We worked for several years perfecting our paver labyrinth kit system, based on extensive experience traveling the country and working with paver installers and locally available pavers. The limitations of these materials and the heavy travel schedule (in 2002 - 2003 I personally traveled 40 weeks building labyrinths) forced us to get creative and inventive. We invested in our own paver mold and developed cutting and packaging techniques to create our ready-to-install paver labyrinth kit system. Prototype installations were built all over the country, including Albany TX, Newport OR, and Minneapolis MN - this last won an industry award in 2003.

By the Fall of 2004 we finally had our full-blown kit system, where the color selection was right, everything was pre-cut and the layout templates and instruction set were accurate down to the last paver. The first two kits were installed in the upper Midwest. One is at the Petosky, Michigan public library, with the second outside the cancer treatment center at the Mayo Health System’s facility in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The Petoskey MI labyrinth, a 35' diameter Breamore™ design with Charcoal Paths and Rose Red lines, is featured in an extensive photo set on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/1009591251/in/set-72157601209791568/

Installed October 1 - 4, 2004, the same paver crew and I then traveled to LaCrosse WI to build the Mayo Health System’s 39'+ Chartres Replica™ labyrinth outside the cancer treatment center October 4 - 7. These installations fully validated our kit system approach, and today there are more than 300 of our paver kit labyrinths in place.

From LaCrosse I traveled on to the Labyrinth Society conference outside of Minneapolis, so I saw a lot of three states in the upper Midwest that October!

David Tolzmann

Chief Geometer and Labyrinth Builder