The custom of planting trees in home gardens echoes the ancient beliefs in which trees were attributed supernatural powers and treated as keepers of the home mir. Such trees were silent witnesses of many religious ceremonies, a symbol of endurance and eternity.In addition, they had important utility functions: they protected against wind, sun and lightning.
In our cultural circle, lime trees and oaks were of particular importance. This was reflected in numerous myths, legends and stories. Who does not remember the joke "Na Lime" by master Jan of Czarnolas, in which the tree addresses the reader directly: "Guest, sit under my leaf and he will rest! The sun won't get you here, I promise you. " Trees seem to connect the past with the present and the future.As hundreds of years ago, they are indispensable in gardens today.
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The presence of old trees adds dignity to the house, makes it more beautiful, more serious and safer.In many families, the tradition of planting trees to commemorate the birth of a child or marriage is continued.This is an old custom, known already in the times of the Polish Nobility. When male descendants were born, oaks were usually planted, and when girls - lindens.
Different cultures attribute specific symbols to trees. Oaks have always been a symbol of strength, nobility and fame.This tree appears, inter alia, in in the proto-Slavic image of the universe. Our ancestors believed that gods lived in the crown of the tree. Thuja, as an evergreen plant, symbolized eternal life, while birch - he alth, prosperity and regenerating life (it was believed that touching a birch trunk strengthens and calms down). Lipa is a caretaker of the hearth, as well as a symbol of innocence and purity.
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At a time when ornamental garden forms were not known yet, these trees could develop into magnificent monuments, often several dozen meters high.Today, pragmatic thinking prevails, and trees - giants are replaced small decorative forms, often exotic and often foreign to our culture.
