Plans Call for Canadian Carrot Statue

John Stolarczyk, curator of the World Carrot Museum, stands beside the “Big Carrot” in Ohakune, New Zealand, in 2009. At 24.5 feet tall, the statue is the largest carrot model in the world. Photo courtesy John Stolarczyk
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Bradford, Ontario, Canada, might soon be home to the world’s tallest carrot statue. The city has approved plans to build a 39-foot-tall carrot-shaped statue to commemorate 100 years of carrot production in the Holland Marsh area. That would tower over the “Big Carrot” – a 24.5-foot-tall carrot statue in Ohakune, New Zealand, currently listed as the world’s tallest.

Preliminary design plans for the Canadian carrot statue call for a carrot constructed of steel with a copper top so that, with time, the statue will mostly take on an orange tint and the top will turn green, just like a carrot.