First steps in the new year

Pattern in brick on a wide lawn.

The photo is from  Fennel and Fern’s “Real gardens” section*, which is always interesting. I love the simplicity of this labyrinth by Adrian Fisher at Parham House and Gardens in England. It appears to me both whimsical and profound. (Click on the photo to link to the F&F post.)


*My “oasis” garden in Niger was featured here in August.

Tracery

What a lovely spare garden, which I found on the blog Defiant Gardens. [Please click on the link.]

This chapel was built by Italian prisoners of war held at Lamb Holm, on the Orkney Islands, Scotland, during World War II.  It has been preserved and can be visited today, but lawn has replaced the simple parterre.

Read more at the website Undiscovered Scotland, which has photos of the interior of the chapel.