Campaign to Green Tbilisi Continues on Chavchavadze Avenue

Over the past several weeks, Tbilisi City Hall has been carrying out an aggressive campaign to turn Tbilisi green. Thousands of trees, bushes, flowers, and grassy areas have been planted throughout the city. 

As part of Mayor Kakha Kaladze's 'Take Care of the City' campaign, a 6,000 square meter area along Chavchavadze Avenue has been planted with 2,500 bushes - privet, English yew, photinia, cherry laurel, box, and holly, among other species. 

Kaladze himself visited the planting works for a photo opportunity along with local celebrities and public figures.

The 'Take Care of the City' campaign "is a very important project," said Kalakdze, "This is not a single event. The spring rally will be held throughout the city. Most of what we need is renovating the the parks, squares, creating new city parks. Of course, the green spaces generally make the city more beautiful and promote ecological improvement. This is kind of work that will create the future of our city to be the most beautiful, well-organized and ecologically clean."

Within the autumn planting campaign, the road leading to the Kostava-Shartava streets, Saakadze Square, the Tskneti highway, the middle dividing line near Cholokashvili street, Pekini Avenue, and the territory adjacent to the National Archives of Georgia have already been 'greened.'

Around 7,000 saplings have been spread across Tbilisi. Evergreen and decorative shrubs were selected to best suit the landscape and climate of Tbilisi. An additional 6,000 trees that are already more than three meters high have also been planted.

By Samantha Guthrie

Photo: Tbilisi City Hall