Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden, Sculpture garden at Creative Arts Guild in Dalton, Georgia, US

The Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden is a five-acre (2.0 ha) open-air museum in Dalton, Georgia, with 54 sculptures across three sections: the Ken and Myra White Magnolia Crescent, the Eli Rosen Garden and the Founders Garden. Works by Isamu Noguchi, Guy Dill, Ken Macklin and others stand among mature trees, shrubs and flowers; some are hand-carved stone, others welded steel.

Robert Webb created this permanent collection in 2010 by raising funds to acquire works from American and Canadian artists. The project began as an effort to provide lasting public access to contemporary art.

The garden's name honours Robert Webb, a Dalton native and Mohawk Industries executive who has chaired the Creative Arts Guild board three times and still curates the collection. Works are chosen to show four sculptural methods: carving, casting, assembling and modelling. Stone pieces such as Caroline Ramersdorfer's Inner View Deeper and Don Lawler's Seedling were hand-carved with traditional and power tools; most other key works are welded steel.

The garden provides free cell phone audio guides that offer detailed information about each sculpture as you walk the paths. The layout makes it easy to explore all three sections at your own pace without getting lost.

Susan Rankin's Standing Grove in Blues and Greens is the first glass sculpture in the garden and stands out among the metal and stone works. The way light passes through the glass changes the sculpture's appearance throughout the day.