John Waters’ childhood yard was an exercise in good taste. His mother, the president of a local garden club, cultivated burgeoning flowerbeds and precise hedges. In their buttoned-up Maryland suburb, ...

Florida’s oceans slip between turquoise and emerald, its sunsets streak yellow and orange, and its politics shift from blue to purple to red. But pink is Florida’s favorite color. From the cheesy, ...

Fifty nine years ago, a young graduate of the Worcester Art Museum school sculpted a pink flamingo. Working from photos in a National Geographic magazine, Donald Featherstone created the now iconic ...

BOSTON - Don Featherstone was a classically trained painter, a talented sculptor and artist, who became famous for creating the pink plastic lawn flamingo - the ultimate symbol of American lawn kitsch ...

For many, myself included, the holiday season just isn’t the same unless there’s snow on the ground — even better if it’s actually snowing on Christmas Day. For others, the holidays are best enjoyed ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, a Minnesota woman decided to support cancer charities and raise awareness – with a flock of pink flamingos. Mary Leisses asks ...

The idea behind flamingo parties is pretty simple: an informal weekly front-yard event to help neighbors meet each other. Cityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, ...

Think of it as a pretty-in-pink prank, with a twist of tacky. Make a call to the Flocking Hotline, and you too can arrange to have 25 plastic pink flamingos planted on a friend’s lawn before sunrise ...

Admit it. When someone says “lawn ornament,” you think of pink plastic flamingos. Don’t be ashamed. The iconic fowl have been flocking to our yards for more than 50 years. We’ve all seen them. Some of ...