Kurgan region: a healthy future

The flowerbed of the Kurgan region presents a flight of fancy about the future of a resort on Lake Medvezhy, which was ranked second among the best Russian spa resorts in 2023.

The exposition highlights the peculiarity of the lake shore: it looks like two separate bodies of water connected by a narrow strait. Here, two blue lakes soar in a composition with white futuristic architectural forms against the background of the green lawn. Flowers make the flowerbed look nice and add colors to the element of water.

The base of the flowerbed is sown with a green lawn grass, on which flowerpots are installed. The composition shows the buildings of the future. At different levels, plants of white, blue, dark blue, and purple colors are planted according to the season — anomalous peony, sweet peas, forget-me-nots, daisies, meadow geranium.

The anomalous peony, or, as the locals call it — Mary's root (Paeonia anomala L.), is a rare plant listed in the Red List of Endangered Species of the Kurgan region. You can meet it in its wild form under the canopy of a relict pine and linden forest, which is a part of the natural monument "Vishnevo-Ostrovnaya dacha". This place is located on the peninsulas of the salt lake resort Medvezhye (Petukhov Municipal District of the Kurgan region). Because of its beauty, the local dwellers actively grow Mary’s Root together with other their plants in flowerbeds, in gardens, and near their homes.