Jamie Durie

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{{Short description|Australian television presenter (born 1970)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Promotional|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jamie Durie
| image = Jamie Durie, 2012 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jamie Durie in 2012
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of Australia|OAM]]
| birth_name = Jamie Paul Durie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Landscaper]]|horticulturalist|furniture designer|television presenter|television producer|author}}
| years active = 1986−present
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
*''The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie'' – [[HGTV]] (2010–present);
*''[[House Rules (2013 TV series)|House Rules]]'' – [[Seven Network]] (2019–2020);
*''[[The Living Room (TV series)|The Living Room]]'' – [[Network Ten]] (2015–2018)
}}
| spouse =
| children = 3
| website = {{URL|jamiedurie.com}}
}}

'''Jamie Paul Durie''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 3 June 1970{{cn|date=May 2024}}) is an Australian [[horticulturalist]] and [[landscape design]]er, [[modern furniture|furniture]] designer, television host, television producer, and author of eleven books on landscape architecture, garden design and lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/author/Jamie-Durie|title=Results for Jamie-Durie - Book Depository|first=Book|last=Depository|website=www.bookdepository.com}}</ref><ref name="pbs.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/food/chefs/jamie-durie|title=Jamie Durie - Chefs |website=www.pbs.org|date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="domain.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.domain.com.au/domain-review/the-enduring-jamie-durie-645570/|title=Jamie Durie moves indoors|date=20 March 2018}}</ref>

Durie was the television host of the 2008 Australian lifestyle program ''[[The Outdoor Room]]'', broadcast on the [[Seven Network]].<ref name="7plus.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://7plus.com.au/the-outdoor-room|title=The Outdoor Room|website=7plus.com.au}}</ref> He hosted the dynamic design makeover show ''HGTV Showdown'' in 2009.<ref name="tvguide.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hgtv-showdown/cast/296579/|title=HGTV Showdown - TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> Durie hosted the US [[PBS]] series ''[[The Victory Garden (TV series)|The Victory Garden]]'' from 2007 to 2010. The show is PBS network's longest-running gardening TV series.<ref name="pbs.org1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/the-victory-garden|title=The Victory Garden's Edible Feast - Shows |website=www.pbs.org|date=11 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="pbs.org2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/show/victory-garden/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218043818/http://www.pbs.org/show/victory-garden/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2015|title=The Victory Garden|via=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref name="pbs.org"/>

Following the end of ''The Outdoor Room'' on the Seven Network in 2010, Durie adapted the series the American [[HGTV]] network with a new team of designers, horticulturists and contractors.<ref name="hgtv.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hgtv.com/shows/the-outdoor-room-with-jamie-durie|title=The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie|via=www.hgtv.com}}</ref><ref name="gardendesign.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gardendesign.com/outdoor-living/jamie-durie.html|title=Jamie Durie: The Outdoor Room |website=www.gardendesign.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/home/la-xpm-2011-may-28-la-hm-jamie-durie-20110528-story.html|title=Alfresco from top to bottom|first=Debra|last=Prinzing|date=28 May 2011|via=LA Times}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/garden/10shop.html|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|title=Jamie Durie Looks for Outdoor Décor|first=Tim|last=McKeough|date=9 June 2010 }}</ref>

In November 2024,''Growing Home with Jamie Durie'' aired on Channel 7, a series in which Durie documented making his family home sustainable and off-grid.

