Many locals remember "the real whirligig park," which popped up suddenly from around a curve, whirligigs as tall as trees mingling with foliage and tree branches. Posted 2021-09-15T14:45:04+00:00 ...

Smith also teaches classes on whirligig-making, intense one-week courses he calls “Whirligigs: Simple Actions, Complex Stories.” Before a recent workshop, ...

For more than 20 years, Peter Gelker has been creating whirligigs. As a child Gelker – now a physician, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst – watched his father build the spinning objects. I… ...

Simpson worked daily on the whirligigs until six months before his death at age 94 in 2013, and his creations were later moved to the park in Wilson, a city of about 48,000 residents.

A whirligig makes a whimsical statement in your yard. They create movement and add color to your landscape. Arlene Roerig of Whirligigs and More creates a variety of these wind driven decorations ...

Maintaining the Whirligigs is a team effort. It costs $120,000 to $200,000 annually, covering labor, parts, and various repairs. Their creator, Vollis Simpson, passed away in 2013.

After nearly 25 years, the Whirligig & Weathervane Festival in Shelburne, N.S., has been grounded indefinitely. Organizers announced in a social media post this week that struggles finding ...