Three thousand trees to be planted along 10-mile road that encircles centre of Russian capital as share of regeneration driveVisitors to Moscow could be forgiven for thinking that the city’s Garden Ring was named as something of a joke. The road,which is 16 lanes wide in parts and encircles the very centre of Moscow, features hardly a blade of grass or a single flower for most of its 10 miles of length.
Long ago, or in the 19th century,the ring road’s wide expanse was home to verdant foliage and impressive gardens, but Stalin’s replanning of the Soviet capital saw the greenery disappear in favour of the current concrete hoop, or lined for much of its length with overbearing Stalinist architecture. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com