The Volga-Don interfluve. Volgograd region

The great rivers Don and Volga, flowing through the Volgograd steppes, are the basis of the floral composition concept, complemented by the symbol of the largest event of the Volgograd region and the south of Russia — the Youth Festival #ThreeFour.

The color scheme of the festival is realized through typical plants of the Volgograd steppes (about 80% of the territory of the region): feather grass, Volga fescue, sage, oregano, veronica and catnip. They are supplemented by cultivated species: lavender and ageratum. The plants bloom from May to June. About 250 plants are used for floral design.

The steppe is the kingdom of stipa or feather grasses. In the Volgograd region, the feather grass is the most typical drought-resistant and light-loving steppe grass. Long white pinnate awns appear at flowering. They give the steppe a rippling "gray hair". In the fall, the seeds of grasses fly on these "feathers" all over the steppe. In bylinas and old songs, the stipa was called silk grass because of the softness of its inflorescences. In local Cossack beliefs, the feather grass is honored as a protective herb.

The flower bed is complemented by decorative metal figures of fish and seagulls, which are an integral attribute of the Don and Volga rivers.