Backyard Blitz

Hi,my husband is 48 and had been battling rheumatoid and osteoarthritis for more than 20 years now. Despite pain in his ankles and knees 24/7 he works hard at keeping fit turning to swimming and road cycling when he had to stop running marathons many years ago. He's always been a very conscientious husband and provider working long hours at a responsible job, a loving father to our two daughters and prides himself on keeping up his end of the 'outdoors work'. In January 2012 he was struck down with a kidney problem which turned into a life-threatening septicaemia necessitating several weeks in a Perth hospital 200kms from our home. He lost 12 kilos and was so weak and in so much pain he could hardly stand but had a big operation to fix the problem in April. In all he had 4 months off work and I had to take 2 months off (unpaid) to support him. During his recuperation, many times we sat out under our patio and lamented the sorry state of our backyard which we would like to have renovated before we spent all our money on medical bills. A raised veggie garden and some plants to replace the peppy tree we felled would make it so much more pleasant and would relieve Graeme's anxiety about not being able to do what other men would be able to do. We have felt for many years that,when compared to other debilitating diseases, there is a great lack of awareness and appropriate support for younger people suffering from arthritis. Something your programme now has the opportunity to address.

Is there a nomination form somewhere on this site or do we just use this comment section to nominate? Thanks, Anita

My Aunty is always helping others, her husband that is in a wheel chair and any stray people that need help she never asks for anything she cooks and does everyones washing and over the years she has helpped many a young person giving them a roof over their head when ever anyone needs help she has helpped BUT sadly people that she has helpped have never even helpped her back they come and they go and still even though people have just used her and her kind nature she still never gives up hope of helping people out when someone needs it, she is raising 2 of her grandsons and looking after her sick wheelchair bound husband and on top of that she is slowly going blind, she helps her mother, my Aunty may not be a very well known person BUT she has never turnned her back on anyone, Her home has been neglected over the years because of her helping everyone else and she is trying to save money to get her bathroom done to help her husband easier to be able to shower BUT each time she helps people they also con her out of money and being on a pension due to not being able to work because of her commitments for her husband means money is really tight so if there is anyway to help make her life easier would be gratefully appriciated.

Hi my name is Daniel and it would be amazing if the backyard blitz team could help my parents out in any way possible. All her life my mother Elizabeth has been a woman who has put others before herself, doing anything for anybody. Two years ago my she was diagnosed to be in the later stages of bowel cancer, which devastated my family. She has been through countless operations and over the last two years has nearly had a permanent residency at the hospital. With all this happening my father John who works full-time, is carrying and guiding my two sisters and brother through this hard time, taking them to work, cooking dinners, doing washing and shopping while keeping their spirits high. At their house after living there for 22yrs they have never had a finished main bathroom which I know would be a huge surprise for both of them. If there is anything that the backyard blitz team could do to help my parents and lift their spirits would be truly amazing. Thank heaps, Daniel Hyett

Do you need a trip to new Zealand!!! I know the most deserving person - she is 37 and mum to gorgeous twin girls aged five but sadly she has motor neurons disease and is now terminal - it would be amazing to give her a nice garden she can look out on and a place for the girls to play :)Pick up 6 allum st kohimarama please

Hi, my name is Catherine.. My mum and nan loves watching your shows and says all time how beautiful you guys do the backyards.. I always say to my mum that i'll help her to get her backyard done like something in your shows, but she always says "No, you don't have the money and you won't be able to do it because you need someone to help keep watch on your babies".. She broke both her ankles a few years ago, her right ankle is okay every now and than, but her left ankle is deteriarating and she has a wheel chair and crutches that she sometimes uses to help her to walk, we also lost a very dear loved one last year (my sisters son) and mum was very close to him, he and mum were very close...
I try and help her as much as i can, because i can see how much she wants her backyard to look as beautiful as you guys do the backyards on the show but i need help.. I had a baby by caeserean 2months ago, and there's only so much i can do.. I would give anything just to see mum and nan happy with their backyard... I hate asking for things but please can you guys do their backyard, i would love to see them with smiles from ear to ear...

