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How to Build a Labyrinth

Image: San Geronimo Lodge, Taos, NM, How to build a Labyrinth

1.  Have a plan. We chose 7 circuits. (5 and 11 are common too.)  The paths are 30-inches wide, around a 10-foot diameter center.
2.  Select a site.  We chose a flat area set back from the road which had both sunlight and shade, plus a view.  Nearby was a little waterfall and bridge.
Image: San Geronimo Lodge, Taos, NM, How to build a Labyrinth
3.  Establish the center.  Use a string as a compass to mark the circles.  We put a piece of tape on the string every 30 inches.  The center rocks were eventually removed.
4.  Lay down weed cloth.   The 24 outer triangles were an afterthought, added to use up the small rocks.  They increased the overall diameter to 50 feet.
Image: San Geronimo Lodge, Taos, NM, How to build a Labyrinth
5.  Bring in rock.  This labyrinth took 10 tons of gravel and 12 tons of river rock.  The gravel was spread first, and then the rock was trucked in.
6.  Have a work party.  Pam’s family, here for a reunion, cheerfully pitched in.  Simba evidently thought he was helping too.
Image: San Geronimo Lodge, Taos, NM, How to build a Labyrinth, completed Labyrinth
7. The completed labyrinth.  A previously unused part of the property is now a sacred space for refuge and reflection.

 

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