Botanical Garden of Tver State University

It's simply amazing how much pleasure you can get from almost everything that exists in life. There is nothing more delightful than accepting and loving all that exists.
Agatha Christie

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Milk flower of beauty and health!

Paeonia lactiflora opens the summer peony flowering seasons in the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul.

In nature, the range of this type of peony covers Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. In Russia it is found in the Chita region, in the Far East - on the Amur, in Primorye.
Grows on dry, open, rocky slopes, valleys, river banks, and among bushes.

Paeonia lactiflora is widely grown as an ornamental plant in gardens; Several hundred varieties have been created, many of which have double flowers with stamens modified into additional petals. First introduced to England in the mid-1700s, this species was the first white peony introduced into Europe and the ancestor of most modern garden peonies. For a long time it was known as Paeonia albiflora.

Paeonia lactiflora has been used since ancient times as a medicinal plant in Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan medicine. IN its breadth of application, this plant is like a magical panacea for almost all diseases!
The rhizomes of Peony lactiflora are used in oriental medicine as: analgesic, anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory, for the treatment of retinal hemorrhages, infectious hepatitis, gastric diseases, cancer, diabetes, gynecological diseases, nephritis, hypertension.
A decoction of rhizomes is used, in particular, for menstrual disorders, as a lactogenic, sedative, expectorant, diuretic, for spastic colitis, peptic ulcers and stomach cancer, for gastritis with reduced secretory function of the stomach, to improve appetite.
Tibetan medicine uses a decoction of the rhizomes of Paeonia lactiflora for tuberculosis, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia, in a mixture with other medicines.
Paeonia lactiflora is used to prevent neuroses. Helps normalize sleep, activates the production of gastric juice. Helps improve the functions of the liver and gastrointestinal tract.
The roots of Paeonia lactiflora contain paeoniflorin, paeonol, paeonin, albiflorin, triterpenoids, sistosterol, oxypaeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, benzoic acid (5%), β-sitosterol, gallotannin, pedunculagin, 1-O-Galloylpedunculagin, eugeniin, asparagine, tannic acids, fats , essential oil (0.14%), resin, sugar, starch and protein.
The terpenoid paeoniflorin (paeoniflorin), the main component of essential oils, which has many medicinal properties (analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, hypotensive, myotropic, anticonvulsant effect, reducing diuresis) has low availability for the body, which increases with the addition of licorice preparations.
Paeonal has antipyretic and analgesic, antispasmodic, antiulcer, reduces the acidity of gastric juice, lowers blood pressure, stimulates menstruation, antimutagenic, eliminates cerebral ischemia. Its decoction has an effect on dysentery, typhoid fever, and other types of pathogenic bacteria and pathogenic fungi of the skin.
Paeonia lactiflora is very rarely used as an independent remedy; it is included in most oriental medicine recipes for the treatment of female hormonal issues, because has the ability to restore disrupted hormonal levels in women, reduce pain and discharge.
Paeonia lactiflora contains a significant amount of the nonessential amino acid asparagine, necessary for the functioning of the nervous system, and is also considered a tonic herb that increases yin, often combined with other tonics. But thanks to its relaxing effect on blood vessels and muscles, peony serves as a valuable addition to other tonics that cause spasms and tension.
Paeonia lactiflora is used: for the treatment of oncological diseases such as liver carcinoma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon adenocarcinoma, cancer of the pharynx, mouth, gums, brain cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, myelocytic leukemia , as well as to reduce the side effects of toxic cancer treatments.
For the treatment of iron deficiency anemia, Paeonia lactiflora is traditionally combined with Angelica; it is believed that consuming decoctions of these roots even 2 times a week increases hematocrit levels.
The use of peony is also justified in advanced stages of cancer, since it increases tolerance to glucose levels. In addition, reducing thrombus formation in the tumor area reduces tumor growth, enhances blood microcirculation, reducing stagnation and hypoxia.

Beautiful, wonderful, useful flower! Enjoying the aroma and grace, purity and inner light...

