In Voronezh, a former civil engineer is engaged in gardening and spends his pension on the improvement of the town square. The story of 81-year-old Vladimir Tikhonov told “MINE! Online”.
In 2015, the pensioner undertook the landscaping of the part of the garden that overlooks the balcony and where the cars are parked. Over the years, he has planted trees, flowers, walnuts, hawthorn, juniper and various flowers on the site.
“How many times have they dug flowers, seedlings, broke something, spoiled something here. After all, you can not tell everyone that in recent years I have dragged a couple of cubes of earth on my hump in a backpack: I bought some, plowed some from the barn, ”says the gardener.
One day, the locals thanked the activist by leaving a message “to the heart where love and emotion for all that is beautiful live …”.
“I don’t even feel comfortable. I don’t seem to be doing anything special, I just decorate a small piece of square adjacent to my entrance, ”says Vladimir Tikhonov.
In 2019, this land became part of the Kholzunov public garden. According to the administration of the Kominternovsky district, it has not changed since then.
“As part of the improvement, sidewalks were laid in the park, benches, trash cans and children’s play equipment were placed. The contractor removed the logging remains and leveled the area. About two million rubles were spent on the creation of a new green zone.
In a meeting with the journalists of the publication, the authorities promised to pay attention to the activities of the pensioner and actively help him in his efforts.
“When you work on the ground, the pressure normalizes and the heart beats more regularly. If I were younger, I probably would have done a lot more. There is still a lot of work to be done around here, it is necessary to tidy up the trees growing around, cut dry trunks and branches, and regularly mow the surrounding grass,” he shared his plans.
According to him, he spends about 5,000 rubles per season on materials from his pension. At the same time, the man believes that it is inconvenient to organize a general collection of money among neighbors.
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