All Things Labyrinth

UUCA – Outdoor Labyrinth

Gracefieid Labyrinth, Model for UUCA's Labyrinth

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Help us on June 6 & June 13th @ 11:30AM in creating an easy care outdoor labyrinth.  Please save large cardboard boxes and newspapers so we can use it for weed blocker.  Materials can be stored in the gray shed on the playground.

The UUCA labyrinth is a living work in progress.  Original funding was raised by Full Circle and direct donations to this church for this project.  If you are interested in helping with it’s maintenance or workshops or would like to find out more, please contact Kay.

This labyrinth was created by taking a weed whacker to my lawn.  It’s about 25-30 feet across.  This was done in my back yard, but it may crop up in my front yard one day.  If you’re lawn is big enough, you could just put your lawn mower at a lower setting and mow the paths.  Or go for a 4 circuit path.  This is a great way to temporarily test a design before installing more permanent or expensive materials.

I wish I remembered which book I found this in, or I would list the title.  This is a classical 7-circuit labyrinth on a tennis ball.  Start with the seed pattern in the center.  The second photo shows how you can measure out some of the lines horizontally so you can get the lines the same width apart.   The last part of the seed pattern is the entrance, that ended up being a bit large.  So I drew a daisy and arrow to show where to enter the labyrinth.

This labyrinth was made on a Friday in an empty conference room with recycled paper.  Because I’m that kind of crazy labyrinth lady

6030 Grosvenor Lane
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
United States

Medieval
60 foot diameter, 11 circuit turf design with pavers for delineation of the lines and turns. Based on the ancient turf labyrinth on Breamore Down in Hampshire, England.

This location also had a large acrylic labyrinth.  This is for those who might not be able to physically walk the labyrinth, they can follow the smooth grooves in a labyrinth shape.

Classic 7 circuit labyrinth.  Media is brick on mulch.  Interesting interlocking brick/pavers that give smooth lines.  Labyrinth can be found in the back of the parking lot on the right hand side in the grass.

1657 Crofton Parkway
Crofton, Maryland 21114
United States

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21224

When you come in the main entrance, make the first right on to Mason F. Lord Drive .  The Labyrinth is located off Mason F. Lord Dr., in front of the Frank Scott Key Pavillion (previously named Geriatarics Center).    There is a small sign on the ground on the left.    You will have to park in parking garage.
For more directions you can go to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center website  or use this link to their campus map.

This labyrinth was near a YMCA.  It’s one of the largest in Baltimore.  It has very large flagstones.

Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation
Stadium Place
1000 E. 33rd St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Located on the site of the old Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street – between Greenmount Avenue and Loch Raven Blvd.    The labyirnth is a Santa Rosa, blue flagstone labyrinth, placed at the spiritual entryway to Stadium Place.

St Matthew Church
5400 Loch Raven Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21239

This labyrinth is located behind the church, behind the parking lot.  This picture was snapped around sunset.  There was no outdoor lighting for evening, which is why this picture is so blurry.  Below is a more detailed photo taken with the flash on my camera.

This labyrinth is found inside the circle driveway of Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts I’ve mentioned this labyrinth to several people who’ve been to Maryland Hall and have never seen this labyrinth.  It is screened by hedges and has a bench at one end.

This 12 circuit Chartres labyrinth is a stone paver labyrinth and is made by The Labyrinth Company.  The center has the rose motif common to the Chartres labyrinth that looks so complicated pieced together, when cut from stone.