Our wonderful Paeonia lactiflora in the Garden of the Soul are guests from afar. These are gifts from our wonderful friends - the Botanical Gardens of Irkutsk and Blagoveshchensk! We are truly grateful!


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There is a string in every heart. She will definitely respond to even the weak call of beauty.
K. Paustovsky

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The air is so fresh and tart that even the bitterness of young greenery can be felt on the tongue. It's the beginning of summer, what more happiness could you wish for?
Veronica Ivanova

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Very attractive:))!

Lathyrus laevigatus blooms in the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul.
The Latin name of the plant actually comes from two Greek words “la” - “very” and “thuros” - “attractive”. Indeed, almost all Lathyrus species are beautiful and attractive. It is no coincidence that many of them are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. So the famous Sweet Pea is also China :).

There are quite a few species of Lathyrus, but Lathyrus laevigatus is a rare species for all regions of Russia where it is found; Lathyrus laevigatus is also listed in the Red Book of the Tver Region.
Lathyrus laevigatus grows in coniferous-deciduous forests and gray alder forests, usually in small groups. The plant is disappearing and has become rare due to deforestation!
In Russia, in addition to the Tver region, Lathyrus laevigatus is found in the Leningrad, Kaliningrad and Pskov regions. Outside Russia, distributed in Central Europe, the Mediterranean, the Baltic countries, Belarus and Ukraine,
Lathyrus laevigatus, like all leguminous plants, has the ability of symbiosis with nodule nitrogen-fixing bacteria and enriches the soil with nitrogen. Of course, Lathyrus laevigatus is a beautiful plant and, undeservedly, it is practically not used in gardening, because in addition to its beauty, Lathyrus laevigatus is also shade-tolerant.


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“Human life must be decorated. Absolutely. Flowers and everything else that is pleasing to the soul and eye should accompany us on our life’s path. This makes a person more generous.”
Konstantin Paustovsky

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Chocolate lilies!

Fritillária camschatcénsis blooms in the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul.

Fritillária camschatcénsis is a herbaceous perennial 35–60 cm high with a round white bulb 4–5 cm in diameter at the base of the stem and 1–3 flowers at the top of the stem. The flowers are bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, black-purple or black-brown, with a faint “checkerboard” pattern. For such an unusually dark shade of the petals, Fritillária camschatcénsis was nicknamed “chocolate lily”.

Fritillária camschatcénsis is found in the temperate zone of North America and the Far East from Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) through Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands to Kamchatka and Primorye.
It grows on coastal ramparts near the sea, rocks and slopes of sea terraces, pine swamps, birch forests, meadows and meadow tundras, in alder thickets, up to 950 m above sea level. Prefers moist, peaty soils.
Kamchatka hazel grouse is a popular ornamental, food and medicinal plant! Thus, almost all Indian tribes of the northwestern regions of North America (the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska) consumed small bulbs of Fritillaria camschatcénsis, which in appearance resemble white rice (because of this, Americans sometimes call the plant Indian rice), for food . These bulbs grow relatively close to the surface of the ground and can be easily removed in the spring (before flowering), summer or autumn (after flowering) using a digging stick, shovel or just your fingers. They were prepared immediately or stored for future use. For quick consumption, they were boiled for a short time, and then “mashed” and eaten with fat, stewed with fish and meat, or sometimes baked in ashes. Even when boiled, the onions were slightly bitter, and some tribes soaked them in water to reduce the bitterness. They were dried in the sun and ground into flour, storing it for the winter and storing it in a cool place.
“Indian rice” bulbs were used in trade as a kind of price measure.
The beginning of the flowering of Fritillária camschatcénsis heralded the onset of the Indian New Year; the flowers were used to decorate clothes during the New Year's “flower dance.”

In Chinese medicine, expectorants and sedatives are made from the alkaloids contained in the bulbs of Fritillária camschatcénsis.
As an ornamental plant, Fritillária camschatcénsis appeared in Europe in 1757. Today, gardeners have introduced several garden cultivars, differing in the characteristics of the flowers and the whole plant.
Our “chocolate lilies” are still babies; the Garden of the Soul staff collected samples of Fritillária camschatcénsis during an unforgettable expedition to Kamchatka last year.