Wow , just reading some of the above stories, makes me feel like I dont deserve my backyard blitz as much as the others, I to am a single mum, and live with my son, we have a small back and side yard at our unit, but I never have the time to clean up, etc. I mow our poor excuse for a lawn but would love someone to help us out. Even lay some decking and paving would be a huge help, thanks for reading Sandra

Hello there, I am a single mother with 2 beautiful healthy little boys which are very active, we currently live in my nannas old house as she passed away not long ago. My Nanna was an old battler running a Dairy on this property and delivering the milk for the town of Broken Hill where we lived, she and my pop definitely done it tough my pop was the paper man. I am living here now with my kids and they rarely get to play outside as its just not safe enough they are 17mths old and 4 years old and they love to play outside, I would live for them to have a chance at playing in a safe yard and environment but it's just not possible at the moment, I struggle every fortnight with bills etc and everything I get is spent on my boys they are my world, I can't work because I don't have anyone to watch my Boys, I would live to enter one of your backyard blitz competitions please let me know what I would have to do, thankyou so much for reading this : )

Let do something different ! I was not able to find a section on the form to be able to explain clearly or add photos of the suggestion so am hoping this explains it in some detail…… the renovation is for an old train carriage, renovating this for my father in mid 70's that has been the founder of many charities and sporting clubs over his years. Stuck down with dehibilitaing illnesses in last year, he is now fighting a secondary prostate cancer with limited time on his hands. Not wanting to leave the land, and could not face a retirement home - we are embarking on an eco-adventure to see a train carriage renovated into a self-sustaining residence so he can spend his last years enjoying the land he soiled his hands with. Its been an engineering feat to have her transported and crane lifted some 30 mtrs into the sky and placed on engineering studs some 2 mtrs deep, on a backfilled slope. The property she resides on is the old Samford Grass Ski & Bob Sled park which operated from 1984 to 1993.... A 20-minutes' drive north-west of Brisbane, Samford lies in a rural setting in the South Pine River valley on Brisbane's northern fringe.  The quiet little town sits on the skirts of the huge Brisbane Forest Park - more than 26,500ha enclosing 16 separate recreation areas. This beautiful park is a favourite of bush walkers, serious back-country hikers, bird lovers and picnickers. The wide variety of habitat provides a sanctuary for a broad range of native wildlife.  Some brief history ... From 1970 to 1972 the railways built fifty new steel bogie vans. The code allocated was ZF and the numbers were 1 - 50. _ZF_ had previously been used on vans which became the ZLP_ class in 1968. These new steel ZF vans replaced ageing fixed wheel _ZL_ vans on freight trains. In the early 1970's, vents were provided at floor level in the guards compartment area. In the late 1970's, some vans were provided with crew compartments for crews travelling between depots. These vans feature a small sliding door to a crew compartment at one end. In the 1983 van recoding, they were recoded to VVDY. In 1983, the Vline logo began to be applied to rolling stock. In an unusual twist, the van ZF 17 was photographed with a Vline logo, one of the few, if not the only, rolling stock with an old code and a Vline logo. VVDY - Bogie Guards Van, they were used in the haulage of quarry goods. Our carriage was marked as ZF3 and was commissioned as a new build out of the NWS - Newport Workshops on 16/ 7/1971 In the mid 1980's, the railways decided there the removal of guards from the end of trains, the vans housing those guards were no longer required. Our little baby was dual badged on 13/ 9/1983 to VVDY-29 I'm in the picturesque village of the Samford Valley - 20kms north of Brisbane -- the footage would make for a sensational story !

