Waite Arboretum Labyrinth The purpose of the Waite Arboretum
Labyrinth is to be an aesthetically pleasing element linking the
Urrbrae House Gardens and the Waite Arboretum. The Labyrith aims
to provide a beautiful, tranquil setting for contemplative
walking – but feel free to run, skip or dance it! The Labyrinth
is located on the original site of Peter Waite’s tennis courts,
overlooked from the Rose Garden with a wonderful view towards
the Arboretum. The lines of the labyrinth are formed with 921
timber rounds mostly recycled from Arboretum trees and the paths
are sawdust. The whole installation is intended to be ephemeral
or renewable and sit softly on the landscape. Dr Jennifer
Gardner the Director of the Waite Arboretum and Conservation
Reserve personally designed and constructed this labyrinth,
completing it in mid January 2010. Jennifer states “It was an
enormously pleasurable, stimulating and satisfying way to spend
my Christmas holidays and I am delighted by how many children it
has attracted to the ga