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Beautiful knight!

In the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul, one of the rarest orchids not only in the Tver region, but also in Russia blooms - Orchis militaris.

Orchis militaris is listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. This species of orchid is included in the Red Books and is protected in the territory of most constituent entities of the Russian Federation where it grows. Protected in 13 nature reserves in Russia. The species is included in Appendix II of the International Convention CITES.

Orchis militáris is popularly called Lyubki, Zozulnik, and Marsh warbler. The Latin name "Orchis" comes from ancient Greek. ὄρχις (testicle) due to a pair of underground tubers resembling testicles. And to understand why “militáris” are friends, you just have to look closely at the flower of this amazing orchid and you will clearly see a man in a helmet - a small but warlike knight :))!
According to the etymological dictionary of the Russian language by Max Vasmer, there are several assumptions regarding the origin of the Russian name of the plant: according to one of them, the root of this plant was used as a love potion - the jatrova flower; in another way, the name is associated with the dialect Stavropol-Caucasian word yatro (egg); in the third case, the dictionary refers to the opinion of V.I. Dahl, who associated orchis with kernel (from kernel).

Orchis militaris is distributed throughout Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, and Mongolia. On the territory of Russia it is found in the European part and the Caucasus, in Western and Eastern Siberia, in Crimea. Grows in damp meadows, forest clearings, and forest edges. In the north it can be found on soils rich in calcium. This orchid has a very wide range, but is rarely found throughout its entire range.

The tubers of Orchis militáris contain mucous substances, starch, sugars and are included in the State Pharmacopoeia of Russia. Dried tubers (salep) are used as an enveloping and emollient for poisoning, colitis, gastritis, and also as a general tonic for weakened patients (in the same way it is used in folk medicine). In Tibetan folk medicine, salep is used as a central nervous system stimulant, a general tonic, and promotes longevity; in folk medicine - as an antitumor agent, for toothache and to strengthen hair. The aerial part of the plant is used for furunculosis and panaritium.
Salep from Orchis militaris is also used in veterinary medicine for intestinal catarrh in animals.
In the Middle East, especially Turkey and Iran, the plant's tubers are used to make "orchid flour" which is used to make the popular drink salep.
And, of course, Orchis militáris is, without any doubt, very decorative!
Friends, it is worth remembering that digging up or plucking Orchis militáris in nature is strictly PROHIBITED! Since 2023, Russia has provided for criminal liability for the destruction of plants from the Red Book of the Russian Federation in nature!!!!
In the Garden of the Soul, Órchis militáris have been growing since the early 2000s. The blooming of these rare orchids in the Garden is not always friendly. Sometimes, Orchis may “rest” underground for one or even a couple of seasons or not bloom. A capricious beauty, however, its rarity and beauty redeems all the efforts to grow it.


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Start doing the necessary, then the possible, and suddenly you will see that you are already doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi

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The difference between children and adults is that adults look for happiness in everything. And children find it in everything.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Emotions are the colors of the soul, they are beautiful and spectacular... When you experience nothing, the world becomes dull and colorless...
William Paul Young

Good morning and have a wonderful spring day, friends! :))


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May smelled of lilac, mint, forest layer cake - mossy, berry, fresh. A whole sea of dandelions spread out, and it splashed with golden light.
I stood under an apple tree, and silky snow flew at me - white, petal-like. He gently touched his cheeks, kissed the top of his head, and whispered about his apple dreams. The trunk under my back was warm and rough, and perhaps it heard the movement of my blood and the voice of my hopes. I went out like this every morning to be back before seven. Before the gates open together and all the cars on our street move towards the day. And the green solar wind will rush after them.
May is about the greatest love and the sharpest tenderness. The longest lasting charm. About the infinity of days and new breath.
About happiness, which, like in youth, has no end.
"May your heart forever dream of May..." Can you say it better?
THANK YOU, Magician - May!
For holding us in his arms and we were blissful like children. For the fact that you will definitely return.
And again you will take me by the hand and lead me to your fragrant paradise.
For everything, for everything.
Yulia Prozorova

