An ambitious season of labyrinth building will be marked with the dedication of the labyrinth at H.J. Carroll County Park tonight.
The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. at the regional park on state Highway 19 between Port Hadlock and Chimacum.
Project coordinator Johanna Wolf Rienstra said the dedication is scheduled to coincide with a rare Venus eclipse of the sun, an event that is not visible here.
A labyrinth is a single path or unicursal tool for personal, psychological and spiritual transformation. Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activity, according to The Labyrinth Society.
The pattern of the berm and gravel labyrinth at Carroll county park is an adaptation of a pattern constructed in France during the 1200s.
Two other labyrinth projects are scheduled for construction this summer in East Jefferson County.
At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend, a labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral style is being built on parish grounds and is nearly installed.
It is being built from sand-set pavers with turns delineated with red beach stone. The center will be a mosaic made of colored beach stone set in mortar.
Diane Roberts of Port Townsend is the the artist.
Volunteers are needed to help with installation during the week of June 14-19. Call 360-385-3489 for more information.
A corn maze labyrinth is being readied for a fall fund-raiser at Sunfield Farm and Waldorf School. The pattern is planted and a workday is scheduled June 26.
Volunteers can call Alan Brisley, 360-379-6579.
The third annual Labyrinth Tour and Tea is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on July 17. The tour visits private gardens and public labyrinths and is sponsored by Jefferson County Parks and the Labyrinth Project as a fund-raiser to help in the construction of labyrinths in parks.
There is a $15 fee that includes handouts, a group tour and tea.