Comments on THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL BY TIM AUSTEN: Do the right thing: landscape design of the Barret...

Your blog is pretty good and impressed me a lot. T...

2011-09-08T05:56:40.631+01:00

Your blog is pretty good and impressed me a lot. This article along with the images is quite in-depth and gives a good overview of the topic. Labyrinths are such amazing structures, and the math behind them is something else as well, especially when you consider how old they are. I do hope that this will prove to be a success in this context. Thanks you for sharing!

Hi landscape architecture sydney, thank you for yo...

2010-09-27T19:34:35.092+01:00

Hi landscape architecture sydney, thank you for your comment and glad you like the blog.

Your blog is pretty good and impressed me a lot. T...

2010-09-27T11:24:00.650+01:00

Your blog is pretty good and impressed me a lot. This article along with the images is quite in-depth and gives a good overview of the topic.

Thank you Sunita. Curves are what we do best! Bu...

2010-09-15T18:32:33.864+01:00

Thank you Sunita. Curves are what we do best! But good construction drawings helped, too.

I'm in awe! This is so different from our form...

2010-09-11T11:33:17.999+01:00

I'm in awe! This is so different from our formal Mughal gardens with their formal straight lines and rectangles.
How did you get those perfect curves (er, in the labyrinth, I mean)? From what I can make out there isn't even the slightest wobble.

Indeed Stone Art. Pity they didn't include mo...

2010-09-10T12:05:44.387+01:00

Indeed Stone Art. Pity they didn't include more about the whys and wherefores of the labyrinth but there you go...'tis all about the personalities!

Watched that program the other night, wouldn't...

2010-09-09T07:35:50.931+01:00

Watched that program the other night, wouldn't it be fantastic to have a group of free laborers like that every day of the week!

Dear Stoneart, Thank you for your comment and for...

2010-08-30T10:21:48.226+01:00

Dear Stoneart,

Thank you for your comment and for sharing. I read your blog post and I really like your labyrinth - what a great setting, too! Regards, Tim

Dear Carol, Yes, Paul Newman became involved in B...

2010-08-30T10:12:49.471+01:00

Dear Carol,

Yes, Paul Newman became involved in Barrettstown further to founding the Hole-in-the-Wall http://www.holeinthewallgang.org foundation in the U.S. Thank you for your kind comments, also. Best Regards, Tim

What a wonderful project Tim. Congratulations! I h...

2010-08-28T13:39:44.810+01:00

What a wonderful project Tim. Congratulations! I had no idea that Paul Newman had created such a healing haven. Your labyrinth is perfectly designed for the setting and I join Edith in hoping that it will be of great benefit and joy to the many who will walk the path of thought and mystery within it. Thank you for sharing! ;>)

Looks great, will keep an eye out for the show. La...

2010-08-28T11:39:59.820+01:00

Looks great, will keep an eye out for the show. Labyrinths are such amazing structures, and the math behind them are something else as well, especially when you consider how old they are. I remember the long difficult process of building them, from when my father built a living hedge labyrinth in his garden in West Cork a few years back. Here is a link if your interested http://stoneartblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/garden-labyrinth.html

Looks like it was a fun project to be involved in, well done.

Dear Edith, Thank you so much for your comments a...

2010-08-26T16:11:10.479+01:00

Dear Edith, Thank you so much for your comments and support for this project. It indeed was a very rewarding commission (not financially, I hasten to add, as we volunteered our services, too) but in terms of a learning process for us. With regard to the interactive/restorative effects of the labyrinth, we do really hope that it will be of benefit to children attending camps at Barretstown. My family and I often visit the labyrinth at nearby Glendalough here in Wicklow and, although it is a very simple structure, my own children gain huge enjoyment from it. Regards, Tim

Dear Tim, This was indeed a most challenging yet, ...

2010-08-26T15:48:04.308+01:00

Dear Tim, This was indeed a most challenging yet, no doubt, very rewarding commission. The result is beautifully executed and will, I am sure, give the young people who use the labyrinth great pleasure. I am aware that there is much written about the restorative effects of such structures which demand interaction with the user. I do hope that this will prove to be a success in this context.