Indiana Dunes State Park, created in 1923 and joined in 1966 by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, provides a 14,200-acre preserve for more than 1,400 plants and animals native to the county. Lake Michigan’s beaches and dunes, many of which are part of the park system, provide a summer retreat.

This sculpture depicts thick beach grass growing atop the crest of a grooved sand dune. The texture of this piece is sand-like, with bronze grass atop the dune that will gradually turn green over time.

Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural characteristics, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metalworkers, and other artisans.