A manor park is a very complex organism, which needs not only care but sometimes a proper medical examination and treatment

A manor park is a very complex organism, which needs not only care but sometimes a proper medical examination and treatment. Over the weekend a most interesting museum event took place: in my beloved Khmelita the park was given a check-up. It should be said that the park of the estate is a memorial one, and its trees are witnesses of the age of Griboyedov.

The arborist is not the most popular of professions these days, so to secure a specialist such as Alexey Vasilyevich Tikhomirov, a professor and researcher of natural monuments, was a great stroke of luck for the museum.

The examination began with the oaks, which are natural monuments. The ancient trees have survived very well. The limes are in good condition and need some work; the ash tree by the ponds is ailing, having been «trampled», and it will be fenced off so that the ground around its trunk is no longer packed down by visitors, to the detriment of the roots.

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