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A person who smiles with his soul is always happy.
Serge Goodman

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Create your life like you create a work of art - this is the only way to love it.
Vyacheslav Polunin

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Beautiful on the face, dangerous on the inside...
Let’s paraphrase the words of the famous song about “The Island of Bad Luck”, because in nature there are many inhabitants who are beautiful in appearance and form and deadly inside!☠

In the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul, “Crow’s Eyes” are blooming right now, yes, friends, you heard right - this is the name of a genus of plants from the Melanthiaceae family - Crow's Eye.
Two species of Crow's Eye are blooming in the Garden park.
One of them is a rare and beautiful, but extremely poisonous plant - Crow's eye incomplete (Paris incompleta). This species is endemic to the Caucasus, that is, it grows only there in the wild. The plant, with its bracted leaves, resembles a star, doesn’t it? The deceptive beauty and symmetry of the Crow's Eye is fraught with great danger.

In our forests of Central Russia there is another species - the four-leaf Crow's eye (Paris quadrifolia). Perhaps many of you, friends, have seen him in the forest at least once. This plant is also deadly poisonous! One matte blue (and in the Crow's Eye is incomplete - bluish-black) berry, reminiscent of blueberries, is enough to cause death. Just when picking blueberries, especially at dusk, you can make a mistake and pick or eat a dangerous berry. The glycosides that Crow's Eye contains are deadly to humans and animals.
Not only the consumption of fruits, but also leaves and roots of Crow's Eye can disrupt the functioning of the nervous system and heart. The most common symptoms of Crow's Eye poisoning are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, convulsions, dizziness, paralysis, difficulty breathing and heartbeat, even cardiac arrest. How to help if you swallowed a poisonous berry?! Drink two glasses of water and immediately induce vomiting!

But why is this berry so poisonous and bitter? There is a Slavic legend about how the Crow's Eye berry appeared and why it is so poisonous and bitter. Once upon a time, when people were in harmony with nature, there lived an old man. He lived in the forest, under a century-old oak tree with a hollow. He himself was a healer, a seer and loved animals very much. One day, a wounded crow fell from a hollow to him. The old man felt sorry for him, and with his own strength he raised the bird, and the strong and healthy raven later became his best friend. They talked among themselves, the old man taught the raven a lot, and every day he flew around all the surroundings and shared all the secrets he had learned with the old man. But one day my grandfather passed away; time and age took him away forever. The raven was left alone and sunbathed so much that his tears fell to the ground and turned into bitter and poisonous berries. Any person who decides to try this berry will experience all the pain and suffering that the wise raven experienced after the death of his friend.

However, the Crow's Eye emits an unpleasant odor, thereby warning and scaring off its potential "eaters". At the same time, dried berries and leaves of the Crow's Eye, despite the prohibitions, are still used in folk medicine.
On the other hand, as ornamental plants, all types of Crow's Eye are unusually beautiful and resilient plants. They are indispensable for flower beds in the shade or for park plantings under trees. And you can’t blame a plant for containing poisons, because in this way it protects itself from those who might eat it!

Friends, let's be attentive and careful, let's learn together the secrets of plants, including dangerous ones, and live long, beautifully and happily :)!


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Spring is a time of madness, only by surrendering to it is it possible to fully enjoy happiness. Even the most fleeting...
E. Safarli
Good morning and happy spring day, friends!


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Sakhalin Thumbelina!

