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Koi and water gardens: our backyard paradise

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we converted a backyard area into an inviting water garden with koi and plants

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  • Photos: 99
  • Videos: 6
  • Views: 174,903
  • Downloads: 12,305

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  • What an amazing space you have created! It's breathtaking. You should share these on YardShare.com as well.

    said  of primetim31 primetim31 6 months 26 days ago

  • Beautiful...absolutely beautiful. I have what I call my serenity gaden, a much smaller scale. Thanx for the images of beauty.

    said  of estellah100 estellah100 2008.09.14 at 02:15:04 PDT

  • Gorgeous photos and videos of the backyard area. You must spend many of hours of work and then derive much pleasure from your efforts. - DeeAnne :)

    said  of missdee101 missdee101 2008.09.08 at 11:34:40 PDT

  • Just incredibly beautiful. My husband and I hope to have a backyard like yours someday. Right now we're working on our small neighborhood lot size backyard. We started with nothing and each year we try to add something. We also have koi and frogs. What state do you live in? We're in Michigan so we definitely look forward to spring. thank you so much for sharing your paradise.

    said  of Gardener96 Gardener96 2007.12.15 at 08:35:50 PST

  • The hard work that you have done in your garden is there for all to see it is a work of beauty and love. THe pictures you shared are very special thank you the enjoyable time I spent viewing your slideshow and videos.....Sandra

    said  of sandrajacktrips sandrajacktrips 2007.10.27 at 02:10:45 PDT

  • Wow, such a beautiful pond! The videos are just lovely too. Are you a member of the Nashville pond society? My father belongs to that group...I think there's a Parade of Ponds coming up. www.nashvillepond.org

    said  of penners2000 penners2000 2007.08.06 at 12:12:53 PDT

  • What a beautiful achievement to build such a wonderful paradise. I love the Gazebo in its raised position and I should imagine that it is a lovely place to sit and admire your work.Nice to see the videos, it makes everything come to life. Congratulations on making this beautiful album and thank you for sharing it with us. Greetings Marlene

    said  of 22338 22338 2007.07.28 at 01:18:00 PDT

  • Hello, my compliments for your great work! Please come see my photos sometime? Best regards, Tom from Zeist, The Netherlands. www.tomjutte.tk

    said  of hereistom hereistom 2007.06.23 at 19:36:48 PDT

  • Just a beautiful album done thanks your special talent! Thanks for sharing and best regards, Manuel

    said  of mdediego mdediego 2007.06.21 at 23:18:15 PDT

  • You have done a stunning job. I have an inkling of how much work it has been. A real labor of love. Thanks for sharing your pictures and story with us....Marion

    said  of headrick headrick 2007.05.17 at 03:56:59 PDT

  • hello hickoryrose, this is just beautiful! i feel its a real achievement, your garden looks so naturally lush and so personal at the same time. i hope one day i can create one just like it. mayb if you have a blog about the work you did, it would help those of us who dream of making it too. thanks again for the beauty

    said  of pfernando pfernando 2007.05.02 at 21:21:25 PDT

  • Hi, A truly wonderful garden! Thanks so much for sharing! Evita :)

    said  of evita17m evita17m 2007.05.02 at 15:35:27 PDT

  • You have a very beautiful garden. I love gardens and I enjoyed the slideshow. Thanks for sharing. Cynthia

    said  of cayowza cayowza 2007.04.29 at 16:05:08 PDT

  • A very beautiful album, thanks for sharing

    said  of nttl2k1 nttl2k1 2007.04.29 at 07:08:27 PDT

  • I wish I could do something similar only similar because it must be very dificult to do that. Wanderful job.

    said  of ethel1105 ethel1105 2007.04.28 at 15:49:07 PDT

  • I WISH I COULD DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR PICTURES. I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW SPECIAL YOUR GOLDEN IS. THEY ARE VERY SPECIAL DOGS. I USED TO HAVE TWO (KATY & KAYSIE) AND I MISS THEM SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THESE BEAUTIFUL PICS AND I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE YOUR SITE, MY FAVORITE! BREN IN FLORIDA

    said  of BREN34748 BREN34748 2007.04.28 at 13:40:17 PDT

  • Hermoso paraiso. Debe ser muy lindo vivir en un ligat asi. Disfrutenlo!!!!!!!