==Early life==
Durie was born in [[Manly, New South Wales]], and spent his formative years living in [[Tom Price, Western Australia]]. His maternal grandmother, Daphne de Zylva, was born in Sri Lanka and met his English grandfather in the air force during [[World War II]]. They moved to Australia in the 1950s.<ref name="pbs.org"/> His parents separated when Durie was age 10, and he relocated with his mother and brother, Clyde Hep, to the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. His paternal grandmother was a volunteer surf-lifesaver on the NSW Central Coast.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/jamie-durie-i-owe-a-lot-to-women-for-my-career-20180822-p4zz3d.html|title=Jamie Durie: I owe a lot to women for my career|first=Jane|last=Rocca|date=25 August 2018|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

Having left high-school in Brisbane at age 15, he tried his hand at cabinetmaking and modeled beachwear part-time. Durie got his showbiz start in his teens as an exotic dancer in the all-male revue troupe, Manpower Australia, with whom he toured for seven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/interviews/a3731/shortlist-jamie-durie-a-73175/|title=Shortlist: Jamie Durie|date=20 April 2012}}</ref> At age 26, he completed a four-year horticultural and landscape design course.<ref name="theaustralian.com.au1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/a-rare-species/news-story/e4376d43cf828bcad6c23190e00a2849 |title=Nocookies |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>

==Landscape design and television hosting==
Durie founded the landscape design company, Patio Landscape Architecture and Design, in 1998.<ref name="theaustralian.com.au1"/> In 2002, Durie registered the Australian business company, ''JPD Media & Design''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View/830988947|title=ABN Lookup|date=1 November 2014|website=www.abr.business.gov.au}}</ref> He then hosted the TV series ''[[Backyard Blitz]]''<ref name="newidea.com.au">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newidea.com.au/jamie-duries-tv-company-placed-into-voluntary-administration|title=Devastating news for Jamie Durie|website=www.newidea.com.au|date=5 June 2018 }}</ref><ref name="theage.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/backyard-blitzed-by-nine-20061114-ge3kdx.html|title=Backyard blitzed by Nine|date=14 November 2006|website=The Age}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun.com.au">{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/jamie-durie-in-nines-backyard/news-story/274412b1bdd4dd0aa1da5fe9b925b445?sv=5cdfd2811e93d44a5ee0c14d80acd560 |title=Category |newspaper=Herald Sun |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref><ref name="smh.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/chip-off-the-old-block-20040412-gdiq03.html|title=Chip off the old block|date=12 April 2004|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> and ''[[The Block (Australian TV series)|The Block]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2017/07/29/the-block-season-13/|title=Could this be the last season? The Block's uncertain future|date=29 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="smh.com.au"/>

In 2007, Durie participated in the 6th Australian series of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', in which he was eliminated in 7th place, on 17 April 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/judge-knifes-jamies-act/news-story/810e54e248985da6e64d9fcc8bf3016b?sv=470f29f97c7847fd2bca2e3cd6ffc3ec |title=Category |work=The Courier Mail|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>

In 2007, Durie hosted ''[[Australia's Best Backyards]]'' on the [[Seven Network]]. The show was a lifestyle garden program, similar to ''[[Backyard Blitz]]'' on the [[Nine Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/australias-best-backyards/episodes.aspx|title=Australia's Best Backyards: Episodes - Lifestyle}}</ref>

In 2007, Durie has filmed lifestyle segments with [[Oprah Winfrey]], on the [[Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel)]], whom he credits as giving him his US TV breakthrough. Durie states that Winfrey "wholly and solely" is responsible for his career being launched in the US.<ref name="domain.com.au"/><ref name="tvtonight.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2007/05/oprah-and-durie-at-it-again.html|title=Oprah and Durie at it again|date=19 May 2007}}</ref><ref name="dailytelegraph.com.au1">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/manly-daily/tv-gardener-and-designer-is-threetimes-engaged-but-has-never-made-it-down-the-aisle/news-story/979037492bcda99ed9326c9d853636bc |title=We're for Sydney |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref> When Oprah came calling, Durie relocated to the US. And with her ringing endorsement it meant

Durie hosted the US [[PBS]] series ''[[The Victory Garden (TV series)|The Victory Garden]]'' from 2007 to 2010.<ref name="pbs.org1"/><ref name="pbs.org2"/><ref name="pbs.org"/> Durie hosted the dynamic design makeover show ''HGTV Showdown'' on the [[HGTV]] network in 2009.<ref name="tvguide.com"/>

