More than 40 trees can be included in the list of especially valuable ancient plantations of Lviv city territorial community. These are, in particular, linden, larch, ash, tile oak, Tatar maple, fir, edible chestnut, magnolia, sumpia.
They were discovered by Lviv gardeners during an inspection of the city’s educational institutions. The city’s Department of Ecology and Natural Resources created a special commission to examine the trees. Subsequently, they will be under special supervision and protection.
During the spring-summer of 2023, Lviv gardeners for the first time inspected the state of landscaping of 242 educational institutions (kindergartens, schools, lyceums) of the Lviv community. During the survey, experts discovered dozens of valuable trees.
“A fantastic linden tree was found at the Dzhereltse school at 80 Akademika Sakharova Street. This building was once purchased by Andrey Sheptytskyi and in 1929 he founded a monastery and shelter for poor girls and maids there. The broad-leaved linden was probably planted by him in the spring of 1930. The girth of its trunk is 420 cm, the diameter is 134 cm, and the height is 26 m.
Two age-old trees became the real decoration of educational institutions of Lychakiv district. The first was discovered on the territory of the Lysynychiv gymnasium. The larch tree is approximately 100 years old, with an approximate diameter of 60 cm and a height of 20 m. The second tree was found on the territory of the Lyceum “Prosvita” – an old common ash tree with a height of 19-20 m and a diameter of 140 cm.
During the inspection of the Dublyan preschool institution (nursery-kindergarten), the gardeners discovered a tree of extraordinary beauty of the catalpa begonia species, which has a diameter of 125 cm and a height of 17 m,” said the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Lviv City Council.
Now, the commission created by the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources, together with scientists, will conduct a thorough inspection of the trees, take measurements and draw up relevant acts.
The trees want to be included in the list of particularly valuable ancient plantations of the Lviv city territorial community, approved by the executive committee. Now the list includes 154 trees that are under special supervision and protection.