Mysterious Gardens for the people who
love the Gothic way of life:
Did you ever wondered how it feels to be
lost in a deep dark forest where you are so turned around that you don't know
where North~South~West~and East are. or even how high up is? What if you got
lost in a gothic garden that someone created for you? For example : what if you
got lost in Harry Potters maze in the movie the Goblet of fire? It was a very
magical garden that harry had to go into in the last game. But as the head
master of the school said " this is a very different kind of garden. It is
mythical and magical, but what you have to do to get out is how you look at yourself. These mazes
have away of taking over your mind. You must stay focus at all times of the
maze can take you mind and you may never get out".
As I said its not only about getting
lost! its also about finding yourself and giving yourself the opportunity to
navigate your life. Risks are all around you when you walk in the labyrinth,
and there are lots of life and death choices behind every turn as the unknown
as you get deeper in the maze. Your unknown future is spread all over the
mythical garden as you get in deeper and deeper.
In the last thousands years, labyrinths
and mazes had a Big impact on the world of Gothic gardening themes and designs.
Those maze gardens can be made by heavy rocks or high plants and trees, but one
thing is certain they are beautiful and mysterious at the same time.
In the middle ages walking in a maze
garden had a religious meaning. If you got the chance to evaluate your
life, by a voyage and choices through the maze garden. Also going in the
dark in order to find your spiritual enlightenment is another thing people
would do in the middle ages with maze gardens. The dark and light themes are
also associated with death and life creation. It was believed that ghost and
evil spirits lived in the trees and plants that forged the amazing labyrinths.
As the winds blows through the maze and dangerous animals are all around you
possessed by those spirits who control the mysterious fields with their
supernatural powers.
Gothic gardens that are designed as
mazes have a special usage for hide and seek games. These games can serve the
need to protect the castle against thief's and other vandals by mils and mils
of dead end mazes. Think that you are a stranger that wants to enter the remote
castle, not only that you don't know the area, you can also get lost and even
die in the labyrinths paths. On the other hand, hide and seek games are well
known as love games. Mazes are the perfect place of forbidden love affairs. A
location where you can release your sins without anyone to know about it, only
you know these remote spaces between the plants.
As garden activities such picnics, field
games and other social gathering became more popular, the height of the maze
components reduced and was no longer than the height of your knees, in order to
give the people a chance to socialize, communicate and see each others. The
maze garden is so fun that you don't only interact with other people but also
with the animal kingdom and the beautiful nature. Every tunnel has its unique
plants and grass paths there for a reason and of different colours and shapes of
nature is unfold every step you take.
Create your own maze garden in your
backyard:
First you must draw the maze on a piece
of paper. Pay attention to the maze style as the paths can be rounds of sharps,
big or small, and the number of the dead ends can be also vary, all these
factor determine the design of your garden labyrinth.
Where do you want to put your Gothic
garden maze? if you are constrained by garden space its suggested that use
choose a flat area, of a hill so you will be able to distinguish your maze from
the other parts of your garden. You should also be aware that use should
reserve a part of your garden to a non- maze area, so it wont be difficult to
enter and get out from your house. Gardening components: turf labyrinth, you
can plant your own or you can buy mowed turn in different shapes of
circles and lines that you can combine. And of course you can do it all by
mowing your grass in the shape of the maze, by cutting parts of it and let
other parts of the grass to grow high.
Other nature beautify, you can add a
stepping stones as a directions inside your maze. You can also create special
areas in your maze. In each area you can grow a different vegetables or fruits
and plant colorful flowers. Put big rocks or big trees in order to hide the
rest of the paths of the Gothic garden mazes and to prevent people
to cheat and cross the maze in the middle but going in a straight line and
killing all your flowers.