I dont have any sad stories but i have a beautiful house on the ocean in a small country town, and it desperatly needs an outdoor pizza oven entertainment area that can be enjoyed while watching the sunset over the ocean, I have plenty of money to pay for the job but cannot get local builders to get off their butts and do it nor do they have the creativity you guys have, I cannot do it myself as I work overseas can you help??? it would make a great tv show and im sure you would appreciate my house as it is very unique with a great charm, im sure you wouldnt have worked on a project anything like this.
Best Regards Dan

hello i'm thea i'm 13 and i struggle with mayga ocd and anxiety i hardly have the corage to leave my town were i like and i feel so sorry for my mum we have a small 2 bedroom unit and my mum not enough money to redesign or chage any thing in our house my mum does family daycare and has

How do I nominate someone for a backyard makeover? That would be a dream come true!

Hi my name is Sandra. I am a loving mum of Rebekah 29 and her baby son 22 months, Dylan Jarah. My daughter is a single mummy (and I am so pround of her she is the best)Dylan was born with a very rare chromosome deficency, he spent the first 12 days in intensive care. We were told that he may not make the first year...may not sit up or crawl but he has done all this to Drs amazment. he has delayed learning and is proberbly doing what a 12 month would be doing. he has had many health problems and been in and out of hospital many times, his last op was two weeks ago. He is missing his Sacrum Bone in his lower spine, has orthortics in his little shoes and is trying so hard to walk. His hips were badley out of place and he was in plaster from hip to ankles for three months after they operated on him. A few other issues too.
But he is so loving and a happy baby, he brings us so many tears but so much joy.

Rebekah has lived with me from her pregnancy until a couple of months ago. She is now living with her dad (due to personal issues of mine). Bekah and Dylan have been given a home of there own that she can have for the rest of her life, it is a Co opertive house (like a houseing commission home) I went with her to see it yesterday and it is in a very bad state inside and out. They have offered her money to paint it out , but it also needs things done before we can even start to do this. I feel for her because she is such a tryer, she was studying Psychology/Art for children with disabilities, but has had to take 12 months leave due to Dylans health. I would love to get her some help to make her life a little easier. She is a truely beautiful person. We were all very devasted as a family when this happened, but we love Dylan so much.
I am hoping that Rebekahs dream of a beautiful home for Dylan and herself could possiably come true one day soon.

Thank you Sandra Carne

I would like to nominate my mum. She is in remission from breast cancer. She survived breast cancer twice now and is healthy. She converted half her property into a community garden and runs many community events through the garden, from activities for children to the elderly. Her and her husband don't have much money as they spend most of their time running the garden and helping the community. They are advocates for the environment and sustainability. They need help and they need their loving work honoured and recognised. You could help them with the garden by creating areas for things like propagation, a tranquility zone, and areas for the veges. The current garden is good, but they construct it all with their own money (which is very limited) and donations. They also have some renovations that are incomplete from 2 years ago, that desperately need to be finished, but they just don't have the money. My mum is so giving. She gives of herself to everyone, friends and strangers. Locals and foreigners. I can tell you two examples of strangers they have helped. A lady who lost her home in the floods and didn't have insurance, they gave her a home to stay in for months, and supported her to find a new place and get the help she needed. She also helped an African refugee man, he didn't have anywhere to live after some devastating things happened to him, mum gave him and his two teenage daughters a home for several months. She supported them, drove them to school and taught the girls how to cook. She has just finished helping them find a new home and furnish it based mostly on kind donations from friends. Please consider her. Her name is Nancy.

I'd like to nominate my mum for a back yard blitz. She survived breast cancer twice and is healthy now. Past remission for the second time. She gives so much of herself to everyone. She runs a community garden, she actually donated half her property in Morningside for it, and is always promoting living a chemical free and eco efficient lifestyle. She volunteers all her free time to the garden and runs many community events with children through to elderly. Her and her husband finance the entire garden themselves so it is slow and a lot of work. They could really benefit from some help from you establishing some great areas for the garden, like a propogation area, a relaxation tranquility area, a few beds for growing fruit and veges. They also need help with their home, they ran out of money 2 years ago to finish some renovations, they can't afford to complete it. So there is a lot you can do for them, inside and out. They give so much to the community, they have given an African refugee family a place to stay in their home and helped them locate and furnish a new home for them. It's a single dad and his teenage daughters who would have had to live on the street. They lived with her for several months. Even though they couldn't always afford to even feed themselves. The garden really helped. They also are generous with whatever they have. They helped another lady who was a victim to the floods by offering her (also a stranger) a bed and support. If anyone deserves this it's my mum. She would be so grateful to have all her generosity honoured in such a way. I hope this is the right place to nominate someone. Please consider her. Her name is Nancy.

