Fresh Air and Fun

Just because winter is coming doesn't mean your family has to stay inside. A really grand way to enjoy the outdoors is to visit one of the South's many sculpture gardens. There, you'll find stimulating pieces to admire in a setting where everyone--kids included--can exercise their legs as well as their minds. Possibilities range from the contemporary style of the Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art in Nashville to the storied collection at South Carolina's Brookgreen Gardens. Here, children duck into and around Patrick Dougherty's environmental sculpture Side Steppin' at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.