In 2008, Durie was the television host of the Australian lifestyle program ''[[The Outdoor Room]]'', broadcast on Seven Network, with repeats broadcast on [[7Two]]. The premise of the show was that Durie set out to "bring the world to your very own backyard".<ref name="7plus.com.au"/>

Following the end of ''The Outdoor Room'' show on the Seven Network, in 2010, Durie relocated the concept of the series to broadcast on the [[HGTV]] network as ''The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie''. Unable to bring his own Australian design team along, Durie put together a new team of designers, horticulturists and contractors.<ref name="hgtv.com"/> In his HGTV series, Durie rescues forlorn yards in [[Southern California]] with design schemes inspired by gardens and landscapes from around the world. Filmed mostly in and around [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]], ''The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie'' uses sustainable ideas, such as low-water plantings and reclaimed hardscape, to design intimate, livable environments for erstwhile non-gardeners.<ref name="gardendesign.com"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

Since 2015, Durie has co-presented as a visiting expert in gardening & landscaping, on the Australian lifestyle program, ''[[The Living Room (TV series)|The Living Room]]'', a quadruple award-winner of the [[Logie Award for Most Popular Lifestyle Program]], that airs on [[Network Ten]].<ref name="mediaweek.com.au">{{cite web |title=Ten's Living Room returns with guests Grant Denyer, Jamie Durie - Mediaweek |url=https://mediaweek.com.au/ten-the-living-room-2018/ |website=mediaweek.com.au}}</ref><ref name="dailytelegraph.com.au">{{cite news |title=We're for Sydney |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/our-hunkiest-builder-jamie-durie-will-return-to-television-screens/news-story/582682fd0499fffab05219b4162546c0 |access-date=2018-10-14 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

In 2019, Durie joined Australia's [[Seven Network]] reality renovation series [[House Rules (2013 TV series)|House Rules]] as a new judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/jamie-durie-joins-house-rules.html|title=Jamie Durie joins House Rules|date=22 October 2018|work=TV Tonight|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref>

In August 2022, Durie was revealed to be the Tiger on the [[The Masked Singer (Australian season 4)|fourth season]] of [[Network 10]]'s ''[[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|The Masked Singer Australia]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laidlaw |first=Kyle |date=2022-08-14 |title=RECAP {{!}} JAMIE DURIE revealed as the Tiger on THE MASKED SINGER AUSTRALIA |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/08/14/recap-jamie-durie-revealed-as-the-tiger-on-the-masked-singer-australia-maskedsingerau/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=TV Blackbox |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Preston |first=Sweeney |date=2022-08-14 |title=The Masked Singer's Tiger Has Been Revealed & Every Boomer Mum Is Gonna Need A Cold Shower |url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/masked-singer-au-tiger-reveal/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=PEDESTRIAN.TV |language=en-US}}</ref>

In November 2024 ''[https://www.growinghomewithjamiedurie.com.au/ Growing Home with Jamie Durie]'' is Jamie Durie's latest television program, aired on Channel 7 and 7plus. This four-part series chronicles the three-year process of designing and building a "sustainable, off-grid" family home.

==Furniture design and merchandise lines==
In 2010, Durie's company ''Patio Landscape Architecture and Design'' was renamed ''Durie Design'', committed to not just rejuvenating the existing gardens, but offering new exciting outdoor destinations for the clients, and with an emphasis on funky furniture design.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2011/05/20/jamie-durie-to-rejuvenate-haymans-gardens/|title=Jamie Durie to rejuvenate Hayman's gardens|first=Powla|last=Gee|date=20 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="theaustralian.com.au1"/>

With his furniture design success, Durie has worked for Hollywood celebrity clients, such as designing 100 pieces of furniture for American [[talk show]] host and comedian [[Chelsea Handler]] and he designed garden landscapes for actress [[Charlize Theron]] for two years.<ref name="dailytelegraph.com.au1"/><ref name="auto2"/>

In November 2024, Jamie Durie relaunched ''Patio by Jamie Durie'', his signature outdoor living and lifestyle brand. With the iconic vertical garden blankets, aimed at transforming outdoor spaces into beautiful, functional, and eco-friendly sanctuaries. The relaunch reflects Durie’s enduring passion for connecting people with nature through thoughtful design, encouraging sustainable living, and enhancing the way we experience the outdoors.

