Linde, Friend of Humans: Lecture by Bart Backaert

Tonight we welcome Bart Backaert to Herberg Macharius on the occasion of the planting on February 5, 2026, of a dance linden tree in Coyendanspark. Long ago, few village squares were without a dance linden tree. It was also called an "étagelinde": a linden pruned in three layers, the meeting point for celebrations, weddings, and other village activities. There…