why?

The Kojonup Shire applied for funding for a "regional rose garden". Unsure of what a Regional Rose Garden entailed, and horrified at the prospect of frothy specimens in our beautiful valley we decided to take the broader view and include roses from Outer Kojonup in our garden.
Thank you to the region! Our Australian roses are wonderful. They hedge extremely well, and most have subtle colours and have evocative names. None of that ghastly imported market-driven nomenclature here. No way. We have "the Allies" and "Pacific Triumph" in the 40's section of the maze, "Onkaparinga" in the 50's, "Babe " in the 90's........

Each section, or leg of the maze represents a decade of the twentieth century. Stories have been written to be placed throughout the maze. They follow the lives of three fictional women throughout the twentieth century. One is Aboriginal - a Noongar woman since named "Yoondi" by our local community. Another arrived from Italy early in the century ( many Kojonup families come from the Valtellina region of Northern Italy ) The third was of English origin.
As in real life in country WA their stories intertwined over the century so that by the end of the maze the womens' stories begin to converge.

In Kojonup we are finding new ways to celebrate and respect each others' cultures.

... and there will be more as our kodjaplace website grows.