==Awards and accolades==
The Australian reality television garden makeover program ''[[Backyard Blitz]]'', on the [[Nine Network]], was the winner of six [[Logie Award]]s of ''Most Popular Lifestyle Program'' (from 2001 until 2006). Durie won the [[Logie Award]] for the ''Most Popular New Talent'' award in 2001, and was nominated for the ''Most Popular Presenter'' award for his role in ''Backyard Blitz'' from 2003 to 2005.<ref name="newidea.com.au"/><ref name="theage.com.au"/>

Durie's 2003 landscape design book, ''Patio - Garden Design and Inspiration'', ([[Allen & Unwin]] - {{ISBN|9781741146547}}) was short-listed APA Book Design Awards, for Best Designed Illustrated Book 2003 Australia.<ref name="allenandunwin.com">{{cite web|author=Jamie Durie |url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/lifestyle/Patio-Jamie-Durie-9781741146547 |title=Patio - Jamie Durie - 9781741146547 - Allen & Unwin - Australia |publisher=Allenandunwin.com |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>

In 2008, Durie won a gold medal at Britain's prestigious [[Royal Horticultural Society]] (RHS) [[Chelsea Flower Show]] in [[Chelsea, London]]. A team of 22 workers built the AU$800,000, 200sqm celebration of the Kimberley landscape, called ''Australian Garden and designed by Durie'', in 16 days. ''Australian Garden'' won one of the eight Gold Medals given in the Show Garden category. All the materials were shipped from Australia.<ref name="theaustralian.com.au">{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/durie-wins-chelsea-flower-show-gold/news-story/b257da577ea2be6ff5eb1c199c6c74b8 |title=Nocookies |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>

In 2012, Durie was awarded the [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) for services to the environment, and charity work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/jamie-durie-awarded-with-medal-of-the-order-of-australia/news-story/4a0a088528ebd57b90f21b542e6c577b|title=Durie awarded for design, environment work|website=www.news.com.au}}</ref>

In 2013, Durie began collaborating with the Italian luxury furniture brand [[Natuzzi Group]] Riva 1920. Durie and Riva 1920 launched a bespoke collection of five furniture pieces, including the ''Tubular'' dining table, to widespread acclaim at [[Milan Furniture Fair]] 2013. The ''Tubular'' table and chair (the range also includes bookshelves) and Durie's ''Bungalow range'' were both finalists in the New York Design Awards, announced in Manhattan on 20 May 2014, for Product Design Category, ''Furniture Indoor & Outdoor''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue-living/milan-report/jamie-durie-wins-new-york-design-award/news-story/df98b15c5ff418b5b5a6012ade1e5588?|title=Jamie Durie wins New York Design Award - Vogue Australia|first=Dijana|last=Kumurdian|website=www.vogue.com.au}}</ref><ref name="theaustralian.com.au1"/>

