Around the next bend, a bronze sculpture emerges beneath a canopy of live oaks while the splash of playful otters echoes through the trees. At Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, art and nature exist side by side in a setting that feels both grand and wonderfully peaceful.
Spanning 9,100 acres, Brookgreen Gardens is America’s first public sculpture garden, home to more than 2,000 works of American figurative sculpture surrounded by colorful botanical gardens, freshwater ponds, and protected wildlife habitats. Winding pathways lead beneath Spanish moss, past blooming flowers, and into the Lowcountry Zoo, where native animals offer an even deeper connection to the region’s natural heritage.
With admission valid for seven consecutive days, there’s time to slow down and appreciate every corner of this remarkable landscape…