Over One Million Trees and Shrubs Planted in Astana

In 2026, Astana completed an extensive greening project that saw the planting of over one million trees and shrubs across all districts of Kazakhstan's capital. This initiative is crucial for expanding the city's green areas and enhancing the urban environment's quality, as reported by the Astana Akimat's website.

Currently, the capital boasts over 4 million green plantings, with approximately 14 million trees and shrubs flourishing in the 'Green Belt' area. Annually, no less than 1 million trees, shrubs, and flowers are planted in the city.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 1 million green plantings have been established in Astana: around 700,000 in spring and over 400,000 in autumn. The new additions include ash trees, linden, birch, pine, hydrangeas, spirea, sage, and ornamental grasses.

The "Esil" district's green assets feature around 240,000 trees, 600,000 shrubs, 65,000 square meters of flower beds, 5 million square meters of lawns, and over 117,000 linear meters of hedgerows.

This year, approximately 70,000 green plantings were added here. Planting took place along Kerei-Zhanibek Khans Street, Ully Dala Street, Kabanbay Batyra Avenue, other major roads, and in the EXPO park and KTJ square.

In the "Baikonur" district, 1,138 trees and 11,930 shrubs have been planted since the start of the year, enhancing public spaces with annual flowers. In spring, 250 trees and 30 shrubs were planted in Ataturk Park and 185 trees in Amsterdam Square. In autumn, an additional 582 trees and 8,609 decorative shrubs were planted.

In the "Sarayshyk" district, there are about 75,000 trees, 31,000 shrubs, and 10,000 square meters of flower beds. Around 35,000 green plantings were added this year, with efforts focused along R. Koshkarbayev Avenue, the Esil River embankment, and other areas.

The "Saryarka" district recorded over 333,000 green plantings, including more than 4,400 trees. Over 500 trees and 2,400 shrubs were planted along K. Kumisbekova Street. The "Almaty" district has more than 99,700 trees and 68,100 shrubs, with 42,332 green plantings added in 2026.

In the "Nura" district this year, about 5,500 trees, 75,000 shrubs, and over 9,000 perennial flowers were planted. More than 500,000 green plantings were established as part of greening projects, construction, and ecological campaigns.

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