==Bibliography==
* ''Patio : Garden Design and Inspiration'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2003), Allen & Unwin Publishers (Reprint: 2016).<ref name="allenandunwin.com"/>
* ''Outdoor Kids: A Practical Guide for Kids in the Garden'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2005), Jamie Durie Publisher.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBu1AAAACAAJ|title=Outdoor Kids: A Practical Guide for Kids in the Garden|first1=Jamie|last1=Durie|first2=Rosana|last2=Nemet|first3=Roger|last3=Cameron|date=14 October 2018|publisher=Jamie Durie Publishing|isbn=9780975735503|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/jamie-durie-outdoor-kids/3361346|title=Jamie Durie: Outdoor Kids|date=3 October 2005|website=Radio National}}</ref>
* ''Inspired : The Ideas That Shape and Create My Design'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2006), [[HarperCollins Publishers]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBEMPH2sJnkC|title=Inspired: The Ideas That Shape & Create My Design|first=Jamie|last=Durie|date=28 November 2006|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=9780061351310|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* ''100 Gardens'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2011), Allen & Unwin Publishers.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jamie Durie |url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/lifestyle/100-Gardens-Jamie-Durie-9781742378909 |title=100 Gardens - Jamie Durie - 9781742378909 - Allen & Unwin - Australia |publisher=Allenandunwin.com |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>
* ''The Outdoor Room'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2011), HarperCollins Publishers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/search?q=%229780062117953%22|title=Search: 0 results found for ""9780062117953""|website=www.harpercollins.com}}</ref>
* ''Edible Garden Design: Delicious Designs from the Ground Up'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2014), Lantern Australia Publishers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/edible-garden-design-delicious-designs-from-the-ground-up-9781921383083|title=Edible Garden Design: Delicious Designs From the Ground Up by Jamie Durie|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035749/https://www.penguin.com.au/books/edible-garden-design-delicious-designs-from-the-ground-up-9781921383083|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''The Source Book: Plants, Materials, Products and Ideas for Contemporary Outdoor Spaces & Where to Get Them'' - Author: Jamie Durie (2011), HarperCollins Publishers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7929263|title=The source book|first1=Jamie|last1=Durie|first2=Sebastian|last2=Tesoriero|date=14 October 2018|publisher=Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin|via=Trove}}</ref>
* ''Living Design'' - Authors: Jamie Durie and Nadine Bush (2016), Lantern Australia Publishers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/living-design-9781921383090|title=Living Design by Jamie Durie|website=www.penguin.com.au|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035754/https://www.penguin.com.au/books/living-design-9781921383090|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Durie owns properties on the [[Northern Beaches]] of [[Sydney]], Australia, and in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]].<ref name="dailytelegraph.com.au1"/> Durie is unmarried, but he has been engaged three times. He has stated, "I've always been career-focused and my relationships have suffered because of that".<ref name="auto2"/>

Durie has a grown-up daughter who lives in Los Angeles named Taylor, from his previous relationship with Michelle Glennock.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lockley|first=Kate|date=2021-07-18|title=Jamie Durie welcomes baby girl with wife Ameka Jane|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-photos/jamie-durie-welcomes-baby-girl-with-fiancee-ameka-jane/news-story/231b1377da0b29b31b11e781256ea594|access-date=2021-07-20|website=www.news.com.au|language=en}}</ref> Durie says, "We go camping together, surfing and bike riding".<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="dailytelegraph.com.au1"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://people.hgtv.com/talent/jamie-durie/jamie-durie-bio |title=Jamie Durie Bio | Jamie Durie | HGTV |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164613/https://people.hgtv.com/talent/jamie-durie/jamie-durie-bio |archive-date=8 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/tv/jamie-durie-meet-my-gorgeous-daughter-24444|title=Jamie Durie: Meet my gorgeous daughter!|website=www.nowtolove.com.au|date=5 September 2010 }}</ref> Durie describes his life as "I want simply to find more balance and walk down the little path of self discovery...".<ref name="auto3">{{cite web |last=Hornery |first=Andrew |date=15 September 2017 |title=Private Sydney: Celebrity gardener Jamie Durie to dig deep after court battle |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/ps-celebrity-gardener-jamie-durie-to-dig-deep-after-court-battle-20170908-gydm4g.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

Durie is currently engaged to Ameka Jane.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jamie Durie, 50, announces his engagement to model Ameka Jane, 33|url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/jamie-durie-engagement-ameka-jane-engaged/e89f7700-6588-40aa-b930-324d1e0644d3|access-date=2021-07-18|website=celebrity.nine.com.au|date=27 February 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> They have two children together.

