I celebrated Imbolc with a handfull of seeds planted near the Celtic Tree Circle above Vienna .. was a wonderful sunny day and rather warm and I hope Mother Earth will care for my seeds ... I am an August Cedar ..
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Oh that's cool, someone planted the whole ogham there? Where is the yew in relation to the others, since they can be toxic to other species if they're too close?
its a pretty large circle and every tree has room enough -- the problem is .. its a plateau above Vienna where its very windy and cold in winter and cool at summer .. so the tropical trees like the figs must be buried out after the September celebrations and are carried to a glasshouse .. this does not really support their wellbeeing and growth (while in some gardens in Vienna figs grow very well) .. also some of the trees do not grow well because of the wind ... the other problem is .. its a public place .. Paganism is not an official religion in Austria and every time we tried it we were rejected .. most of all the catholic church is running against us and they have a lot of influenece .. so the Circle is a compromise .. we can use it for ceremonies but its also public so sometimes people play football there or invade ceremonies to disturb us .. sad story but its ok .. sooner or later we will get our official status .. and our closed private spaces .. its a beginning !
btw every tree is "talking" -- you can listen to the story of the trees, their nature and their meaning in celtic tradition ... the 3rd pic first row ..
That's very cool! It sucks that the Catholic church is trying to interfere. :( As if they haven't already done enough harm over the centuries...
Oh I can see it's a much bigger circle than I thought in these pictures, I love it! I'm sure a lot of the ogham trees would not grow here - I'm in high desert - but we can grow some of them. I'm unfamiliar with fig trees being in the list but there are different lists!
The Gaul or Celts lived in big parts of Europe and what we call "Little Asia" -- todays Turkey mostly and northern Syria . .so they had different climate zones and of course when you are worshipping trees (or the spirits of trees) it depends on the flora of the geographical area you live in ... 1000 BC until the high medieval the climate in Europe was much warmer .. while the Roman Empire, when the Celts lived in central and western Europe, the Med-Sea was more than 3 degrees Celsuis warmer than today and so was the climate .. means no real ice-and-snow winters in cental Europe ... so its rather possible that fig trees grew until a rather high northern climate zone .. and we kept the tradition when it became colder - most of all because our pagan spirits were not allowed anymore and could not develope any longer together with the climate ... so I think its not so important what kind of trees you plant in your circle as long as they connect the land you live in with the sky above you .. its said that trees are the antennas of the earth to reach the skies and the universe .. and thats a good feeling to watch a tree like this ... take what grows in your environment -- and reach your own sky - I am sure the old Druids would smile and give us their blessings for it ;-)
That's why I'm making an ogham oracle set of plants I am familiar with near me. :)
a good site to know, learn and discuss about Druidy is this british Order .. you can learn a lot for free or use their teachings-material step by step .. https://druidry.org
I've known the OBOD for over twenty years :)