Community-owned forest zone of Tsitsernakaberd being restored

15.06.2021

Yerevan Municipality started a large-scale project of greening in the western segment of the Sport and Concert Complex of Tsitsernakaberd. The surface of the area is 8,5 hectares.

“This year we have started reconstruction and preparation for founding a forest park zone. Currently the activities are going on in the area of 5,5 ha. The work involves removal of stones and rocks, collection of wastes, some engineering activities. The process will take 3-4 months”, informs the director of “Landscaping and Environment Protection” NPO Ara Aghayan.
Currently specialists are working out the landscaping design of the area. The forest park zone will be based on multi-layer greening with evergreens and bushes. Last year the Municipality installed a new irrigation network in this area. In autumn, when the whole area will be cleaned up and ready, planting will be fulfilled. The trees to be planted will be selected taking into account the soil peculiarities of the area.
A part of the area is green however, years of neglect and no pruning done made some of the area into thickets.
Precious sorts of trees growing here will be preserved, dried ones will be cut down and replaced with new greens.
The area has been fully inventoried, the layers of soil have been examined.
According to Ara Aghayan, the whole process will take 2-3 years. The main activities are planned for spring and autumn of 2022.
This area is of vital significance for Yerevan as there are few green areas in Yerevan which are that large. This is the first time such a big project of landscaping has been implemented.
This area is community-owned and after being improved it will serve the residents as a cosy green area with benches, alleys, external lighting. Besides it will improve the climatic conditions in this part of the city.

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