JUNE 22 – MEMORY AND SORRY DAY
MILITARY CHRONICLES OF THE GARDENS OF THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM On this day the Great Patriotic War began, which brought a lot of gr [...]
Aqueduct through a fountain
The engraving depicts a wooden aqueduct through the Fontanka River to supply water to the fountains of the Summer Garden. Thi [...]
FOREST KUZYR
This is Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. or a forest bill. Subscribers indicated the use of this plant correctly. The bell i [...]
ARISTOLOGY IN THE SUMMER GARDEN
Large-leaved aristolochia or kirkazon (Aristolochia macrophylla Lam.) Bloomed in the Summer Garden. This is a liana with larg [...]
MOSCOW FLOWER SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME BECOMES VIRTUAL
The landmark event of the Moscow summer - the IX Moscow International Festival of Landscape Design "Moscow Flower Show-2020" [...]
OAKDRAW GROWS
On June 10, as part of the All-Russian Oak Forest of Emperor Peter the Great project in the Petrovsky Square in Kirovsk (Leni [...]
RUSSIA DAY
Happy holiday, dear subscribers! On this day, I would like to talk about the tree, the symbol of Russia. Most, of course, wil [...]
SWANS ARE WAITING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT
Employees of the "Leningrad Zoo" reported good news. Swans, who spend their summers in the Karpiev pond of the Summer Garden, [...]
PETER THE GREAT BIRTHDAY
Peter was born on June 9 (May 30 according to the old style) in 1672. He was the 14th child of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, nick [...]
PAST AND PRESENT
In the photo you can see what the central platform of this summer garden looked like in 1957. A lot of water has flowed down [...]