Abstract The subject of the paper are gardens associated with the Roman Catholic parish churches of the Warsaw Archdiocese. Church gardens derive from tradition of former churchyards which are principally characterized as places of burial. With passing years churchyards have lost their function of burial place and were transformed into designed green areas. The church gardens scattered throughout the urban tissue may constitute significant part of urban green spaces. Despite their fairly small size, the church gardens can function as a compliment to larger public green spaces. The research aims to verify how the church gardens of the Warsaw Archdiocese contribute to urban residents’ quality of life improvement. The data collection, by means of on-site study, included identification of garden layout, types of vegetation, symbolical elements, furniture and other architectonic elements. To identify each church lot size and the surface covered by green space within respective church lot the orthophotomaps were used. Information on social functions of the gardens was acquired from the parish websites and their profiles in the social media (Facebook), and was supplemented by on-site observations carried out in the gardens. The size of the church gardens is diverse, but the majority of them has at least a small-size green space. The gardens which host social events are larger and have larger green space surface but do not differ with respect to the percentage of the green space surface. Social events take place more frequently in gardens with woody plants. Bigger absolute green space surface and presence of trees favors social events. The results show that Warsaw Archdiocese church gardens constitute important part of small urban green spaces structure.

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教堂花园作为提高城市生活质量的要素——华沙的案例研究

摘要 本文的主题是与华沙大主教管区的罗马天主教教区教堂相关的花园。教堂花园源自前教堂墓地的传统，其主要特征是墓地。随着岁月的流逝，墓地已经失去了墓地的功能，变成了设计好的绿地。分散在城市组织中的教堂花园可能构成城市绿地的重要组成部分。尽管它们的规模相当小，但教堂花园可以作为对更大公共绿地的补充。该研究旨在验证华沙大主教管区的教堂花园如何为城市居民的生活质量改善做出贡献。通过现场研究收集的数据包括确定花园布局、植被类型、象征元素、家具和其他建筑元素。为了确定每个教堂地块的大小和各个教堂地块内被绿色空间覆盖的表面，使用了正射影像图。有关花园社会功能的信息是从教区网站及其社交媒体 (Facebook) 上的个人资料中获取的，并辅以在花园中进行的现场观察。教堂花园的大小各不相同，但大多数都至少有一个小面积的绿地。举办社交活动的花园更大，拥有更大的绿地面积，但在绿地面积的百分比方面没有差异。社交活动在种植木本植物的花园中更频繁地发生。更大的绝对绿色空间表面和树木的存在有利于社交活动。