A tiny, but very elegant and cute plant - Tofieldia coccinea - our guest from the distant island of Sakhalin. Expeditions to unique natural areas and communities of our vast Motherland are always a special happiness for the employees of the Garden of the Soul. And we were lucky enough to visit the island “at the very sunrise,” beautiful Sakhalin, twice. And it was there, on the Chekhov mountain pass, that we collected samples of our Sakhalin “thumbelina” - Tofieldia coccinea.
Tofieldia coccinea is a species of herbaceous plant in the genus Tofieldia of the family Tofieldiaceae. The genus was named after the English botanist Thomas Tofield.
Tofieldia coccinea is a perennial herbaceous plant, and it really is a real crumb - its stems with inflorescences are only 4-10 cm tall, rarely up to 15 cm. Bunches of basal leaves grow from the rhizome, forming small tufts. Inflorescences on stems.
Little Tofieldia, despite its size, is a very, very resilient plant that is not afraid of the harshest cold. Tofieldia coccinea lives in the polar-arctic regions of Eurasia and North America. in dry tundras, on mountain slopes and passes, in sandy areas, sometimes in sparse forests.
Chekhov Pass, near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, is also not a very friendly place in terms of weather conditions. Tofieldia blushes rises to its highest points, to a height of more than 1000 m, where it is not only cold, but also piercing wind. However, the tiny size of the plant allows it to hide in cracks and between stones and live and live :)).
Tofieldia liked the Garden of the Soul, which we are very happy about :)). Maybe here she lacks the damp harshness of Sakhalin, but this spring has managed to give the baby a lot of sensations :)), and the snow that fell on May 8th really reminded little Tofieldia of her harsh, but so beautiful Homeland.
Tofieldia coccinea is a garden rarity and can only be found in the collections of botanical gardens. However, this is a wonderful plant for rocky hills and rockeries, and we really hope that over time, the Sakhalin "Thumbelina" will become popular among gardeners.


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"Flowers always make people better, happier and more useful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the mind."
Luther Burbank

Good morning and happy spring day, friends!


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In the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul, the amazingly bright and beautiful Viola uniflora blooms. We are accustomed to the fact that almost all violets have flowers of a lilac hue, because there is even a “violet” color. But Viola uniflora has sunny yellow flowers. Single flowers (rarely two), located in the axil of the second leaf on a short peduncle, large, up to 3 cm wide, yellow, with dark veins.

Viola uniflora grows in deciduous, grass-moss and mixed forests, woodlands, tundras, among shrubs, meadows, meadow slopes, peat bogs, along the banks of rivers and streams. It is found in the south of Western (Altai Republic) and Eastern Siberia, in the Amur region and Mongolia.

The aerial part of the plant contains flavonoids, phenolcarboxylic acids (salicylic). In Siberia, Viola uniflora is used in folk medicine in the treatment of nervous diseases and convulsions in children and women in labor.

Our sunny beauty Viola uniflora flew to the Garden from Altai, where our employees collected samples for a collection in one of the scientific centers. expeditions. Now we admire these wonderful flowers with sincere joy and remember the magical Altai!


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Make peace of mind your priority and organize the rest of your life around it.
Brian Tracy

Good morning and have a nice spring day, friends!


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Learn to enjoy life, and life will teach you everything else...

Good morning and happy spring day, friends!


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It’s like unshed tears fell on the May greenery of the Garden of the Soul...
It’s as if heaven once again reminded us of how much grief the Great Patriotic War brought us...

On the Day of the Great Victory, the Garden of the Soul was covered in snow, a chilling cover lay over the delicate spring greenery and flowers... how fragile the World is, Nature itself reminds us again and again of how touchingly tender and defenseless life is, how unexpectedly and inevitably misfortune can strike.

But despite everything, the spring greenery is ALIVE and the flowers BLOW, just as OUR MEMORY AND OUR PRIDE ARE ALIVE! Spring and life are stronger!
Everything is fixable except death, but even the death of people who gave their lives for their Motherland gives Life! We remember and we are proud!

HAPPY GREAT VICTORY DAY, our dear friends!
Peace and Happiness to you and your loved ones!

Sincerely yours, Garden of the Soul

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"Through the expanses of my soul"

This is what the artist Ayten Sheydayeva (Sharifli), a great friend of the Garden, called her personal exhibition. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition, which opened in the garden living room. It is a great honor for the Garden when our artist friends once again entrust their works to us and our guests!

