Half a million roses in 60 rosaries will be planted in Kyiv in May, director general of the Kyivzelenbud municipally owned enterprise Mykhailo Tsarenko told a press conference, ForUm correspondent reports.
"We plan to plant one million roses this year. The first 500 thousand will be planted during May," he noted.
The official said that all seedlings are of Ukrainian production. He also stressed that 20 million UAH were allocated for landing of one million roses. "One rose costs 20-26 UAH. Spring planting of 500 thousand shrubs needs about 12 million UAH," Tsarenko informed.
According to him, the flowers will be planted in 60 rosaries. Tsarenko noted that three million roses are planned to be planted in the capital in two-three years.
In addition, he noted that the Kievzelenstroy is working on projects of vertical gardening and it is possible that not only buildings, but also public transport stops will be made green in the near future in the framework of these projects. According to Tsarenko, one million 400 thousand UAH are allocated for vertical greening program.
