REAL LIFE Maze
Hedge maze is a maze that is built outside with passages made of vertical hedges. These mazes were introduced from knot gardens which are gardens that are really formal, the design is a square frame that consist of many fragrant plants and culinary herbs. Most knot gardens during the renaissance had small and large gardens of 6-8 sections. These gardens were introduced first by Queen Elizabeth I during the 16th century made from evergreen herbs but over time became dwarf box became more popular. Although these original gardens have covered but there are some traces of them may be found.
There are however hedge mazes found today that are worth mentioning:
Chatsworth House, England Blackpool Pleasure Beach,
England Blenheim Palace,
England Hampton Court Maze,
England Longleat,
England Saffron Walden,
Essex, England Leeds Castle,
England Castlewellan,
Northern Ireland Kaeser Memorial Maze,
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Villa Vizcaya, Miami, FL
The Governor's Palace Maze in Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
Luray Caverns, Luray, VA
Disneyland Paris has a hedgemaze in Alice's Curious Labyrinth
Schönbrunn Palace, Austria
Knot mazes worth mentioning:
Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire, England
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England
Garden Museum, London, England
Compton Castle, Devon, England
Red Lodge Museum, Bristol, England
Bourton House Garden, Gloucestershire, England
Antony House, Cornwall, England
Barnsley House, Gloucestershire, England
St Fagans, South Wales Anzac Square,
Dunedin, New Zealand
Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden, University of Michigan, USA
Cleveland Botanical Garden, USA
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York City, USA
