Backyard Getaway
Professional | Myakka City, FLServices: Lawn & Garden
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About Me:
Co-owner of Backyard Getaway. We offer professional pond & water garden design, installation & renovation services as well as other outdoor living services. I currently write for Sarasota Pet Magazine, Florida Creative Living Magazine & blog for Backyard Ponderings (our own blog), Bradenton Patch, Examiner.com & Lux Magazine.
Favorite area of home improvement:
I enjoy sharing my love of the water gardening lifestyle, gardening and outdoor living! I especially enjoy showing off my creative husband's creations
Company Overview
Would you like to add the peace & tranquility of flowing water to your backyard? Let Backyard Getaway help you enhance your landscape with a one of a kind pond or water feature. We will create the perfect backyard getaway for you, whether it's a pondless waterfall, a water garden overflowing with colorful water lilies or a pond filled with graceful Koi. Backyard Getaway is a family owned & operated company. We offer professional pond design, installation, renovation & maintenance services as well as ... See More
Services
Water Features, Landscaping, Lawn & Garden, Ponds
Areas of Expertise
Professional Pond & Water Garden design, installation & maintenance
Service Area
Manatee, Sarasota, Tampa Bay
Contact Info
S. Duette Rd.
(941) 752-7663
http://www.backyardgetawayponds...
In Business Since
2004
Professional Associations
IPPCA, Manatee Chamber of Commerce
Recent Activity
Outdoor Living: Our Front Yard Pond and Other Projects
We just purchased this house and it has a great 3/4 acre yard with a pond in front. It has a fountain, w/a spray fountain (see white pvc pipe in pic). We like it OK, but it is dirty as it
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CommentedThe lamp base is such an original idea I love it. The Koi do go dormant in the winter under ...»
Re-purposing pallets
Here are just a few ways we've re-purposed pallets through our new business venture Re-Scape.com
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CommentedYou are welcome Dawn! All these projects were created through our new business www.re-scape.com
My colorful tires.
I finally did it. I had seen this idea on Hometalk some time ago and loved the idea. The color choices are not the best ones, but those are the only spray paint colors I had. I did not
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CommentedI like the color choices very spring. I did this in our yard too but chose jewel bright jewel ...»
Tin Accent Wall- for the Backyard
Our new 'industrial chic' backyard is coming along. Our first project was to add a bit of tin for some visual interest. It was pretty easy! #OutdoorProjects #DIYProjects
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Re-Scape/Backyard Getaway Community Project
As if we weren't busy enough, Dave and I have embarked on a new business "ad"venture with our long time friend Brenda. We have merged our ideas and inspirations to create re-scape.com. We
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CommentedThank you Barb. We really enjoy doing these kinds of projects, we get to meet and work with so ...»
EcoScape project
We really enjoyed working with the students at Harllee Middle School. There were over 200 students participating in the project. They not only created an amazing pond-free water feature,
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1.5 Weeks 5000 Moderate
My Favorite Garden Repurpose ~ Potting Sink Fountain
Little did I know when I made this old sink into a potting bench/fountain last summer that it would become a year-round garden accent as well! Here it is decorated for summer, fall and
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2 Hours 60 Easy
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CommentedAdorable. Love that you change out the accents each season.
Seven garden giveaways in support of smaller lawns
It will be no surprise to anyone on Hometalk that I'm an advocate for smaller lawns, so I'm happy to call attention to Pam Penick's new book, "Lawn Gone! Low-maintenance, Sustainable,
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CommentedSounds like a must read! Can't wait to pick up the book, thanks for sharing.
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CommentedThank you. This was created at a retirement community. Dave taught a class with some of the ...»