A family of forest giants designed in harmony with nature to illustrate the scale of wonder

The Forest Giants, Kentucky, USA You must visit the three wooden giants located in Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. Bernheim is a 16,000+ acre arboretum, forest, and nature preserve with art, wildlife, lakes…and giants! Founded in 1929 with the mission of “connecting people with nature" it sure does just that. With many beautiful flowers and art pieces surrounding the grounds, the giants are designed in harmony with nature to illustrate the scale of wonder. Danish artist Thomas Dambo’s sculptures are made using repurposed wood and natural materials. The giants include a Mama giant name Loumari and her two children, Little Nis and Little Elina, along with her third baby Giant, who's in her belly. Mama Loumari was relaxing up against a tree, holding her belly, and enjoying nature next to their lair with collectibles she’s saved including a dragon’s skull, a unicorn horn, and many other cool treasures! The two giant children are out exploring the forest. Little Elina loves to play with rocks so she had a rock in her hand and her rock garden of boulders designed in the shape of a feather next to her. Which my kids loved hoping along. You can also leave gifts for her in her dreadlock hair so we picked some dandelions and tied them on. Little Nis is fascinated with his own reflection which he just discovered as he is at the edge of the lake looking in the water. We all enjoyed checking them out, they were super interesting to inspect and it was an adventure hiking to find them. We saw geese, turtles and fish along the way. Plan ahead alot of time to explore the forest to see all of the other art installations and flowers and the beauty that nature has to offer as I know we did miss out on alot. If you're an outdoorsy person you could definitely plan to spend all day here and not get bored. #forestgiants #familytravel #kentucky #adventureawaits #exploremore #woodengiants #hikingwithkids #naturewalk #flowers #turtles