I. Metshin: "Flower Festival" will give new ideas for improvement in the city"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, July 30, Adelia Galieva). Today in Kazan the "Flower Festival" launched for the first time. Area in front of the puppet theater "Ekiyat" turned into a fabulous garden, which presents a variety of complex projects of landscape design. One of the first the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin assessed the creative ideas for improvement and promised to make the festival an annual event.

The festival is the next step in the implementation of the policy on the landscaping of the capital of Tatarstan. The festival takes place in the framework of the action "Blooming Kazan" initiated by the Mayor of Kazan, thanks to which the city becomes more and more like a blooming garden in the summer time every year. The objectives of the festival are not just environmental education of citizens and raise of respect for the elements of improvement, but also the search for new ideas for greening of urban areas.

Ilsur Metshin was one of the first to appreciate the compositions presented at the festival, he learned about the latest trends in gardening and landscaping; saw the catalog of perennials that can be planted in the urban environment, and talked with the representatives of the participating companies and authors.

Mayor of Kazan said that every year the capital of Tatarstan is becoming more progressive in the field of implementation of projects for landscaping. "Before the best about greening for us were fir-trees along the Kremlin wall, then we have heard about the English lawn, now we can see that new ideas are implemented on the facades of houses, offices, yards, landscaped by active management companies, the level is increasing " - said I. Metshin.

"For me it is important that the festival is also an educational project - not only for citizens but also for us. Often our park is wood and iron benches and standard landscaping. We must move away from the standard! We need interesting solutions that will decorate the city. The festival will give us new ideas that we can put into practice soon, "- I. Metshin outlined the key objectives of the festival.

The Mayor visited flower pavilions where participants were able to implement a variety of ideas. In total, the festival presents 16 projects implemented not only by landscaping organizations and enterprises, but also by the network shopping centers, nursery gardens, and hotel business. Among the members are companies from Moscow, regions of Tatarstan and local companies. At the end of the festival the best projects will be selected, and the authors will receive cash prizes.

"I liked the heterogeneity that companies represent: different tastes, different styles, different designs, although in the same territory. This is very good: the more proposals and ideas we will have, the higher will be the flight of thought and the more colorful palette will be in the field of improvement of Kazan. We hope that the number of participants will grow each year, "- the Mayor approved the diversity of ideas.

At the festival, the Mayor talked with the residents, as well as with representatives of children's organizations, and took part in actions aimed at environmental education. In a separate area, where experts teach children how to plant flowers and take care of them, the head of the city with his young assistants Camilla and Ivan planted several flowers on children's alley. I. Metshin thanked the organizers of the master class and parents who teach children how to treat nature.

It is important that at the festival Kazan residents can enjoy the beautiful flower arrangements, and also to consult on planting flowers and caring for plants, to take part in eco-educational projects. In addition, a temporary open-air cafe, playground and outlets are opened here. The festival can be visited until mid-September, than all used elements of accomplishment will be dismantled, green areas will be replanted in the streets, in parks and the children's institutions, including orphanages. However, the site won’t stay empty - in the winter there the ice town will be installed traditionally.

Every year Kazan becomes more and more flourishing city through initiatives such as the campaigns "Blooming Kazan", "Green Record". If before the Universiade about 3 million flowers appeared in the city streets, this summer 6.1 million flowers are pleasing Kazan residents. To date the task is to make every corner of the city attractive. "Let the ideas of ​​the festival will propagate across the city - not only in the central streets of Kazan, but in every yard, in kindergartens, schools, offices," - the Mayor concluded.