To keep that summer feeling going a bit longer, Moscow is awash in flowers.
The annual Flower Fest has covered more than 2,000 venues in colorful, fragrant (ароматный), beautifully designed flower beds, walks, and installations.
You can simply (просто) walk among the blooms, but if you want to get more engaged, you can take one of more than 1,000 master classes in landscape design, flower arrangement, botany or the culinary arts. Or you can join a tour of one of parks.
Or you can eat. Literally tons of fruit, jam, berries and other late summer treats have arrived in the city from more than 40 regions of the country. Jam is king, but honey is in second place, and ice cream — more than 160 kinds — come in a sweet third.
This year landscape designers from nine countries have joined their Russian counterparts. Tverskoi Bulvar was designed by Matthew Childs and Peter Fink from the U.K. Giant footprints and handprints “walk” down the center of the boulevard, some filled with flowers, some with balls, and some with sand. There are all kinds of play installations, a laboratory with microscopes and other tools, and plants waiting to be planted. There is also a magic forest tunnel, where adults appear to be elbowing out (выталкивают) the kids in order to take selfies.
All of these glorious (чудесные) gardens will be around through next weekend, when Moscow celebrates city day.
