those backgrounds are horrible. lose the tiled pic and go with just color. keep it simple and graphics will not have to updated every 2 weeks when u get tired of looking at it. park forest + green = good. park forest + trees = ugly. you can have too much of one color. the site needs to be balanced with lighter values.

my input. pm me if u want more specifics. (im an art major)

rondavu, good layout but the blue "stone" looking thing in the background is not needed/good. other graphics/ logo stuff looks good though