Very few of the labyrinths I find these days are 'new' to their existence. Just being constructed within the past decade is fairly rare, so to find a brand-new one is exciting. This one is in Portland, Oregon, absolutely tucked away into a smartly designed location that provides a beautiful view looking eastward, towards some of the area's iconic mountains.
Friends of Terwilliger, a local group, worked with the parks department of the city of Portland to build the 20 by 24 feet square-shaped structure. Rectangular stones create a path around crushed gravel.
In doing some research, I saw that the labyrinth is in a section of the local greenway named for Frederick Andrews Walpole. I wasn't familiar with him, but he was a noted botanical illustrator in the 19th century who lived in the Portland area for much of his life.
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