Jamie Durie Jamie Durie is best known as the host of Backyard Blitz and The Block, both top-rating televisions shows. He has an associate diploma in landscape design and has run his own landscape design business, Patio, since 999. Durie's career began rather differently - he was a dancer, model and gymnast who has also performed as an acrobat and trapeze artist and trained with the Cirque du Soleil. His previous books - Patio (hardcover), The Outdoor Room and The Source Book - have all been bestsellers. Read More Read Less