Backyard Getaway

Backyard Getaway offers outdoor living services including pond & water garden design, installation, renovation & maintenance services as well as landscape renovations & maintenance, outdoor fire pit & fireplace installation, paver patio, flagstone walkway installation and more. Call us for your outdoor living consultation in Manatee, Sarasota, Hardee counties and the Tampa Bay Backyard Getaway is the proud recipient of the Best of Houzz in customer satisfaction 2014 award, 2013-2014 Outstanding Innovative Project of the Year award from the Sarasota County School District Volunteer & Partnership Program for the Water Feature at Lakeview Elementary, Mojo best in Landscaping 2012 award & the 2011 Manatee Chamber's Business/Education award for our donated water feature/ wildlife habitat project at Haile Middle School. Our pond designs have been twice featured in the Designer Showcase in Water Garden News Magazine (2010 & 2011) & in Pond & Water Gardens yearly magazine 2009. Backyard Getaway is 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 proud of his work with local schools, where he donates his time teaching students, hands on, how to create a wildlife habitat or water feature. These features become a permanent fixture in the school. Check out the latest school habitat project. Dave has a passion for creating useful & decorative garden art out of re-purposed and recycled items. 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. Past articles have been published in RFD-TV Magazine, WQ Magazine.