Hassle-Free Gardening – Botanical Murals for the Backyard
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Here is my best gardening tip if you want a blooming, drought tolerant and low maintenance botanical paradise year round:
![Hassle-Free Gardening - Botanical Murals for the Backyard 2 Garden Mural Painting with Flowers and Dachshund](https://morganmurals.com/wp-content/uploads/Colo/fu/ColorfulPottedGardenBalconyMural-cropped.135849.jpg)
PAINT IT!
That’s right. With a mural as a backdrop to your patio or garden, there is no water usage guilt, gardeners, chemicals, weeding, or trying to nurse struggling plants back to life. Can you guess I have a brown thumb? Well, maybe it can be better described as Technicolor…
Here are some garden mural projects I have worked on recently that transformed bare or under-performing backyards and patios into splendor!
![Hassle-Free Gardening - Botanical Murals for the Backyard 3 Patio Mural Painting with Fern and Other Plants for Residential House](https://morganmurals.com/wp-content/uploads/plan/al/plantalcove-closeup.141427.jpg)
My client could not have fit real potted plants at the entry of this cute house in Willow Glen, so she hired me to paint them. I added depth to the walkway so the space felt bigger. We carried forward a few painted plants to the front of the house behind the real plantings so her entry will always offer something beautiful to greet guests.
![Hassle-Free Gardening - Botanical Murals for the Backyard 4 Plant Mural Entryway Painted Outside WIllow Glen Home](https://morganmurals.com/wp-content/uploads/plan/al/plantalcove.141035.jpg)
A rooster that won’t wake you up in the morning? A mission style window that will never rust? Check and check.
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Here is a before and after of a “garden backdrop” I painted for a longtime client in midtown Palo Alto this past December.
Before:
After:
Ever wondered what to do with an architectural wall niche that is not deep enough for an objet d’arte? Fill it wil flowers! These niches flank a picturesque outdoor dining area in Los Altos, CA.
And if you want a garden and a view you might be inspired by this mural of Lake Como that I painted on a balcony in Beverly Hills, CA.
![Hassle-Free Gardening - Botanical Murals for the Backyard 9 Large Patio Mural Painted with Ocean Views and Quaint Town](https://morganmurals.com/wp-content/uploads/Lake/om/LakeComoBalconyMural.144803.jpg)
Don’t forget the fauna! A dog, squirrel and butterfly add interest to this patio mural.
I had a blast on my painting trip to L.A. Highlights included: painting in the warm sunshine, walks on the beach, the Sunday morning flea market on Melrose, a National Geographic exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography, a hit list of trendy health food eateries, and time with my sister and my four nieces. I approached the visit with the eyes of a tourist instead of a native, and every day was full of new adventures.
There is no end to the adventures we can have, if only we seek them with our eyes open. -Nehru
Warm Regards,
Morgan