Iris, sounds fabulous and I sure wish I had a patio door to the garden! I have a bay window that gives me a view of a suet ball feeder and the chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers and gray jays that visit it but once it's warm enough for me to go out without a parka I will get out.
Beth plants flowers in planters and I might even pay attention this year, so glad that you still get to have flowers in your life.
Love, Barry