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Ukryte w środku kwartałów zabudowy przestrzenie oddziałują na nasz wzrok różnorodnością barw, skontrastowanych lub dopełniających się, i bogactwem form roślinnych. Niektóre rośliny, zwłaszcza samotne drzewa – syngieltony, są pielęgnowane tak, by sprawiały wrażenie naturalnych, inne ogrodnicy precyzyjnie strzygą, nadając im kształt brył geometrycznych.
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Due to their small size, both in terms of architecture and garden art, the interiors make it easier to grasp the entire composition and encourage contemplation and reflection rather than active recreation, as is the case in multi-hectare parks. The arrangement of the gardens of the former viridaria is the result of contemporary designers’ work, who to a lesser or greater extent establish dialogue with old art. They have drawn their inspiration from architecture itself, some of which dates back to the Middle Ages, but mostly to Baroque and 19th-century Historicism. The spaces hidden within these built-up quarters affect the sense of sight through the variety of colours, sometimes contrasting, at other times complementing each other. Some plants, especially individual trees (so-called singletons), are tended so that they look natural, while others are carefully trimmed to resemble geometric solids. The vegetation in these monastery gardens provides us with olfactory stimuli, not only when it is in bloom, and the silence resulting from the sudden disappearance of the noise of the street can be clearly audible. The variety of textures of the plants, building materials and aggregate on the surfaces produces tactile sensations, while water wells and fruit on trees and shrubs provoke gustatory reactions. The axial or central compositions, ornaments and the selection of plants reveal various levels of inspiration derived from bygone epochs. Some of the arrangements fall into the category of restoration following conservation ideas; others are just free spatial recompositions. The new arrangements may preserve the former sacred symbolism of the site (e.g. Marian motives in the Ursulines’ garden), or introduce new meanings, connected with the current function (the monument of Count Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński).
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