    said  of gatonegro25 gatonegro25 2007.04.28 at 12:41:53 PDT

  • A wonderful collection of garden photo's. I enjoyed every one Well done

    said  of lesjame lesjame 2007.04.28 at 11:56:38 PDT

  • Just beautiful! What a paradise you all have created. Thank you for sharing this with everyone. God is so good to offer us so much beauty in His nature, isn't He? God bless you . . . and thank you again.

    said  of smiley633804 smiley633804 2007.04.27 at 21:38:38 PDT

  • I just love your garden and your Photography of it. I love Flowers and Gardens of all kinds but in Victoria Australia where I live we are just about out of Water and our Gardens are dying.Our Botanical Gardens are also and we are losing Giant Redwood Trees 150 years old because of no water. We had a wee bit last night for which we are thankful. I will look at yours for Inspiration. God Bless Bette

    said  of conley164 conley164 2007.04.27 at 20:58:35 PDT

  • Absolutly gorgeous--would love to be able to do that with my backyard someday--Was it expensive and how long did it take?

    said  of cbltec552 cbltec552 2007.04.27 at 17:42:30 PDT

  • Absolutely beautiful!!! That's my dream backyard. Nature at it's perfection!!

    said  of vanjoan vanjoan 2007.04.27 at 10:51:50 PDT

  • Will you adopt me? As I looked through your album and enlarged the photos, I experienced the presence of God and His creative power working through you. Your album will continually bless my life. Thanks so much

    said  of bopcia bopcia 2007.04.27 at 09:36:08 PDT

  • Beautiful pics, congratulations

    said  of doris1957 doris1957 2007.02.06 at 03:21:44 PST

  • I can`t say enough nice things about this wonderful "Labor of Love" you`ve done & provided to the world..You`ve done such a marvelous job with the yard and I`ll bet it brings many hours of pleasure for the family!! Thanx so much.. Cookie..N.J.

    said  of taureancat taureancat 2007.02.04 at 12:22:33 PST

  • You have very beautiful gardens in your backyard! I enjoyed very much watching all pictures in this album. You did a good job in creating the gardens and sharing their beauty with us! Best wishes, Yair.

    said  of ykarelic4 ykarelic4 2007.02.01 at 09:25:01 PST

  • Your photos and yard are beautiful. I wish I could do something like this in my yard.

    said  of Flame43 Flame43 2007.01.10 at 20:22:49 PST

  • This ablum should not be missed by anyone who loves beauty, gardens and darliing whimiscal statues, oh yes and Golden Retriebers! It shows that much love and thought along with a lot of painstaking work can turn a forested land into a magical scantuary. Forgive me for getting some names confused, at first I thought I was elsewhere! I have downloaded your backyard to enjoy winter and summer. Thank You for sharing this beauty with us All! Kindest Regards, Ginny

    said  of ginmony ginmony 2006.12.25 at 22:43:31 PST

  • Thank you for your kind comments. Our home is surrounded on 3 sides by a forested area; however, the backyard was bare ground when we moved in. We tried a lawn, but the trees provided too much shade and the summer heat fried our fescue sod. My husband purchased the monkey statue because he said it made him smile. That began my challenge to make a nicer backyard with the monkey which I sat on some stones for a bench into a more inviting and maintenance free area. We purchased 17 tons of Arkansas stones, and the rest is what you see. There are two koi ponds connected by the stream. I selected plants that basically take care of themselves: ferns, ivy, ajuga, mints. Even the impatiens come back each summer from seeds. Again, thank you for viewing my slides, and I love your rose gardens.

    said  of hickoryrose1 hickoryrose1 2006.12.20 at 18:09:15 PST

  • I love water gardens! This one looks more like a forest! It is lovely. Really like the Koi as well. Well done!

    said  of bearfolk bearfolk 2006.12.20 at 05:15:35 PST

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