Dear Team, Over 7 years ago I started my backyard renovation for my beautiful kids after a separation. After suffering from many physical mental financial blows, I still cant look out my back yard without crying. It was suppose to be a place of pure Bali oasis. With the pool in nothing else has been done and it breaks my heart. I have nearly lost my home 3 times from making bad decisions but have fought back to keep it. This was suppose to be a place to have memories that last a lifetime but instead I cant bare it and the kids dont even go out there. I cant afford to finish it, working 2 jobs at 16 hours a day, as a single parent putting my kids through private school by myself, I choose to go without everyday to give them everything I can..I give and give and give and I cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. I would love your help to make my dream become reality....I have to have faith that dreams come true

Dear the Backyard Blitz Team
I am a daughter of an extrordinary mother who for my whole life (21yrs) has always put myself and three older siblings first. She has been a single mum since I was 6mths old, and has never complained with our school activities, sporting activities and social meetings.
When I was 13 my mum decided to open her loving heart and home to less fortante children and do all types of foster care-resbite, short term, long term and emergancy. She has allowed these children who no matter what issues they have come with to be involed in swimming, karate, soccer, music lessons, tutoring and always buying new toys and clothes. She is still putting the chidlren before her and her own life all on her own!!

At present we have a set of 2yr old twins and two ten year olds who are always keeping everyone on their toes. This is not the begining nor the end. With her busy lifestyle and peristant to keep everyone happy, her love for her home and tidyness has slipped through the cracks.

I was wondering if you guys were able to help me!! Just to find some order in the house inside and out and allow her to relax a little more with the children than spending her spare time (which isn't often) cleaning as much as possible.

Hope you can help :)

Dear the Backyard Blitz,
I am entering this subscription due for a house and garden makeover. I am at 15 year old girl that is entering the makeover for my aunty, uncle and cousin when my uncle was born with a condition with Neurofibromatosis but my uncle survived and then meet my aunty they gave birth the my wonderful cousin. She was also diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis, plus she is partly blind. She has been in and out of hospital all her life and is still commencing to this day I would love if you give my cousin and uncle plus my aunty a place where they can sit back in a relaxing area and feel like they have gone to heaven.
Please Please come and make over my family’s home.

Hi Jamie, Scott, Jodie, & Nigel,

We are entering this subsription due for a house and garden makeover as we are in a situatioon where we are having financail hardship.

A little about us, we live up North of Brisbane, a place called Narangba, we bought this house for renovatios and saw a lot of potential, we have lived here for 7 years, and of course have a mortgage, My husband Ian has worked since he was 16, now he is 68 years old, and wants to retire, and I'm on a disibiltiy Pension, of which I can't work any more, he has used nearly all his Super for Renovations, and does not have much left.

We want to sell our home so we can get out of dept, so Ian can retire, and we don't have the money to finish off our Renovation's, we have a $261,000 Mortgage and paying off just over $2,056 per month, we also have plans to bring my Mum and step Dad over from W.A as no one has the time or place to look after them, so I offered to take on the respondibilty to take care of my Mother and Step Dad, they will be coming over to QLD in June, if only we had the money to do up our home and sell it, but we don't, My husband and I would love to hear from you and would be so much appreciated if you could help us out.

Thank you for taking the time to Read my email.

and looking forward to your reply soon.

Yours Sinserely

Ian and Cecile Norris.

Hi Jamie, Scott, Jodie, & Nigel,

We are entering this subsription due for a house and garden makeover as we are in a situatioon where we are having financail hardship.

