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H ello and welcome to the launch issue of Your Fantastic

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old trees snapped off like matchsticks and our neighbour’s boat in an entirely different paddock.

The rigours of Australian climatic conditions aside, we love our backyards and love to make them as individual as we are. Increasingly, our backyards are becoming an extension of our living spaces with all the design accoutrements formerly lavished on our interiors, mini-resorts influenced by our travels to exotic destinations or a place to grow healthy fresh herbs and vegetables to feed our families and enhance the flavours of our cooking.

Whatever plans you have for your backyard, we’re here to help. Each month, Your Fantastic Backyard will be peeking into celebrity backyards and offering inspiration and tips on backyard design, outdoor entertaining and new products that will lift your outdoor living spaces from so-so to truly fantastic.

Above all, the magazine is all about your fantastic backyard so get involved and send us your projects, stories and pics. Perhaps you’ve built a unique shed, cubby house or chook palace, had a backyard disaster or completed a major project you’re proud of? If so, let us know! In the coming months, we’ll be holding some fun competitions with great prizes to be won.

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32 Grow Cook Enjoy An edible garden that feeds a family plus a delicious recipe to enjoy 42 Infinity Blue Resort style luxury by Rolling Stone Landscapes 48 Rick’s Place Celebrity chef Rick Stein chills in his seaside backyard in Mollymook, NSW 52 Cubby Love Every little girl wants a cubby like Irma’s 58 Lighten Up Outdoor lighting to add sparkle to your garden 64 Gazebo Magic Create resort-style living with a poolside gazebo 68 Secret Gardens of Santa Fe

72 The Best Fruit Trees for Your Backyard 76 Bright Sparks Add pops of colour to your outdoor entertaining 83 Recycling For The Home and Garden

89 A Summer House For Your Plants

Cover: Photography by Jenny Brandt. See full story page 52.

This Month’s Features9 Editor’s Letter

14 Backyard Booty 27 Backyard Trends with Jules Fox 29 Pet Tales Pet advice by Leone Britt 85 Subscribe and Win! Subscribe to Your Fantastic Backyard for your chance to win a beautiful Bali hut or gazebo for your backyard! 86 Puzzles 92 Books

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For a new home on acres on the fringes of Sydney, award-winning landscape designer Dean Herald of Rolling Stone Landscapes created a superb resort-style garden for clients who expressed a desire for “their own piece of paradise”.

BY DEAN HERALD PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANNY KILDARE

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Imet the clients for this project shortly after they

purchased a five-acre property consisting mainly of

natural bushland. They expressed a dream of having

their own piece of paradise on this land. As the design team

worked closely together on the home and its exterior, we

also had to work with the local authorities due to some

sensitive environmental factors on the site. As always, what

at first seemed like an obstacle was transformed into an

advantage and the house was given its location, satisfying

the needs of the client along with those of the authorities.

The pool, constructed by Splish Splash Pools, was designed

to interact with the lines of the house, being positioned

right against the living space. It stretches out as the land

falls to the rear; a curved infinity edge enabling views out

to the natural landscape. The water at the edge of the house

is shallow enough to obviate the need for safety fencing,

providing a great location for a sitting area. This central area

is accessible from the master bedroom and study, and takes

the form of a deck with a relaxing atmosphere enhanced by

a stone-clad water-feature wall on the side of the house.

Adding to the tranquil feel of the space, planted bangalow

palms (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana), leafless bird

For entertaining purposes, the roofline of the home extends to cover the alfresco

dining and outdoor kitchen areas that flow through to the pool.

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Excerpt from 21st Century Residential Landscape Design by Dean Herald. For more information visit www.rollingstonelandscapes.com

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of paradise (Strelitzia reginae ‘Juncea’) and variegated mondo

(Ophiopogon intermedians ‘Stripey White’) fill the area.

Furnished with two chairs, it sits ready for use at any time.

For entertaining purposes, the roofline of the home extends

to cover the alfresco dining and outdoor kitchen areas that

flow through to the pool. The same floor surface was used

for all these areas to enhance the relationship between them.

Elevated above the natural ground level, they offer the best

position from which to take in views of the mountains to the

west that connect the tree line of the existing eucalypts.

In addition to the aforementioned plantings, century plant

(Agave attenuata), Florida gardenia (Gardenia augusta

‘Florida’) and dwarf lilly pilly (Acmena smithii ‘Allyn Magic’)

were included in the design to provide low-maintenance

gardening that suits the clients’ busy lifestyle.

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Lighten Up!

As home owners and designers embrace every opportunity to bring the outdoors in and treat the outdoors as an extension to the home, outdoor lighting has moved from purely functional to an integral part of exterior design, creating a wonderful ambience in these ‘outdoor rooms’.

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Glowing Safely Enjoy Interiors hurricane lanterns are handmade from quality bamboo. Medium (12” x 20”) RRP $99.00, Large RRP $129.00. Enjoy Lighting Flameless Wax Pillars are priced from RRP $29.95, and are available in a range of different colourways. For more details and stockist information, visit www.enjoylighting.com.au

Light Work Envirolux LED Bollard in stainless steel and acrylic (above left) and Harbour Outdoor Lights(above right) by Beacon Lighting. Envirolux LED 2W bollard in 304 grade stainless steel with acrylic head requires wiring kit and driver. RRP $69. Harbour 12V light spike in copper and Harbour 12V large and small bollards in copper. Bollards, small RRP $119, large $179, spike spot $99.95. www.beaconlighting.com.au

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Light on Luxury Designed by Ecodesign and constructed by Senator Pools, this spectacular swimming pool features a unique, in-built lounge area which spans one side of the pool for immersive relaxation. Adrian Swain, Director of Ecodesign, says “Our design kept to the brief from Merit Homes, which was to integrate pool and landscape to create a truly unique outdoor living environment, to complement the luxury home. The landscapes beautifully reflect the lines of the house, with glossy green foliage providing a solid background to the bold and contemporary colours in the pool.” Low voltage LED garden lighting ensures the landscape design and pool are as dramatic by night as by day.

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Zen Tranquillity Sydney-based landscape design practice Ecodesign brought a true Japanese sense of Zen to the landscapes within the Sekisui House display village located at Kellyville HomeWorld. Says Director Adrian Swain, “The project consists of a village of six homes linked with boardwalk like paths made from bamboo decking.”

Spectacular, well-detailed and functional outdoor living environments are a feature of each house, their sense of tranquillity highlighted at night by the careful placement of low voltage LED lighting.

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Bright Sparks Liven up your outdoor entertaining during the Autumn months with pops of bright colour and go-anywhere grills and barbecues.

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C ool Capri Tableware experts Rhubarb have launched a fresh new range called Capri. The melamine range features a geometric accent that is classical and timeless, ensuring many years of use.

Available in outdoor trays, plates, tumblers, salad bowls and salad servers, then coordinated beautifully with aprons, placemats, table runners and napkins. Available from leading homewares stores or visit www.zimba.com.au for stockists.

Peninsula Dining Chair Patio by Jamie Durie Peninsula Dining Chair, $24.00 Lightweight aluminium frame and FSC certified eucalyptus timber with woven polyester webbing.

Patio by Jamie Durie is exclusive to BIG W. For stockist details phone 1300 244 999.

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Get the Nautical Look Create a nautical ambience around your pool area with this nattily striped tablecloth by Gypsy Tableware Designs. www.gypsytablewaredesigns.com.au

Retro Kitchen The RetroKitchen Alfresco Range includes enamel jugs, cups, trays and napkin sets and is available in red and white. For more information visit www.steadysticks.com

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