The girl discovers her crippled cousin and a secret garden where the boy's mother tragically died. Building the garden was really helpful for me in terms of dealing with the loss of my wife. It was spiritual. The acre-size garden opened last spring at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, across from the new Chinese Scholar's Garden. Parents can climb a spiral staircase to the top of the castle and watch their children master the maze.
Children can look up from any point in the maze to find a familiar face.
He hopes to add topiaries and character statues to the garden and have costumed volunteers reading stories throughout the garden. In the four years it took to build the garden, Gretz's life has also undergone a renewal. He remarried and moved to Chicago. Contact the web master at Peninsula Clarion Copyrighted by Peninsula Clarion, a Division of Morris Communications Privacy and terms of use.