A little about us, we live up North of Brisbane, a place called Narangba, we bought this house for renovatios and saw a lot of potential, we have lived here for 7 years, and of course have a mortgage, My husband Ian has worked since he was 16, now he is 68 years old, and wants to retire, and I'm on a disibiltiy Pension, of which I can't work any more, he has used nearly all his Super for Renovations, and does not have much left.

We want to sell our home so we can get out of dept, so Ian can retire, and we don't have the money to finish off our Renovation's, we have a $261,000 Mortgage and paying off just over $2,056 per month, we also have plans to bring my Mum and step Dad over from W.A as no one has the time or place to look after them, so I offered to take on the respondibilty to take care of my Mother and Step Dad, they will be coming over to QLD in June, if only we had the money to do up our home and sell it, but we don't, My husband and I would love to hear from you and would be so much appreciated if you could help us out.

Thank you for taking the time to Read my email.

and looking forward to your reply soon.

Yours Sinserely

Ian and Cecile Norris.

Hi Jamie, Scott, Jodie, & Nigel,

We are entering this subsription due for a house and garden makeover as we are in a situatioon where we are having financail hardship.

A little about us, we live up North of Brisbane, a place called Narangba, we bought this house for renovatios and saw a lot of potential, we have lived here for 7 years, and of course have a mortgage, My husband Ian has worked since he was 16, now he is 68 years old, and wants to retire, and I'm on a disibiltiy Pension, of which I can't work any more, he has used nearly all his Super for Renovations, and does not have much left.

We want to sell our home so we can get out of dept, so Ian can retire, and we don't have the money to finish off our Renovation's, we have a $261,000 Mortgage and paying off just over $2,056 per month, we also have plans to bring my Mum and step Dad over from W.A as no one has the time or place to look after them, so I offered to take on the respondibilty to take care of my Mother and Step Dad, they will be coming over to QLD in June, if only we had the money to do up our home and sell it, but we don't, My husband and I would love to hear from you and would be so much appreciated if you could help us out.

Thank you for taking the time to Read my email.

and looking forward to your reply soon.

Yours Sinserely

Ian and Cecile Norris.

I do not have big story to tell. We are simple family with three school aged kids trying our best! Recently we have build house and managed to finish everything inside, unfortunatly out side is waiting for better times. We could do with a help from Backyard Blitz. I have enter many competitions in my life but have never won any of them. I feel that I have to be in it to win it. So I will fill in this one too without great expectations. Thank you for taking your time to read "My Story".

i'm going to be honest...i am not sick, my family is in perfect health and there is nothing that i can say to make yo feel sorry for me. what i can explain to you is that i am desperatly time poor. i am a full time working mum with two children aged six and two and a wonderful husband. the most i have had off work is six months and my wonderful husband unfortunatly works long and unpredicatable hours and our backyard has suffered for six long years because of this. any little time on the weekends that we have we are relaxing and this makes it hard to gain any inspiration to work on our backyard. i know that my children ache to have a wonderful place to play and relax in as i would to go and sit and re juvenate. my husband has long had a dream of creating a japanese haven but i have waited and waited and waited and time is just not on his side. it would mean the world to me and my family if this dream one day could come true.....one day

i'm going to be honest...i am not sick, my family is in perfect health and there is nothing that i can say to make yo feel sorry for me. what i can explain to you is that i am desperatly time poor. i am a full time working mum with two children aged six and two and a wonderful husband. the most i have had off work is six months and my wonderful husband unfortunatly works long and unpredicatable hours and our backyard has suffered for six long years because of this. any little time on the weekends that we have we are relaxing and this makes it hard to gain any inspiration to work on our backyard. i know that my children ache to have a wonderful place to play and relax in as i would to go and sit and re juvenate. my husband has long had a dream of creating a japanese haven but i have waited and waited and waited and time is just not on his side. it would mean the world to me and my family if this dream one day could come true.....one day

