In 2026, Kyiv’s municipal enterprises plan to grow over 4 million annual, biennial, and perennial plants in their greenhouses and hothouses to decorate the city’s parks, squares, and streets, according to Valentin Mondriyevsky, deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
“Even in the difficult conditions of war, Kyiv consistently adheres to its green city development strategy. Its own greenhouse facilities allow the city not only to provide stable landscaping, but also to maintain jobs and professional teams at municipal enterprises. This is an example of a systematic approach to urban environment management and a responsible attitude to the quality of the space in which Kyiv residents live,” Mondriyevsky said.
He said that the total area of greenhouses used by municipal enterprises for the maintenance of green spaces in the city’s districts is over 17,000 square meters. It is here that the painstaking work of growing flowers takes place every day—from sowing seeds to pricking out and preparing plants for planting in open ground.
Municipal enterprises independently grow a wide range of ornamental plants. These include tagetes, salvia, begonia, petunia, ageratum, gazania, verbena, antirhinum, coleus, and others. It is these plants that form the floral diversity of the capital throughout the season.
“Greenhouses and hothouses are a full-fledged production base for the city. Specialists work here who accompany the entire plant cultivation cycle—from seed to planting in urban spaces. This approach allows the city to plan greening systematically and ensure the quality of plants for parks and squares in Kyiv,” said Pavlo Ivanov, Director of the Department of Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation.
Municipal greenhouse farms also perform an educational function. In 2025, educational excursions and training events for students and schoolchildren were held on their territory.
The Department emphasizes that the development of its own greenhouses is an important part of the capital’s environmental policy and an investment in a comfortable and green environment in Kyiv.
In 2025, more than 4.5 million flowers were grown in the greenhouses of the capital’s municipal enterprises, which made it possible to significantly renew and diversify the city’s green areas without additional costs for purchasing plants.
