I bought this to surprise my mom for Christmas. We put it in the backyard and are planning on planting flowers all around it. We glued the statue on a large and heavy cement brick, so that the statue would not fall over and it worked perfect. We also put a solar light in front of it and she just glows so beautifully at night. There has been a few rain storms here and the statue still looks as good as new. I would recommend to all to buy!