Each year, Durie donates his time and resources to many charities, including FSHD Global Research Foundation [[facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy]] (FSHD), the Children's Cancer Institute and [[Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children|The Children's Hospital at Westmead]] (also called the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children or Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Westmead), [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia.<ref name="rushentertainment.com.au">{{Cite web |title=Booking Agent Rush Entertainment Secures Jamie Durie |url=https://tourdecure.com.au/ |website=www.rushentertainment.com.au}}</ref> Durie has been a dedicated supporter of [https://tourdecure.com.au/ Tour de Cure], frequently serving as an MC at their gala events in recent years. In March 2024, Durie took on a huge personal challenge, cycling over 1,200 km in just one week as part of the Tour de Cure ''Signature Tour'' to raise vital funds for cancer research, prevention, and support initiatives across Australia.

==Filmography==
;Television
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2000
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'']]
|Contestant
|Celebrity contestant; won $1,000.
|-
| 2000–2005
| ''[[Backyard Blitz]]''
| Main host and the lead landscaper
| Reality TV garden makeover program on [[Nine Network]]
|-
| 2003–2006
| ''[[The Block (Australian TV series)|The Block]]''
| Host / presenter
| Reality TV renovation program on [[Nine Network]]
|-
|2006
|''[[Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice]]''
|Presenter
|One series on the Nine Network.
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''
| Competitor
| 6th Australian series of DWTS on [[Seven Network]]
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Australia's Best Backyards]]''
| Host / presenter
| Garden makeover program on [[Seven Network]]
|-
| 2007–2010
| ''[[The Victory Garden (TV series)|The Victory Garden]]''
| Host / presenter
| Lifestyle TV renovation program on US [[PBS]] Network
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Outdoor Room]]''
| Host / presenter
| Garden renovation / lifestyle TV program on [[Seven Network]]
|-
| 2007–2008
| [[Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel)]]
| Visiting expert landscaper presenter
| To make her neighbours' balconies into miniature Edens, Oprah sends a call Down Under to get help from Jamie Durie – one of Australia's biggest TV stars and one of the world's most famous gardeners.<ref name="tvtonight.com.au"/>
|-
| 2009
| ''HGTV Showdown''
| Host / presenter
| Garden makeover TV program on US [[HGTV]] Network
|-
| 2010–present
| ''The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie''
| Host / presenter
| Garden renovation / lifestyle TV program on US [[HGTV]] Network
|-
| 2015–2018
| ''[[The Living Room (TV series)|The Living Room]]''
| Visiting expert landscaper presenter
| Lifestyle TV program on [[Network 10]]
|-
| 2019—present
| ''Australia By Design''
| Host
| Host of Australian design program on [[Network Ten]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australiabydesign.com.au/abd-architecture-2019/#Jamie_Durie|title=Australia By Design: Architecture Cast|publisher=Australia By Design|date=29 July 2019|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2019—2020
| ''[[House Rules (2013 TV series)|House Rules]]''
| Judge/co-host
| Series 7 (as a judge) / Series 8 (as a co-host)
|-
|2022
|''[[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|The Masked Singer Australia]]''
|Contestant (Tiger)
|Eliminated in episode 4
|-
|2024
|[https://www.growinghomewithjamiedurie.com.au/ Growing Home with Jamie Durie]
|Host
|Home Renovation/Lifestyle TV program
|-
|2025
|''Claire Hooper's House Of Games''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/claire-hooper-s-house-of-games/series/1.html|title=Claire Hooper's House Of Games: Series 1|publisher=iview.abc.net.au|accessdate=26 June 2025}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|Self
|5 episodes
|-
|}

==References==
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