Ayten Sheydayeva was born in Baku, where she graduated from art school and then from the Azerbaijan State Art School.
She worked as a teacher of fine arts and a master of painting wooden dolls. She has lived and created in Tver for more than 15 years and has already held several personal art exhibitions for our fellow countrymen and guests of the Tver region.

In December 2022, Ayten held her first art exhibition “Come, I’ll show you my world” in the Garden, in June 2023 we met the exhibition “Draw. Create. Live” and now we have a new meeting at the exhibition “Across the Expanses of My Soul”.
Friends, you noticed how Aiten Sheidaeva calls her opening days, how much personal and intimate inner world there is in these names, which Aiten so generously and sincerely shares! But that’s all Ayten Sheydaeva is - a touchingly warm, bright, generous and sincere person! All the love of her heart and all the light of her soul are in the paintings that are born under the artist’s brush. For the Garden of the Soul, Aiten Sheydaeva is truly a faithful and devoted friend, and we are proud of this friendship and take care of it.

Aiten herself says: “My main message to the audience is based on the idea of ​​showing what a wonderful world we live in through the prism of my creativity. Be happy, dear viewer!”

Be happy, dear Aiten, we are anxiously setting off on a journey through the “Expanses of Your Soul.” Friends, we invite you to a wonderful journey - the art exhibition of Aiten Sheydayeva in the living room of the Garden of the Soul will last until May 30!


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Flowers always make people better, happier and more sympathetic; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
Luther Burbank.

Good morning and happy spring day, friends!


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"Thundering" messengers of cold spring thunderstorms...

Snow-white flowers of Trillium grandiflorum, in the ancient park of the Garden of the Soul, in anticipation of cold spring rains and thunderstorms.
The North American Indians of the Cherokee tribe called Trillium grandiflorum - "a‛yöda gwalogi" - "Thundering".
It was with the flowering of Trillium grandiflora that spring thunderstorms and rains came to the Cherokee lands, and with them, albeit short-lived, but a cold snap! The Cherokee Indians believed in the connection of Trillium with the mythical "little red men" who secretly negotiate with the "Darkening Lands of the West" and cause thunder and thunderstorms with lightning and rain.

Snow-white, as if removed from the earthly world and facing the heavenly world, the flowers of Trillium grandiflorum really look a little mystical in the patches of sunlight under the forest canopy.
You may not believe in some coincidences, but our ancestors, on all continents, were much more observant, attentive and reverent towards Nature and the world than we are. Compare, friends, but our Slavic great-great-grandfathers and great-great-grandmothers also correlated the return of cloudy, rainy and cold days in the spring with the flowering of the snow-white Bird Cherry! It was as if snow-colored petals brought with them the breath of a bygone winter.

The Cherokee Indians believed in the great inner power of the “thunderstorm-inducing” Trillium grandiflora. They collected rhizomes and sold them to herbalists and healers. Trillium rhizomes were infused in cold water for four days and used to treat lung infections, including tuberculosis. Also, preparations from Trillium grandiflora were used during childbirth to facilitate it.

Trillium grandiflorum in the Garden of the Soul park - our guest from overseas! Specimens of this species arrived from the USA, from an expedition to the source of the Mississippi River, organized by our friends and partners - the Landscape Arboretum of the University of Minnesota. The plant is native to eastern North America, from northern Quebec in Canada to the southern parts of the United States through the Appalachian Mountains to northernmost Georgia and west to Minnesota. In Minnesota, Trillium grandiflorum is also blooming and there, just like in Tver, it’s getting colder, and in the northern provinces of Canada it’s even snowing now! So don’t believe in folk superstitions :)!

Every year we closely monitor our friends :)) - both Gardens and plants. On the territory of our beautiful huge country, in other countries and even on other continents :))! We monitor and exchange information about when and where the same plants bloom in our Gardens! How Nature responds and which plants are truly harbingers of changes in weather and seasons.

Friends - we are together - Common Spring and Gardens forever:)))!


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