Benny Reeder is a self-taught welder and artist. His whimsical yard art has been a fixture outside of his home on Gilead Road since he began creating art out of scrap metal in the early 1990s. Utilizing materials such as old shopping carts, golf clubs, discarded vehicles, and boats, Reeder has a knack for turning “junk” into treasure. He has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and television specials and was commissioned in 2020 to create an art piece of sunflowers that was displayed in front of Discovery Place Kids.