Assessment of the lawn quality in the garden of building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

• Published in: Ukrainian journal of forest and wood science 2020-01, Vol.10 (4), p.92-102
• Main Authors: Strashok, O. Yu, Kolesnichenko, O. V., Krivova, D. Yu, Leshchenko, Yu. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Asarum europaeum; Coverings; Gardens & gardening; Geographical distribution; Graphical representations; Landscape architecture; Landscaping; Omphalodes; Ornamental plants; Ornamental trees; Ranunculus repens; Structural members; Taraxacum officinale
• ISSN: 2664-4452; 2664-4460
• DOI: 10.31548/forest2019.04.092

Landscaping and greening of state institutions characterized by a set of special landscape planning decisions due to the functional purpose of the objects. Lawn coverings are eco-stabilizing elements of landscape objects for various purposes. Moreover, the perception of various structural elements of landscape objects depend on the quality of a lawn. The authors analyzed the history of the landscaping of the Building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) according to archival data and found that the formation of the landscaping of the garden is characterized by a long history. Literature and cartographic data show that in the early years of the foundation of the garden of the building of CMU the plants assortment consisted of various types of fruit plants, which are arranged with ornamental trees, shrubs and lawn. The authors used the methods of Ukrainian scientist O. O Laptev (1987) to evaluate the quality of the structure of lawn and indicators of general decorativeness. In the article we presented results of distribution of lawn coverings by different types of functional purpose, which is represented with graphic material. We found 25 species of undesirable vegetation in the study area, where the highest hit rates is characteristic for the plants Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. and solitary species such as Asarum europaeum L., Ranunculus repens L. and Omphalodes scorpioides (Haenke) Schrank. The results of the research show that 5705 m2 of lawn cover was evaluated by 4 points with closed mosaic inclination with 75% projective cover, 1089.5 m2 − 3 points and 60% of projective cover, 2 points – 815.1 m2 and single (1 point) – 362 m2. The authors provide recommendations for improving the overall decorative condition of lawn.