Category Archives: Hedge Mazes
Hatfield’s Knot Garden and Mazes
This is Hatfield’s knot garden, with its lovely low maze and topiaries. The site of the garden originally lay under a wing of the house which was devastated by a fire in the early 19th century. The brick paths were … Continue reading
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Rosamund’s Bower – a hedge maze at Woodstock
Henry II supposedly built a hedge maze at Woodstock, with a hedged arbour at the centre, designed for trysts with his mistress Rosamund Clifford. As it happens, this is probably an apocryphal story, an “urban myth” that was passed on … Continue reading
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The Azalea Maze
This maze is from the garden of the John Paul Getty Museum in LA – it is called the Azalea Maze. It’s always a moot point where a “border” becomes a “hedge”. Not sure I’d call this a hedge maze, … Continue reading
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