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JAMIE DURIE FAMILY FOOD GARDEN
Troy and Jess have lived in their forever home for seven years now and have become more health
conscious lately. In that time, in their quest to live more sustainably, Troy has become a keen
gardener, teaching himself several gardening principles, including some permaculture. The different
techniques he’s tried have produced some good crops but with no coherent strategy he knows he
could be producing a lot more. With their first baby on the way, he and Jess are extra motivated to
get their garden right.
Fortunately for Troy and Jess, Jamie Durie is just the person they need to help transform their
haphazard veggie patches into a dream garden able to produce fruit and vegetables all year round.
GARDEN BEDS Troy’s new dream garden will consist of a series of big enclosed garden beds that will run down the
side fences and along the back fence. Each bed will provide two months of food, giving Troy and
Jess fresh fruit and vegetables all year round.
In order to create Troy’s ultimate garden, Jamie and the crew remove all remnants of his old garden.
While a lot of old stuff is thrown in the Bingo Bin, Troy has a lot of good soil, flowers, fruit and
vegetables, so these are carefully placed in tubs under the house so they can be replanted in the new
garden later on.
With the ground clear, the beds are built from Whites Retain-iT retaining post system. Made from
high tensile galvanised steel they are simply placed into holes in the ground, concreted in and timber
sleepers are slid into the grooves.
To fully enclose each bed, vertical support posts are concreted into the ground and horizontal posts
attached around the top to create a roof frame. The gardens are terraced to accommodate the slope
of the backyard and retain the nutrients in each individual bed. A sheet of plastic is also nailed to the
inside of each bed wall, to help funnel water back into the garden, where it is needed most.
With the frames built, the beds are filled with new soil and Troy’s existing nutrient rich soil. To keep
the harsh Australian sun from burning their crops, the frames are wrapped in shade cloth. Jamie
alternates the colours to replicate the effect of full sun and dappled light.
The shade cloths can also screen each bed from each other, so Troy and Jess can rotate crops.
Once each bed is harvested they can let their new chickens – out of their coop in the bottom corner of
garden – into the garden beds to eat up the waste and re-fertilise the soil; ready for a new crop to be
planted.
Jamie is careful to plant fruit and vegetables that fruit at the same time of the year together, creating a
seasonal system that will be constantly producing fresh fruit and veg. Jamie also installs Whites Grip
& Grow; a simple frame system giving climbing plants beans, tomatoes and peas something to climb
up, allowing them to get more sun. Across the whole garden, Jamie plants hundreds of different
herbs, fruit and vegetables.
Troy and Jess’ fence is part Colourbond, part timber palings. The palings that are starting to rot are
replaced and then the entire fence is painted Medicine Bottle green using Taubmans Endure Exterior.
The old aluminium shed is given a coat as well, so it all blends into the background of this new
garden.
PAINTS COURTESY OF TAUBMANS
LOCATION PRODUCT COLOUR FINISH
Fence / Shed
Endure Exterior Medicine Bottle Low Sheen
Timber Posts /
Garden bed Walls
Endure Exterior Brunette Low Sheen
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OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING AREA Currently Troy and Jess’ outdoor entertaining area consists of a 44-gallon drum. While this has
provided a focal point for many fun nights through the years, it’s time for something a little more
sophisticated.
Firstly, a large flat area is cut into the sloping backyard. Like the garden beds, the Whites Retain-iT
system is used to create a retaining wall to hold the high sides of the yard in place. Pear trees and
Lilly Pillies are planted around the top of the retaining wall, with pine bark mulch to keep away the
weeds, retain moisture and regulate soil temperature; ensuring the trees grow tall and strong.
The entertaining area is covered with Snow White pebbles, which not only look great, but also are
easy to walk on and restrain the growth of weeds. On top of this sit a couple of smart, but durable
outdoor Mimosa wicker corner sofas and a modern fire pit; perfect for entertaining friends.
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POTTING SHED The new potting shed is a true reflection of the sustainability Troy and jess aspire to. The old Hills
Hoist has been re-positioned to the back corner and re-purposed as the frame for the potting shed
roof. The ground is flattened out and four posts are erected under each arm to help hold it up and a
tarpaulin attached for cover. The wires of the clothesline can now be used for several different things
including hanging pot plants or even hanging clothes still.
Nothing is to be wasted in this garden, so an old tree trunk and the old fence palings have also been
re-purposed and will now form a sturdy new potting table. To give this new shed a sense of
enclosure, Dylan recycles more of the old fence palings. They’re nailed to some posts to form a
frame and then nailed to the uprights to form small wall.
Timber pallets are attached to the fence to form a natural frame on which to hang pot plants.
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