Similar to Japan’s famous cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms in the Liteos River in the city Trikalaoffering beautiful images to visitors and residents who will stroll along its banks during the holidays.

These are 70 ornamental cherry trees that grow from the maternity hospital to Vuvi Square and were planted four years ago by the competent Department of Environment and Urban Greening of Trikkaya Municipality.

With their rich pink blooms, they give the environment a high aesthetics. In Japan, cherry trees have created the Hanami holiday tradition.

The municipality of Trikkai will plant another 30 cherry trees, which are actually a donation from a fellow citizen, also in another part of Liteo, between the bridges on Arrianou and Karditsis streets.

More trees will be planted

In total, 1300 trees will be planted on the banks of the rivers Liteo and Agiamoniotis within the framework of the project “Renovation of the green area in the rivers Liteo and Agiamoniotis of the municipality of Trikkaia” with a budget of 366,000 euros from the Green Fund. Already now, as it became officially known, the contract with the contractor has been signed and their landing is expected in the near future.

These are trees (800) of maple, mulberry, willow, chestnut, walnut, boxwood, sophora, Arizona cypress, linden, elm, robinia, liquidambari, oak, weeping willow, Celtic, linden, black pine, musk, paulownia, elderberry, mountain ash , horse chestnut, taxodium, oriental plane tree, alder, deodar cedar.

Under the same project, Trikkaya Municipality will plant (500) bushes of quince, lagestremia, eland, myrtle, ligaria, mahogany, cumaria, begonia, yellow jasmine.

The history of the trees on the banks of Leteos

According to the Trikala Center for Environmental Education, the planting of poplars in the Liteos River took place around the mid-1950s.

A decade later, more substantial aesthetic work began: the erection of stone walls on the slopes of the central bridge and the construction of a small dam with hidden lighting and jets.

In 1979, the decision was made to prune whites, after strong complaints from residents about the annoying presence of their down throughout the city, especially during their flowering period, in the spring. In their place, Canadian plane trees were planted, which today are the main green lungs in the city center.

Liteos is one of the four rivers of Trikala (Liteos, Agiamoniotis, Pineos, Kumerkis).

Mayor’s statement

In an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, Trikkaya Mayor and KEDE President Dimitris Papastergiou noted that “it is important to strengthen the landscaping with additional tree planting. Whether it’s the ones in the rivers or the ones we implement at regular intervals, we take care to keep the environment in the best condition, promote actions to highlight it, protect it, strengthen it.”

“Preceded,” he stressed, “the cleanup of rivers to protect against floods, so with this planting of 1,300 trees, we give a new look and offer recreation and walk areas, as the project also provides for recreation areas and the configuration of the site for residents and guests to walk.”