Need a 7-foot chicken? Pasco store offers extreme lawn art
Tampa Bay, FL – Some people want their property to feel like a Mediterranean villa. Others prefer Caribbean casual.
But for a select few, nothing says “Home, sweet home” like a life-size hippopotamus statue wallowing in the front yard.
Or, instead of a hippo, how about a rhinoceros? Or a bear, or a lion, or a dragon, or an orangutan?
If homeowners can imagine their own perfect Garden of Eden, odds are Don and Carol Campbell can supply the wildlife. The couple own Everything Outdoors Inc., in Holiday. They relocated to Pasco in February from The Villages-Ocala area, and have been supplying residential and commercial customers with yard art and lawn art, from the sublime to the ridiculous – to the sublimely ridiculous – since.
Even those who aren’t in the market for lawn décor have likely noticed the Everything Outdoors lot at 1709 U.S. 19, just north of the Alternate U.S. 19 split. It’s hard to miss the strategically placed 7-foot-tall rooster at the front of the lot.
“Everybody sees the big chicken,” Carol said with a smile. If it is enough of an attention-grabber to draw in customers, they will be greeted in the parking lot by a life-statue of an orangutan sticking its tongue out serving as sentry at the entrance of the sales office.
