The project - which is a partnership between Council, Sculptures in the Garden, and Moolarben - now boasts around 20 pieces, purchased each year through the thee acquisition prizes at the annual SIG event.

Last year's winners were; Stephen Hogan from Bathurst who took out the $25,000 Sculptures in the Garden and Mid-Western Regional Council prize with 'Tribal Totems'; local Artist, Nigel White from Mudgee won the $10,000 Friends of Sculptures in the Garden prize for 'Bird Man XIX'; and Ben Tooth from Walcha was awarded the $5,000 Moolarben prize for 'I Beam'.

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The Sculpture Walk starts in Lawson Park West, travels along the Cudgegong River out to the the Glen Willow footbridge. And with the Regional Gallery set for the former Cudgegong Council Chambers nearby at the corner of Market and Douro Street, SIG founder Kay Norton-Knight said the area is coming together nicely.

"It beautifies the park and the Sculpture Walk is not only a drawcard for tourists, but the locals as well," she said. "We'll be continuing it along Walkers Oval and tying in with the Regional Gallery which is going to be built. And the sculptures will be going around the gallery as well."

Council's public art collection also includes pieces at the rear of their chambers, as well as multiple locations throughout Rylstone, Kandos and People's Park in Gulgong.

There was never going to be a good time for the COVID pandemic to strike - let alone when regional NSW's largest and most renowned outdoor sculpture exhibition is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary year - but organisers of Sculptures in The Garden are determined to make the milestone at Rosby in October.

They're forging ahead with plans for the 2020 event and will keep everyone updated with any news of changes to this year's program. And have many options to ensure they're complying with restrictions, should they still be in place, and will get this information out as soon as developments take place.

Kay said they hope to "continue to support art and artists in the local region and throughout Australia", by holding SIG in 2020. And due to the circumstances, there's been significant interest.

"We've already got entries from right around Australia, because this is probably the first event they've been able to enter with all the others being cancelled up and down the eastern seaboard. So they're very excited," she said.