A beautiful pond is the focal point on Linda Tutwiler's property in Alabama.
"Here are my garden pictures from Pell City, Alabama. My garden is about 10 years old, with a 60,000 gallon pond built by my husband."
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Your garden is simply lovely Linda. Hubby did an amazing job with your pond. I'm bet your garden gets more beautiful with each passing year. Don't ever move.
beautiful, i have always wanted a pond. beautiful garden
Wow, 60,000 gallons. Impressive. Great work!
Linda, that is one of the nicest ponds I have ever seen. Beautifully designed and integrated into the landscape. I have a bad case of "pond envy". The initial photo is so inviting, how about having everyone over? Love the iris photos against the water. The hydrangea serrata is so beautiful. Thanks for starting my day off right.
Do you have alligators? I sure hope not! Your property is stunning. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely stunning, so lush and lovely. What a great job you and your husband have done, truly magical!
Oh wow! I'm with Kevin - pond envy....but I think THE nicest pond I have seen. Lay on grocery delivery and I would never leave the place. What a great job you have both done. Thanks for sharing.
You and your husband have done such a masterful job seating your pond into the land ...it looks so natural. I love how in the first picture it gives the impression of curving almost in a kidney shape. Your plantings have a very pleasing variety of tall like the canna to low and ground hugging. Shh, don't tell Mother Nature, but I think you guys have done just as good a job as she would have. What kind of critter life inhabits the pond?
So many areas that you could sit with your coffee and take it all in. Just beautiful!
Your magnificent pond is an incredible backdrop for your lush gardens. Love the clumps of purple Tradescantia pallida (we called it Moses in the Boat, grown as a houseplant when I was a kid). Nice iris and peonies, too. I'm surprised that they do so well in your climate. I would have thought it too warm. You've a lovely retreat!
Your pond is truly wonderful and is the ideal setting for your beautiful gardens... together they are perfection. I especially love the way you have planted your beauties, nothing is fussy, just full and relaxed. I can't imagine a more beautiful and restful back yard! I think I need a hammock so I can close my eyes an listen to the frogs croaking as it gently sways back and forth!
Lovely in its tranquility...love the combinations of color and texture.
Beautiful, simply beautiful!
Truly wonderful space
Good morning Linda. It must be a treat to be able to view the water from so many angles and to see all of your lush plantings reflected in it. Your peonies and hydrangeas are truly gorgeous. Give your husband my compliments on a pond very well done.
I love your pond! That was quite an undertaking and you did it so well!
Beautiful!
Very beautiful and you have a good eye for this creative paradise
superb !!
Fabulous! I love it all! You have truly created a piece of heaven. Your varied plantings/pairings and creativity in design are wonderful! Oh, to be able to enjoy a water feature like that! Great teamwork!
So beautiful! Well done to you and your husband!
Beautiful and probably very relaxing!
Beautiful! And you only took 10 years to do it.
Linda, I thought I had posted earlier this morning, but evidently did not finish the posting. Your personal 'Garden of Eden' is so beautiful. The pond, the iris, the tree peony and all the lovely plantings you and your husband have added are breath taking. We are all envious. Curiosity has my wondering how close you live to the Coosa River and Lake Martin, having traveled many times through your neck of the woods on my way between Atlanta and Birmingham.
Incredible!!! I want to build one on my back acre. I want one I can swim in :)
I agree with all the comments. Curiosity - do you get lots of mosquitoes down your way? Do you have fish in your pond? Love the last picture the best with its rich colors.
Simply. Beautiful.
That pond must be a big project and hard work! the pond and garden are breathtakingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
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