Magadan's spring greening campaign plants 180,000 young trees by June
Magadan, April 22 – Greenhouses at the production base of the Green Economy Combine are bustling with activity as workers prepare for the city's spring greening campaign. This season, over 180,000 young plants will be planted in flower beds and planters across Magadan's streets, the city administration's press service reports.
The planting campaign began at the Combine in early spring. Over winter, specialists prepared the soil and upgraded the greenhouses, replacing beams and reinstalling polycarbonate panels. Now, they are tending to flower seedlings—transplanting, loosening the soil, and applying fertilizer. At the same time, reconstruction continues on a greenhouse dating back to the Soviet-era complex.
"We're working to finish the reconstruction as soon as possible," said Vasily Karanda, deputy head of the Combine. "Heavy snowfall seriously delayed the timeline. Right now, we're completing the concrete walls and working on the lighting system, with support from GorSvet [the city's lighting utility]. New poles have been installed, and we plan to add a backup power line while modernizing the main one. We're handling the water supply system ourselves—we've already purchased pipes for the upgrade."
The team approaches their work meticulously, carefully following every step of the process. Without such precision, it would be impossible to cultivate hardy seedlings capable of withstanding Magadan's harsh open-air conditions.
This year, the flower seeds have shown strong germination. As always, growers will plant varieties best suited to the local climate—wind- and cold-resistant species like daisies, cinerarias, marigolds, petunias, pansies, and calendulas. New additions to this year's selection include columbines, gazanias, nemesias, and ornamental cabbage.
The Combine has also received 500 young tree saplings, which will be acclimatized and nurtured in the enterprise's nursery. Among them are roses, Canadian maples, lindens, Hungarian lilacs, cotoneasters, and Siberian crabapples. After a long and difficult transport, the saplings have been temporarily placed in one of the greenhouses for acclimation. The facility is also expecting a new shipment of planters to decorate the city's streets.
Today, the greenhouses exude a summerlike atmosphere, with growers tending to around 80,000 seedlings.
"I have full confidence in the professionalism of our Green Economy Combine team!" wrote Magadan Mayor Larisa Polikanova in her MAKh channel. "Though our growers are cautious people who avoid rash promises, I am certain: Magadan has every chance to become a blooming northern pearl!"
Planting flowers along the streets of the regional capital is expected to begin in the first half of June, though the final timing will depend on the weather. Specialists will monitor soil temperatures in the flower beds—the young seedlings need a minimum of 10–12°C (50–54°F) to take root successfully in their new location.
Meanwhile, the team at the Horticultural Enterprise continues its experimental cultivation of larch and spruce trees. The young saplings have already survived several winters outdoors, but staff at the enterprise remain attentive to their care—fertilizing, watering, and loosening or weeding the soil as needed.
