Summer's Reward

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A one acre lot full of annual and perennial beds in minnesota

summer for flowers

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Cape Cod

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Yard and garden of our old Texas Cape Cod

Urban Gorilla Garden

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Space is premium in the city and my front yard was the best sun & shade for my passion. I love to take ideas and try to incorporate my own style for a small garden space.

The Gazebo Garden

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My husband and I constructed this garden to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Our boys helped to build the patio and retaining wall. It's our favorite place to hang out in the summer. The gazebo is screened in so we don't have to worry about bugs. There are four large maple trees surrounding the gazebo so it is cool and breezy. We have a hammock strung up between two of the trees and it's a great place to nap or relax. The hammock is big enough for both of us so we use this as a spot to reconnect with each other after a busy week.

Pleasant view gardens

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Waterfalls and ponds amongst the perennial gardens

Around the yard 9/12

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Recently built house on a hill. Landscaping features quartz retaining walls, railroad tie steps, flagstone paths, and fences built from reclaimed pallet boards. Because Fescue kept dying, small lawn will be created with ground cover called Mazus...should fill in within a year.

A Victorian Victory G...

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My Pergola and garden...

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This is the pergola that I made for my mother, Lela Marie, who loved flowers and gardening. I am 63 and I built this pergola by myself and it was not a kit. I built and designed it as I went along. I built it from presure treated lumber and painted it to match my home. My husband told me not to build it but at 63 I don't think anyone should tell you what you can and cannot do so I went outside and started digging holes for my post and my husband came outside and ask me what I was doing and I told him that I was going to build the pergola that he told me not to build. He made no comment but he likes it now. I wired the lanterns for electricity and put lights around the bottom edge under the wood of the pergola and it looks great at night. I built the picket fence three years ago when I started my garden. My sisters all came up to see me in Elgin, IL. from Indiana the first week of August. The mirrors in the pergola reflect the flowers, blue water fountain and window boxes on the othe side of the pergola. The watering can fountain looks like it is really watering the flowers. There is a sign at the other end of the pergola that reads: "Just Another Day In Paradise". That is just how I feel. My flag picture is to show that I am proud to be an American and to show respect for all those that have fought for our freedom. I hope you like my work and may everyone have a great year.

Earthly Delights

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Backyard Garden, Brick Paths, Sculptures, Raised Beds

Front yard garden spri...

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My patio and gardens

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I created this patio out of an empty yard. I laid the patio blocks and surrounded the patio with plants and a picket fence. I added a mirror to the side of the porch and a shelf below it. The sign above the mirror says: "Just Another Day in Paradise". On the opposite is a self-made chandeliar that I made out of turning a lamp upside down and adding crystals. Below it is a large blue vase water fountain. There is a mirror pedistal that lights up on top and the whole thing is beautiful at night. The patio is kind of secluded under a tree and it over looks the gardens in the back. The door to the gardens is made from an old metal window where I added a filigree to the top to make it look more like a door. The new garden has picket fences and a bird house on a pole which I made. I, also, made the window boxes on the house and garage. There is a trellis in the back yard that I made for my vines and I made a bench by my back door that I painted Blurple. I am not finished yet since I have only been working on my garden for two summers. It is a passion and I have been doing my own carpentry work for three years. I hope you enjoy my gardens