The first urban garden and “Breakfast with a grandmother”: on June 1, the project “YASNO” starts in Kazan parks

(KZN.RU, May 28, Ksenia Shvetsova). On June 1, a busy summer program will start in the parks, united by a concept with a sonorous name “YASNO”, consisting of separate thematic areas, targeting different audiences and a different format for the proposed activities. This year, the Directorate of Parks and Squares of Kazan organized a cultural program for the summer season in the park areas of the city for the first time. Alsu Saetova, the director of the organization, told about the events planned for the summer season in the parks and squares of the city today at the Business Monday.

A. Saetova noted that the title of the project can be interpreted in different ways. “The word “Yasno” (Rus. “clear”) is associated with the summer sun, good weather, creating the appropriate mood. And if we consider this word as an abbreviation, then it becomes possible to expand its meaning, which can be translated as “I Aspire to New Discoveries, or I Create a New Society”, said A. Saetova and spoke in the details about the project.

City parks will be available for artists to give a new impetus to the development of street art. The first street art objects will appear in the framework of the opening of the summer program in the park “Chernoe Ozero”. And on the day of the young people, a big street art festival will take place in the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky forest.

According to the speaker, development of eco-culture among parks visitors will be a special direction. By tradition, the Gorkinsko-Ometevsky forest will be the main platform for eco-activities. From June 1, an eco-quest will be held on the territory of the park on a permanent basis. Master classes, laboratories, interactive lessons from the children professions city “Kidspace” will be held on the site of the eco-center.

Another feature of the eco-direction in the parks will be the opening of the first city garden in the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky forest. As A. Saetova said, this is a widespread practice of European park zones, which recently appeared in a number of Moscow parks. Now it has come to Kazan. Children will be able to plant simple garden plants in a specially equipped area of the park.

A cultural program is planned in the parks within the framework of the project “Zhiznelub”. Activities of the project “Zhiznelubs in Parks” will be held on the territory of 7 city public spaces. “We have placed emphasis on the connection of generations within the framework of the project “Zhiznelub”. We proceeded to implement the project “Breakfast with Grandmother”. Life-lovers will share their recipes with younger generation”, said A. Saetova.

Special attention in the cultural program is given to musical projects. A piano will be placed in the park “Chernoe Ozero” again, anyone can play it. Also this year the final concerts-exams of children's music schools will be in the parks for the first time.

As part of the opening of the summer season, the Directorate together with the Center for Contemporary Culture “Smena” will open a bookstore with book-crossing in the park “Chernoe Ozero” on June 2.

A separate direction of the summer program will be gastronomic projects. The Committee of Tourism Development will hold the favorite festival “Delicious Kazan” in the Gorky Park. During the summer, it is planned to hold another 5-6 gastro weekends at various parks.

At night, a cultural program in parks and squares are also waiting for residents and guests of Kazan. “Starting in June, we launch night quests in parks, which will be devoted to the history of the city and popular science directions. The law on the regime of silence inspired us to hold quiet parties in the parks”, said A. Saetova.

On June 1, the program starts dedicated to the Children’s Day. A large children's party will take place in the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky forest. There will be a festival of string musical instruments “Strings of Childhood” in the park “Krylya Sovetov”. The official opening of the pump-track in the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsk forest is a long-awaited object for the bicycle community of the republic.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, noted that in the future parks have all chances to become not just a recreation area, but also cultural institutions with open spaces and different audience. “Our main priority is the comfort and safety of our residents. Each park takes its specific direction. The more the palette of different cultural directions and events, the more interesting will be the life in these parks”, said the Mayor.