Harper’s Lawn Ornaments & Water Gardens

We’ve purchased statues from these folks for many years. The quality is superb… statues from 10 years ago are still like new! The staff is always friendly. The prices are unbeatable. Make sure you check out the water gardens in the back.

Since everyone’s quiet, let me show my respects to this wonderful realm of concrete. Because, honestly, half of the ornaments in my acre-​wide backyard have come from here. They have a very large workshop at Harper’s, and they cover up what must be an acre or two with the resulting benches, statues, flower planters, bird baths and other concrete objets d’art.
The level of craftmanship’s better than the norm, and there’s a kind of welcome whimsy and sense of humor on display. There are Roswell aliens, giant sasquatch (aka «Bigfoot») and gnomes and elves peering out from among the more serious items. Now, here’s my confession: I want to own one of those big old sasquatch statutes – to put it right in the middle of my front yard and show the neighbors who they’re dealing with. Once my wife gives in on this, we will be known as «that house with the giant sasquatch out front.» Yeah!
Anyway, the more serious work here shows a lot of variety and thought: four– to six-​foot-​tall classical statues of Apollo, Venus and Hebe; ornate Victorian-​style garden benches; a whole zoological park of animals of all species, including many wolves, foxes and bears; Roman urns; Chinese pagodas and lanterns and much more. Some of the better-​made items can even be said to be lovely, like the «lady of the sea» birdbath we bought: you have some sea nymph coming up from the waves, and she’s supporting a boat, which is the bath. Harper’s also supplied us with a largish Chinese pagoda, that weighed in at a few hundred pounds and is the center of one of the little gardens near my house. All of the items we’d purchased have held up well during the winter, although we do cover up the birdbath to avoid water freezing up in the bowl.
The folks who work here are nice people – laid back and easy to deal with and very helpful if you ask for assistance. They always load up any purchases for you into your vehicle, which is a tremendous help for the heavier statutes and benches. Honestly, it’s just *fun* to come here and look around, if you’ve some time to kill some weekend afternoon. Odds are, you will take something home with you.