Glendurgan is one of the great subtropical gardens of the South West. Set in a wooded valley dropping steeply to the hamlet of Durgan on the shore of the beautiful Helford Estuary. The garden is best known for its laurel maze, planted in 1833 and a firm favourite with children.
What a picture perfect spot Jude. As in one of the other comments I am thinking a rather maintenance heavy assume by for the gardener!
Excellent choice Jude, and lovely capture – well done!
OH! I LOVE mazes!! One of the two things I most wanted to do when my parents took me to Europe when I was 12 was the Hampton Court Maze. It was closed. That’s what you get for travelling out of season as we always did (and still often do). The other was the Ferris Wheel in Vienna. It was also closed for the winter. 😦 On the plus side, I have since done both and the Maze twice – once in my 20s alone and then with my husband and children.
We have a wooden maze near us and you must get to each of four coloured flags in the maze before you are allowed to exit (you have a card you have to get stamped at each station where the flags are). I absolutely ADORE doing that with my boys. We’re all so competitive! 😀
I am just itching to get into the maze in your photo. It looks spectacular!
You lead such an exciting life Heather! I imagine a rather loud and chaotic household with all those males 😀
Feel free to drop into my maze any time 🙂
Excellent choice for ‘intricate’! How tall is the maze, ie can you see over the top?
I didn’t go inside the maze Karen, so I’m not sure. Certainly the children couldn’t see over the top.
You have seen so many different gardens Jude and this maze looks rather intimidating, I am definitely directionally challenged so I would be in there for ages. Can you jump up and see over the hedges? I once got really lost in an Ikea store, it was like a maze, only one way out. Ended up with quite a number of us following each other trying to find the way out and no assistants anywhere. I think it was a ploy to keep you in and maybe you would buy some thing…
Haha, sounds about right with the IKEA store – I once had to exit and then enter again as I’d missed the section I wanted!
I’ve never been back!!!!!
No, something like that scars you for life!
Ha ha ha… Don’t like Ikea style any way!!!!
I am so glad I don’t have to tend that maze – what absolute perfection, right down to the last leaf. One wrong snip and you could change the whole flow. I can so picture giggling kids running through the twists and turns.
The kids do seem to enjoy it!
That’s a lovely photo, and the maze looks beautifully kept.
One for you to visit on your next trip to Cornwall?
Just what I was thinking! 🙂