Creator of Pink Flamingo Lawn Ornament Dies at 79 Donald Featherstone of Leominster passed away the day before Pink Flamingo Day. By Madeline Bilis · 6/23/2015, 10:50 a.m.

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 ...

Destrehan resident Laurie Jones wants her neighbors to know that she does not have questionable taste when it comes to lawn decor. Yes, she did have 30 plastic pink flamingos on the front lawn of ...

BOSTON - The original pink flamingo lawn ornament, the symbol of kitsch whose obituary was nearly written after its central Massachusetts manufacturer went out of business, is rising phoenix-like from ...

“Donald was thrilled with his bronze flamingo,” she said. You see, the flamingo wasn’t a random gift. Her husband, who died Monday at the age of 79, was the creator of the pink lawn flamingo.

The plastic pink flamingo lawn ornaments, re-named FLOmingos in honor of Frederick Law Olmsted, have now become the unofficial mascot of the Conservancy.

One minute it was enjoying a peaceful perch in a Seattle suburban yard. The next, it was off on a fantastic road trip. A stranger stole a Mountlake Terrace family's flamingo lawn ornament, then ...

The Massachusetts man who invented the plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament, which went from a 1960s craze to a kitsch icon, died this week aged 79, his widow said on Tuesday.

The pink flamingo lawn ornament was created by artist Don Featherstone. At left, his Caribbean Blue Flamingos for sale at Sears. ILLUSTRATION: Left: Sears, Right: Shutterstock ...

Pink flamingo lawn ornament creator dies but his legacy lives on Donald Featherstone’s invention, designed in the 1950s, was ...

A pink flamingo yard ornament was stolen Monday from a yard in the 700 block of Jackson Avenue, police said. The theft victim told officers that in the past on different occasions, yard ornaments ...

A flamingo lawn ornament disappeared from a Mountlake Terrace yard - and you won't believe where it went. "Mingo the Flamingo" traveled to spring training, the Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and, yes, the ...