Hi Blitz team! I am writing on behalf of my inlaws about a possible Double Blitz!!- DESPERATELY needed!! My Mother and Father in law are some of the kindest, most generous people I have ever met. They raised 7 wonderful children- and are on to their 8th grandchild now and counting! (There is still 1 child at home completeing thier HSC.) As an example of her energy and enthusiasm my Mother in law gained her Masters in Science while she had babies at home and has also overcome severe Breast Cancer. Despite this she always had the attitude of "it will be alright"- and it was thanks to her positive thinking. She is always giving her time to those less fortunate and always puts other people first. She does a lot of volunteer work and is very involved with our church- always helping out when needed as well as being a very popular and much loved Science Teacher at TAFE. Aside from helping her children and grandkids she donates a lot of time to help other people, such as migrants to Australia in improving thier English so they can complete studies and get work. They have both also taken a lovely girl under thier wing who came to Australia years ago as a refugee from Africa without a family, and she is now working as a Nurse. My father in law travels a lot with his work and between work, a very large and growing family and always helping other people out their poor garden has suffered- TERRIBLY!!! The back decking has completely gone, trees need to be removed and there is a massive hole in the backyard filled with weeds where the pool used to be. My husband and his siblings have all tried to help but the job is just too big... In addition to this me and my husband live in an old house my inlaws bought in the 1970's. The house has been a rental property for years and is terribly run down. We are lucky because I have just given up my job to change careers and retrain as an Archaeologist- going back to Uni full time. We are newly weds and back on 1 wage now and it is really difficult to make ends meet. It helps to get very cheap rent from my parents in law which is the only way I could afford to go to Uni- it is really helping us out but the house is falling appart! We are fixing it up as a thank you to them, but it is slow going as we are both also very busy. (My husband works at a busy unit in a hospital and studying and looking after our dog who has cancer as well (osteosarcoma) takes up most of my time.) While we can cope with the renovations inside the garden makes me want to cry! There are many large overgrown trees that need to come out- the grass is- well weeds basically and there is even an engine buried there from previous tennants who used the backyard as a car workshop!!- and covered it in 5 layers of carpet, some of which we are still digging up... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help- we are in DESPERATE NEED OF A BLITZ and my inlaws would be so surprised and very very grateful.

Hi my name is justin i am a father of 3 and a full time carer for my wife who has severe depression, anxiety and some other medical problems and we have an autistic child who takes the rest of my time to control, these problems have haunted us for over ten years and we have no family support and lost most friends due to the mental health issues. I am also diabetic and struggle to maintain my health as im so busy supporting my family,we have gone from a great wage as a truck driver to carers pension and struggle to pay for the things to fix the back yard, basicly its weeds and dirt my goal was to make vegie beds and plant fruit trees. We have gone through the mill as a family and we are stil fighting, id love some help with the garden sso we can live better and grow fresh foods and offer the kids a great place to live.

Please Help........My name is Darren and i would love if you could makeover our garden for my wife. We have 2 small boys aged 2 and 4 and moved into our new home 18 months ago. We have a big garden that was over grown and unloved and spent time with my wife clearing it to create a backyard that the family could enjoy for many years to come. Sadly last year that came to a sudden holt as my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer and I have had to devote all my time to her recovery and caring for our 2 little boys. Sadly the garden that we as a family wished for was never finished. My wife loves the outdoors and the garden was her dream project when we first saw the house. it would be an amazing gift to give my wife a beautiful garden that we could spend spend time enjoying as part of her recovery. She is the bravest person i know and i want to give her something that she can enjoy for many years to come.

Hello how r u all? Im writing to ask if u could pretty plz give my mums backyard a make over :) she is in her 60s she has 6 wonderful children and 3 wonderful step children she has raised as all and we hav children now and she helps us raise them as well she works full time at a child care centre and is loved by all, she is very loving caring person, she helps everyone wen they need it, and i would love to give something bak to her and i thought of u guys, i hav 2 boys of my own and one on the way so money is tight, my mum derseves an awesome backyard and if u guys could help that would b amazing,my youngest sister fell ill at 18months of age and is now 21 she has to hav a brain operation this year, she is 24/7 care and my mum handles it wonderfully she really is an amazing role modal, she has owned her house for over 20 years it has a massive backyard that needs a lot of work but i no u guys could make.it look fanastic, plz pretty plz if u could plz consitered my mums backyard i would b the happiest girl alive, thank u for ur time and i hope to here from you :) thanks again shae xx

