Many of my daylilies are grown in a 3-tiered raised garden bed. I recently removed the plants from the top tier and added a statue that I bought from a deceased neighbor's estate sale. It resides in it's new home in my garden in memory of Helen.

This is a photo of the new statue and 3-tiered garden bed.

The 3-tiered raised bed is made of cinder blocks with the concrete tops. Makes a nice seating area when weeding. The other two beds are made from plastic composite wood. I am slowly removing all wood in my yard due to rot and insects.

I grow my daylilies in these rectangular containers the first season and then separate them out into my garden beds:

This is a YouTube slideshow of some of my 2013 daylily blooms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

The garden, that I grow most of my daylilies in, is the Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden of Eden room. This is a photo of the arbor entrance from the backyard looking into that room:

All of this was created and grown on a limited gardening budget. What it took most of ..... was a lot of hard work, time, and patience. No instant gratification here! I constantly battle insects, diseases, and weather here. But every year, it serves to delight me! I host a variety of butterflies year round and host several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in Fall, Winter, and early Spring before they migrate north to breed in Summer.

This is a photo of the daylilies I just trimmed up in the 3-tiered bed. As you can see, I also grow Tropical Milkweed and other nectar/host plants for butterflies and hummingbirds in that garden bed.:

Enjoyed the YouTube video Becky. You have some nice daylilies! I also love your three-tiered bed.

Vickie - Glad you enjoyed that YouTube slideshow. I try to document things online in case of a computer crash (which has happened to me in the past). And it's nice to do comparisons from year to year.

The 3-tiered bed was a fluke idea that came out of gardening area necessity. My yard slopes in many areas, so I was trying to get the most bang for my buck for gardening space. It has worked out really well. It started out as a wooden 3-tiered bed and I replaced it this year with cinder blocks and plastic recycled composite wood.

The statue is a new addition. I got it for a really cheap price at my neighbor's estate sale. She loved my backyard gardens, so I wanted a piece of yard art from her estate in her memory. I think she would be pleased to know that her two favorite concrete pieces are now in my garden beds. The other piece is a waterfall bird bath. Which everyone wanted, but I managed to snag first at the estate sale on the last day when everything was half-priced. We all waited for the price of those two items (and some others) to go down and I managed to get really lucky and got both of the items I wanted. Estate sales are a great place to get some fabulously priced items.

Here is a photo of the waterfall bird bath. It is my favorite piece of garden art in my entire backyard! I have very fond memories of my neighbor, Helen. It was also her favorite concrete piece. I think it was meant to be that I would get those two pieces.

Anyway, thanks for checking out my blog and YouTube video. I garden for me. My family and friends aren't into gardening, so I get to plant what I want!




~Becky~

It would be nice if your neighbors and friends were into gardening. It is so much fun when you can share it with others. That is why ATP is such a wonderful place!

Vickie - I genuinely agree with you. It would be so nice to have a local gardening friend to swap with and to discuss ideas on our garden beds. My family doesn't share my excitement in gardening. They think I am nuts to spend so much time outside. Ha!

A lot of my garden room ideas came from online websites. I love to look at photos to get ideas. I typed in concrete garden beds and found quite a bit of stuff. I don't know how I survived before the internet! LOL!

ATP IS a wonderful place and I have made many a cyber friend through online forums! Many awesome gardeners who are willing to trade or share seeds with me. Which is why I have the garden plants I have. Otherwise, I would not have a garden at all. That is NO lie!

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog and slide show. I have to laugh every time I see the daylily photos of the blooms affected by thrips! I had no idea that was what was wrong with those blooms! LOL! I have a LOT to learn ....

~Becky~

Becky, I love the garden art and the memories behind them. Happy you were able to place them in remembrance of your neighbor, Helen.