Spring Walk

Upon entering the Museum’s Sculpture Garden, visitors can’t help but notice the large pond that occupies the middle of the grounds, stocked full of glorious water lilies: Nymphaea 'Comanche', Nymphaea "Virginalis' and Nymphaea 'Black Princess' are some of the varietals found here. The path to the right leads visitors through a portion of the garden dubbed the “Spring Walk,” due to the abundance of plants that bloom there in the spring season. The gold medallion tree on the left is flanked by several varieties of daylilies and bog plants, including the delicate star sedge grass and rain lily; the large deodar cedar on the right soars above Henry Moore’s majestic bronze sculpture King and Queen (this is the first of many works by Moore in the garden). Henri Laurens’s Les Ondines is located down the path to the left, and Moore’s Relief No. 1 is further up on the right. Handsome California gray rush borders the pond and tipu, gold medallion, Golden Wonder and yellow bells dot the path.