Hi I am needing some tips to set up a kids back yard.. I have a blank space that is a descent size. It has no plants and unpated fences. I am 23 and starting my own day care from home and want to make it a place the kids can feel at home and be excited to come to. Tips are welcome! A blitz is also :)

Hi I am needing some tips to set up a kids back yard.. I have a blank space that is a decent size. It has no plants/ trees and unpated fences. I am 23 and starting my own daycare from home and want to make it a place the kids can feel at home and be excited to come to everyday.. Tips are welcome! A blitz is also :)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me make over my back yard.We bought our first home 5 years ago a two bedroom fibro house I have lived with holes in the roof of the lounge room and half finished walls since we bought it but dont get me started on that. Our back yard well we have no lawn which becomes messy in winter.My four year old has been promised a cubby and sandpit for the last two years but we just dont have the money to complete them. My partner of 7 years works extremely hard 6 days a week and that seems to just cover the bills.The one day he dose have off he cant do much on the backyard because he watches our son while i go to work. He has no shed or storage place to put his tools or the second had materials he picks up from hard rubbish, our house looks like a tip. I would love for him to come home from work and be able to sit down out side and not have to look at the mess or worry about what he hasnt done. Please please i beg you to help us.

We are in need of your help! My fiancé and I recently had a baby and my parents were very generous and built an extension onto their own home so my new family had somewhere to go. We had many complications during the build, due to council and builders, and the house inside is almost complete an the outside still needs a coat of paint. They had to extend their mortgage to do so, and I want to really show our appreciation by fixing the garden. The backyard being the extension has multiple concrete blocks that seal the septic tank, there are pipes sticking out of the ground for plumbing, and right outside the door sit the electricity meter, has hot water and tank meter. There are so many things sticking out of the ground that not only look horrible but are not safe for when my daughter is old enough to be running around. It is a big job, and we really need your help to fix our garden and do something for my parents that they really deserve, for their generosity and love. Please help us. Thank you! Gemma. Victoria, Australia.

Hi, There... Please HELP. We have a huge backyard which is a total mess at the moment. My husband is a minister in the Uniting Church and we are both very busy, We have three sons but they all left home. He is 50 in August and would love to surprise him with a reply from your show. If you need photos, I can provide them for you. Thank you!

help, help. i have been trying to get my backyard renovated, it's been 4 years,and as soon as i weed or start something to improve it, this crazy backyard takes over,i have 6 children from the ages 21 to 3years old. trying to keep everyone happy is impossible,at the moment i,ve layed plastic down to try keep weeds undercontrol, but it looks like a black desert.please help me im suffocating this backyard is killing me.

hi guys
i would love if you's would come and makeover my backyard. i'm 21 years old me and my high school sweetheart brought our house nearly three years ago. our backyard is a slop pit when it rains and can never be used same with the front. my parnter works really long hours and never gets the time we can not afford to do it on our own as i had an accident in bali last year which has left me un able to work he works extremly hard and i would love to surprise him we also share our small house with my sister and her three children as she cant rent due to high rental prices. please please surprise my family :)))

I would love it if you guys could help makeover my Eldest Daughter and her Hubby's yard. He had been out of work for ages and is now away working in the mines. My daughter has 4 children works part time and is studying as well. She does everything for her family, has football training 4 nights a week as well as the games on sat, they have 2 dogs a bird and Guinea pigs. She is always helping other people out and never takes time for herself. Sometimes she just feels like giving up but she is strong and keeps going. Their yard is a mess but no way can they afford the time or money to do any thing with it. Any help from you would be such a great surprise for them. Thank you :)

Hi, My name is Lily. I need help very badly on my back n front yard. My landscape is hilly and need a lots of retaining walls but can't afford to do it . The garden is so bare and my husband is in no position of helping me because he traveled 90 % of his time. So, I'm depending on your help.

