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Nature and art combine at Lynden Sculpture Garden WINTER IS A GREAT TIME to visit the Lynden Sculpture Garden, located a short drive north of downtown at 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd. The lake is available for ice skating, depending on weather condition. In every season, though, the main reason for visiting the sculpture garden is the collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across park, lake and woodland. As this small sample shows, Peg Bradley collected both figurative and abstract works (sometimes both from the same artist) and was broad-minded about materials; in addition to these sculptures, other works in the collection are made of various metals, stone, glass and plexiglass. Works by several of the artists may also be found in the Bradley Collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Bernard Kirschenbaum, Way Four MKEimages.com Henry Moore, Large Torso: Arch The sculpture garden is owned and operated by the Bradley Family Foundation. The Lynden house and grounds were purchased in 1927 by industrialist Harry Bradley of the Allen-Bradley Company and his wife, Peg Bradley. The Bradleys retained the Chicago landscape architects William Langford and Theodore Moreau to transform the flat farmland, with its small farmhouse and barn, into an English country garden. Further plans to construct a botanical garden on the site were derailed by the outbreak of World War II. From 1962-1978, Peg Bradley���already an experienced art collector���began collecting the contemporary monumental sculptures that secured Lynden���s international reputation. The collection includes sculptures by Alexander Archipenko, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Clement Meadmore, Marta Pan, Tony Smith, Mark di Suvero and many others. The house has been transformed using sustainable building practices. Public spaces include a conference room, large classroom/studio, gallery and glassed-in function space overlooking the large patio. The renovated residence is available as a conference and retreat center, and for event rentals. On view at the garden through June 30 is grow by Artist in Residence Yevgeniya Kaganovich. The exhibition is designed as an element of other installations at locations throughout the Milwaukee area. This system of interconnected, plant-like forms ��� simulating a self-propagating organism in multiple stages of development ��� will be transplanted to Lynden, exhibited as a combined system, then recycled. Also on display (through Jan. 27) is Works from the Bradley Family Foundation Collection: The Paintings of Leo Michelson. Winter hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The garden is closed through Jan. 1, reopening Jan. 2. Alexander Liberman, Orbits For information, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org or phone 414-4468794.