The first cherry blossoms and magnolias bloomed in Kyiv, which will last for about two weeks.
The trees decorate parks and squares in every district of the city, as well as the Academician Fomin Botanical Garden and the National Botanical Garden named after Hryshka, the KMDA reports.
The report emphasized that there are about 240 species of plants of the magnolia family in the world. Each of them has a unique appearance and unique flowers that differ in shape, structure, texture, color, location on the branches.
Where to see magnolias and cherry blossoms in Kyiv:
Holosiivskyi district:
- Holosiivsky park named after M. Rylskyi – magnolias;
Darnytskyi district:
- Partizanska Slava park – magnolias, cherry blossoms;
- Park of Internationalist Warriors – Magnolias;
- the square on the street Verbytskogo, 12 – magnolias;
- the square on Darnytsia Square – cherry blossoms.
Desnyan district:
- park with water features on Ave. Shukhevicha - magnolias;
- "Kyoto" park – magnolias, cherry blossoms;
- park named after Architect Nikolaev – cherry blossoms;
- park named after Serzh Lifarya – cherry blossoms;
- the square on the street Oleksandry Ekster, 16, 16-B, 16-B - cherry blossoms.
Dnipro district:
- Park Peremoga – magnolias, cherry blossoms;
- the square on the street Ivan Mykolaichuk – magnolias;
- Amvrosia Buchma Boulevard – magnolias;
- the square on the street Shumskogo, 3 – magnolias;
- Br. of the Verkhovna Rada – cherry blossoms;
- Andrii Malyshka park – cherry blossoms.
Obolonsky district:
- Natalka park – magnolias, cherry blossoms;
- the square on Ave. Stepana Bandera, 26-В-28 – magnolias;
Pechersk district:
- Lipsky Boulevard – cherry blossoms;
- Bastion Square – cherry blossoms;
- Ivan Franko Square – cherry blossoms.
Podilsky district:
- Shchekavytska Square – magnolias;
- Kurenivsky Park – cherry blossoms;
- the square near the cinema Zhovten – cherry blossoms.
Svyatoshyn district:
- the square on Akademik Vernadskyi Boulevard – cherry blossoms;
- Sovki park – cherry blossoms;
- Park International – cherry blossoms.
Solomyansky District:
- Vidradny park – magnolias;
- park Orlyatko – magnolias;
- park named after Mykola Zerova – sakura.
Shevchenkiv district:
- Landscape alley – magnolias;
- Taras Shevchenko Park – magnolias;
- Syretskyi Park – magnolias;
- cherry blossoms near the National Opera of Ukraine;
- Volodymyrska Hill – cherry blossoms;
- the square near the Golden Gate – cherry blossoms.
The report emphasized that the longest avenue of these trees in Ukraine was planted in Kyiv – on Verkhovna Rada Boulevard, 1,402 m long (240 plants).
"In Japan, there is a ritual of hanami – admiring cherry blossoms, which symbolize the transience and fragility of life: people live as a petal falls, quickly and beautifully," the press service said.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in the spring of 2022, communal workers planted almost 250 trees and more than 350 bushes in Kyiv.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, the Kyiv community called on the city council to prevent the construction of a parking lot and the entry of cars into the territory of the Natalka park in the Obolonskyi district.
