Poet: Leonie Norrington visits Waldo Bayley, a Vietnam veteran and poet, to explore his large rural block filled with tropical trees, flowers and individuality. Peas, Beans and Leafy Greens: Jerry Coleby-Williams plants peas and broad beans for a big spring harvest and shows how he keeps up a continuous supply of greens. A Garden for Song: Jane Edmanson visits opera singers Antoinette Halloran and James Egglestone to see the garden they have created for their young family and their music.