Having spent 30 enjoyable years creating over seventeen hundred swimming pool landscape designs and now teaching organic container gardening, I have decided to build this website to share with you what I have learned.

Here are a couple examples of complete backyard entertainment designs with pools, spas, shade areas, grills, fire places, water features, surrounded by beautiful landscaping.

        Geometric Design                    Freeform Design

The landscaping and pool ideas on this site are free for you to use and get examples from.

Here are some of the topics you will find on this website:

• Basic Design Concepts

• Gallery of Pool Pictures

• Natural Swimming Pools

• Salt Water Pools

• Entertaining ideas around the pool

• Water features to create sound and visual beauty.

• Step by step Pool construction information

• Spa Designs

• Chemical Free Spas

• Solar pool heaters

• Solar power for your home

Items that make pools easy to maintain and safe., like:

• Pool cleaners
  
  
• Pool covers

• Outdoor Kitchens and backyard activities

• Landscape tips for yards with a pool

• Gardening tips

• My Garden. Learn about Earthbox Gardening  

**Free Classes** on Earthbox Container Gardening--Third Fridays, February 17 & March 15 from 9:30 to 10:30 at Joseph's Pantry, 2331 E. Adams St.Tucson AZ .

Earthbox Container Gardening is used by The Growing Connection (TGC) to grow food in hot dry areas of third world countries. GSP members can learn how to *grow* tomatoes year round in our own homes using this same method. In return, 50% of the produce may be donated to Joseph's Pantry.

Lessons will also be offered during the weekdays starting this week at my home garden (www.pappajohnsgarden.com). I will have free starter plants for each container.