This Kamloops backyard and looks like paradise with flower gardens and blossoming trees.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Lynn Friesen
May 05, 2025 - 4:00 AM
Gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan have been busy designing and beautifying their backyards and gardens oases this month, creating perfect places to relax.
Kamloops resident Bryan Koll lives in a mobile home with a limited space to design, but he got creative laying out artificial turf and using pots and raised beds for his flowers and vegetables.
“I painted the raised beds in black and red for an Asian flare and added Chinese dragons I like, so I just kind of rolled with it,” he said.
This garden in Kelowna has a manicured lawn, blossoming lilacs and a gazebo.
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He has a couple of smoke bushes and three black lace plants that are starting to flower, yew trees and a cascading fountain. There are pots full of blooming flowers and a trough on a shed for growing carrots in.
“Whether I’m working or relaxing out here, it’s peaceful and my ‘go to’ spot to enjoy.”
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Other area gardeners have added pieces of art, statues and gazebos to their peaceful, backyard areas.
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Kamloops gardener Lynn Friesen created a fairy garden this spring.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Lynn Friesen
Kamloops resident Bryan Koll created a peaceful backyard in a small space.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Bryan Koll
This garden in Kelowna have artistic pots added to it.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Diana Jean Wilkinson
A cute upside down frog statue holds water for the birds and bees in a Kamloops garden.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Lynn Friesen
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