Bamboo accents and incredible lighting

This yard reminds me that you can decorate the outdoors as you do the indoors.  Love the uplights to highlight the awesome bamboo accents.  Love this yard!

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Photo: Courtesy of Susan Wawrzynowicz via Fine Gardening

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We are gearing up for the tomato growing season and waiting for our seeds to arrive in the mail.  Although we should have started growing the seedlings mid-January, it is better late than never!

As the Captain and I have done research on growing tomato plants, I have been updating my tomato page for my website, DonitaWorld.com.

Check out my updated tomato page if you are growing your own tomatoes this season.  I love visiting websites to get inspiration and great tips on how to grow the best tomatoes possible.  

Click on the graphic to go there . . .

For Florida gardeners and those who live in similar

climates, check out my Florida page too.

I'm so excited about getting my hands in the dirt again!!

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Container gardening in the landscape

Love the simplicity of the container plants in this gorgeous Tennessee garden.

Fine Gardening has featured Jeff Calton's beautiful garden, which is a mix of landscaped areas with lush lawns, trees, lots of blooms and container gardens.

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Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Calton via Fine Gardening

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February Bromeliads

The massive plantings of bromeliads with their red blooms provide a burst of color in this gorgeous tropical scene.  The water garden runs along a pond that is complete with fish, turtles and different types of birds who love to hang out in this area.  Do you blame them?  

This is one of the most serene and beautiful scenes at Busch Gardens!

We will get more photos from this area next time we visit!

The landscapers at Busch Gardens have cleverly used a mass planting of similar bromeliad plants in yellow and red to really provide that pop of color, bordering them with another mass planting of a variegated variety.  They bring excitement to an otherwise green raised bed.

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Tropical Plants in Containers and Raised Beds

Love the mix of bromeliads with other tropicals in these container plantings at Busch Gardens Tampa, where the grounds are in colorful full bloom.  Spring!!!

The topiaries are gorgeous mixed in the tropical plant beds!

Love the statues mixed in the landscaping!

We took lots of photos!

Theme parks and parks are awesome places to get inspiration for your garden!

I'll be adding a new page to my website soon for photo albums.

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Claude Monet's garden in Giverny

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Claude Monet's garden in Giverny

Courtesy of Maria Fleming via Fine Living Magazine

Fruit trees don't have to stand alone!  

I love the mass planting at the base of these fruit trees  . . . looks like impatiens to me, a plant that I have used extensively in my garden to liven up boring spots in the shade.

Find a flowering plant that works in your climate and fill in those boring spots in your garden!

Check out more photos of Claude Monet's spectacular garden . . . click here.

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Pebble Stepping Stones

These colorful stepping stones would make

 an awesome addition to our garden!!  

Love this look!

The photo comes from a fan of the Facebook page, Recycled Backyard, brought to you by the publishers  of the awesome magazine Birds and Blooms.

Check their page out for fresh ideas and where to find supplies for your backyard projects.

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Concrete Sofa

This awesome concrete sofa has totally captured my attention!!

I've always enjoyed being creative with concrete blocks, but this project goes down as the most imaginative and awesome ever!

The Captain and I have decided to definitely make the sofa for our concrete jungle carport.  What I really like about it . . . you can water the plants and not ruin the sofa by getting it wet!  My plan is to paint it, but the design is still running around in my head.

Click on the picture to go to the original article for this project, which includes other projects to coordinate with it.  Very cool!!

This is one of the many projects I have pinned to my Pinterest garden board.  So many awesome projects for inspiration lurking around the internet!

  

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Container garden inspiration

The pop of color from the red and white chairs, paired with the white flowers and columns caught my eye.  Gorgeous patio!

There are simple things you can do to spruce up your deck or patio.

Click here for lots of inspiration from Home and Garden Television.

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Leaf Stepping Stones

One of my favorite garden projects is creating with concrete!

I've been seeing these leaf creations lately and would 

love to make some  for my garden.

Here is my favorite . . . the leaf creations used in a water feature!

Click here for a tutorial on how to make them!

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