hi my name is heba we bought a house back in september 2011 and the back yard is shocking i thought we'll fix it but they quoted me rediculeus prices and i cant afford it. now my kids dont go out and play because it is so messy and they have grass allergies. they are at home all the time

Hi we really need your help to help clean up our backyard so it can be safer for my boys to play in and so i can have there birthday parties at home.Are boys are aged 2 and 4yrs old.We dont have alot of time to spend in our backyard since we had our 1st son corey who was born with a heart condtion and air way condtion corey spent his first 14 months of live in hospital.corey has specail needs.he now has frontal lobe brain damange as well with all his cardic arests.corey has no sense of danger and cant control his emontions.he is pretty full on.we have asked our local communtity to come and help us out but no one is willing to help us out.please we nee your help as my hubby works alot of hours to keep us out of bankrupt.please this is my last chance.i really hope you can help us out please family in need.thanks

hi im a singlemum of 3 going through a rough time due to my daughter having a accident in 2o1o she is now in a wheelchair she has had 7ops we are in need of your help of a swimming pool due to her having hydro thearpy once a week at westmead kids hosiptail i dont drive i find it hard traveling on public transport once a week plz help me n my daughter

Hi guys my name is kaylah, my partner and I have moved in together on the family farm of my partners. He works long hours every single day and has maybe a week off a year over Christmas. He does not have anytime at all to fix up the house, as I also work a lot so the house gets no loving. We know renovating the house is way out of our price range as we don't make a killing. We just want to be happy and have it feel like home. When this is achieved we will then hopefully look more intO a family of our own. Thank you for you time. -kaylah

THIS IS URGENT!!! Hi, My name is Zane Enders, am i 15 years old and suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, my mum works really hard to put food on the table and I want to repay her by seeing if you guys can come to my place and give my yard a makeover seeing that it is such a mess and so my lovely mother can come home after a hard day of work and relax outside in the yard Can you please get back to me asap footy_star951@hotmail.com

Hi, We live in Perth WA I am writing for my Daughter and Son-in Law. They have 3 children living at home June 2010 their youngest daughter who was 1 week from turning 4 suffered a massive epileptic seizure, after spending 3 mths in hospital and the parents living with her she was discharged with the prognosis of Sever Brain Damage and it was said she would never walk talk or eat unaided again. Her parents would not accept this and to the Neurology Team Lilyjana now walks runs and eats what ever she wants she is non0verbal now and needs 24/7 supervision. She sleeps on average 4-5 hours a night. They have bought a Spa for therapy and have a pool a swing set to dangerous for her to play on, Their yards have become very neglected as it is not a priority. They have 2 other children and both work hubby full time Daughter evenings so hubby can watch children. It would be an amazing gift to have some help please they have had no Government assistance to this day and have had to fund all equipment etc themselves so they financially cant afford to hire anyone.

I am writing to you, in the hope that you can help me surprise a very deserving lady in Perth, Western Australia. This lady never thinks about herself and is always helping other people. Unfortunately, she lost her son to suicide, two years ago and has just lost her Husband aswell. She still has her 40 year old son, living at home and has taken in her 16 year old granddaughter who is in year 11 at high school this year. I'm not in a financial position to help on my own, but I'm not scared of hard work!!

G'day. My partner are about to buy a house but the back yard is sloped and we will need help to fix it. I can get all the machines for free. but don't know what I'm doing. Can you and your team come help us?

Joanne Charleston.

I have been asked by my local kinder ballam park preschool to help raise funds for having the outside paly area re designed. As you can imaged this will cost a large amount of money as well as trying to get funds for just everyday things.
If you could help as out in any way that would be beyond awesome. You would be helping 90 families as well as a large community. Our kinder is called Ballam Park Preschool in Frankston.

Help do you still help familys, our backyard is a mess my partner works all the time and our 3.5 year old son was born with hirchsprungs so he is full on 24hr help. Really need help in finishing it alot has been started but nothing finished.