Backyard Getaway

Would you like to add the peace & tranquility of flowing water to your backyard? Need to update your landscape? Maybe add a fire pit or paver patio? How about a complete outdoor living space to get away from it all? Let Backyard Getaway help you enhance your landscape with a one of a kind water feature, Florida friendly landscaping, a patio, fire pit and more. We will create the perfect backyard getaway for you, whether it's a relaxing pond-free waterfall or a pond filled with graceful Koi, a fire pit with seating to roast marshmallows under the stars or a patio to enjoy an afternoon outside with family and friends! Celebrating 10 years in business, Backyard Getaway offers professional and personalized pond design, installation, renovation and maintenance services as well as many other outdoor living services including landscape renovations and maintenance, hardscape installations and more in Manatee, Sarasota and Hardee counties and the Tampa Bay area. Backyard Getaway's water features have been twice featured in Water Garden News' Designer Showcase & in Water Gardening Magazine. We are the proud recipients of the 2013-2014 Outstanding Innovative Project of the Year award from the Sarasota County School District Volunteer & Partnership Program for the Colorfalls Water Feature at Lakeview Elementary, 2014 Best of Houzz Customer Satisfaction award, 2012 MojoPages Best in Landscaping Award and the Manatee Chamber's 2011 Business/Education Partnership award for the donated water feature at Haile Middle School. Backyard Getaway is also a business partner in the Be Floridian Campaign created by the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. As part of the campaign Lisa is one of 25 artists who has painted a plastic flamingo for a traveling exhibit called "The art of being Floridian." Dave is especially proud of his work with local schools, where he donates his time teaching students, hands on, how to create a wildlife habitat or water features. These features become a permanent fixture in the school that the students take pride in maintaining. Be sure to check out our latest school habitat project. In his spare time, Dave has a passion for creating useful and decorative garden art out of re-purposed and recycled items. You can find some of his creations at http://backyardgetawayponds.com/gallery/re-purposed-backyard/ In addition to her work with Backyard Getaway, Lisa is a freelance contributing writer for Sarasota Pet Magazine, Florida Creative Living Magazine and the new LiveLocal! Magazine.