He who gets close to a good tree, will have a good shade. A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community. To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed - that can make this life a garden. Goethe A garden is an expression of Man in a state of society.
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
Indeed its the only thing that ever has. To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. I have furnished them with gardeners, and many men to make ready oil of Egypt for kindling the lamps of thy noble temple. I give to thee trees and wood, date palms, incense, and lotus, rushes, grasses, and flowers of every land, to set before thy fair face.