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Maison de Bois Gardens and Maze
Sep. 8th, 2020 09:28 pmThe entrance to the formal gardens:
A cosy bench to rest and admire the beauty of the gardens:
Delicate, beautiful, and a lot of work. The water feature was lovely but didn't get a closer shot of it.
I'm not sure what kind of trees these are, but they're lovely even in winter.
The entrance to the hedge maze.
Parts of the maze were taller than others. This section wasn't as tall and it was pretty easy to see over the tops, however I don't believe the owners' intention was to have their guests truly get lost, so I'll overlook it.
Here we have taller hedges as we go deeper in. Loved this statue.
At the center of the maze, another garden. This one smaller, but quite charming.
And here is the well, supposedly dug during the time of Arthur and his knights. Legend has it (according to the plaque next to the well) that Lancelet pledged his courtly love of Gwenhwyfar and swore he would love no other, casting a lock of his hair entwined with a lock of hers into the well's depths. Not entirely certain what that was supposed to achieve, and regardless, I still believe that it was Arthur (or Gwydion, depending upon who you read) who Lancelet pledged his love to. No way to know for certain, I suppose. Still, it makes for a lovely tale.
A cosy bench to rest and admire the beauty of the gardens:
Delicate, beautiful, and a lot of work. The water feature was lovely but didn't get a closer shot of it.
I'm not sure what kind of trees these are, but they're lovely even in winter.
The entrance to the hedge maze.
Parts of the maze were taller than others. This section wasn't as tall and it was pretty easy to see over the tops, however I don't believe the owners' intention was to have their guests truly get lost, so I'll overlook it.
Here we have taller hedges as we go deeper in. Loved this statue.
At the center of the maze, another garden. This one smaller, but quite charming.
And here is the well, supposedly dug during the time of Arthur and his knights. Legend has it (according to the plaque next to the well) that Lancelet pledged his courtly love of Gwenhwyfar and swore he would love no other, casting a lock of his hair entwined with a lock of hers into the well's depths. Not entirely certain what that was supposed to achieve, and regardless, I still believe that it was Arthur (or Gwydion, depending upon who you read) who Lancelet pledged his love to. No way to know for certain, I suppose. Still, it makes for a lovely tale.
