Garrisons creative fall yard display features friendly scarecrow, hay bale characters
Shirley and Ronnie Garrison’s house on Lake Road 619, off HH Highway south of Isabella, is off the beaten track but attracts a lot of attention this time of year when Shirley and son Heath Garrison create clever seasonal yard displays like these, which feature a huge haybale scarecrow and three straw bales with expressive faces. The designs are illuminated at night, and the Garrisons welcome friends, neighbors and other residents to come by and check it out.
Shirley Garrison and son Heath Garrison have once again transformed the lawn around the Isabella-area home where Shirley lives with husband Ronnie Garrison, into an eye-catching and traffic-stopping seasonal fall display. Even though their home on Lake Road 619, off HH south of Isabella, is well off the beaten track, it is a popular stop and is well frequented by those who look forward to seeing their creative displays each year.
This year’s design is a friendly scarecrow made from three round bales stacked tall and set of three round bales with expressive faces. The whole spread includes 65 mums, 35 pumpkins, 10 gourds, 15 square bales, six round bales, six corn stalks and “…a lot of spray paint, sweat and laughter…” Shirley said.
Shirley enjoys building innovative landscaping designs at their home with Ronnie’s help but says their son, Health, who lives in Branson, is the creative force behind the memorable displays. The Garrisons also have another son, Shawn, who lives in Isabella with his wife, Jenni; they have two sons, Ryan and Tyler.
Shirley said that she hadn’t realized that Health was so creative until he began dreaming up the elaborate yard displays.
“I guess that’s why he’s such a good hairdresser. He definitely has many talents. I didn’t realize he was such an artist until last year when he did the Will-Hay Nelson design,” Shirley said, referring to last year’s design which featured a large round bale spraypainted and decorated as a tribute to musical legend Willie Nelson.