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 area. (http://www.backyardgetwayponds.com) 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.