Sculpture in the Park is a non-profit sculpture garden

Sculpture garden

A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings....

 on "Arrowhead Point" in eastern Ottawa Hills, Ohio

Ottawa Hills, Ohio

Ottawa Hills is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,564 at the 2000 census. The village serves as an affluent bedroom community and suburb of Toledo. The village maintains a full time police and fire rescue department. The Ottawa Hills school district ranked first...

, at the five-way intersection of Secor Road, Bancroft Street, and Indian Road. All of the sculptures are all large enough "to be easily visible from the street", and there is a great deal of variety. The sculptures get a lot of exposure a this location, since "thousands of cars pass by... daily."

History

Peggy Grant got an idea for the sculptures while driving the empty grass area one day. Although it was originally planned for there to be 10 sculptures in the garden in the summer of 2004, The Ottawa Hills Foundation, which sponsors the exhibit, decided to only start out with six. Although many sculptures come and go, the Ottawa Hills Foundation purchased three to permanently stay in the garden, including the butterfly sculpture, which is a tribute to former Ottawa Hills mayor, Jean Youngen, who died in 2004.