Moscow Plants 12K Trees in 2025, Plans 10K More in 2026
Moscow planted 12,000 large trees in 2025 and plans to plant around 10,000 more in 2026, focusing on major avenues, riverfronts, and social infrastructure. The city also advanced urban renewal in the Timiryazevsky District with new pedestrian crossings and transport links.
Consensus
- Moscow planted 12,000 mature trees in 2025.
- Moscow plans to plant approximately 10,000 trees in 2026.
- Tree planting focuses on major avenues, riverfronts, social infrastructure, and public spaces.
- Tree planting traditionally begins in late autumn to improve survival rates.
- Mature trees (10–25 years old, 4–8 meters tall) are used for major roads.
- Linden, elm, and maple trees are the primary species planted due to their resilience in urban conditions.
- Ozelenenie of reconstructed schools and polyclinics includes planting over 1,800 trees.
- Work on pedestrian crossings in the Timiryazevsky District is underway.
- The Timiryazevsky District has seen upgrades to transport infrastructure, including MCD lines and new metro stations.
Points of divergence
- The Timiryazevsky District project includes the construction of three pedestrian crossings over railway tracks and the renovation of courtyards and streets. — vm
- A new school will open on Vuchetich Street on September 1, with reconstruction nearly complete. — vm
- Five residential complexes have been built in the Timiryazevsky District under the renovation program, with five more under construction. — vm
- The Moscow City Railways (MCD-1, MCD-2, MCD-3) have arrived in the Timiryazevsky District, with new city stations established at Okruzhnaya, Timiryazevskaya, and Petrovsko-Razumovskaya. — vm
- The main section of the MSK (Moscow City Rail) is being opened as the largest transport project in the district. — vm
- A landscape park of 2,700 square meters will be built on the rooftop of one of the Moscow-City towers by the end of 2029, featuring sports zones, meeting areas, and an amphitheater. — m24
Coverage (5 sources)
- Sergey Sobyanin: We continue comprehensive improvement — Вечерняя Москва
- Moscow is becoming greener. In 2025, about 12 thousand large trees were planted on urban territories. — Город Москва
- In Moscow, about 10 thousand trees are planned to be planted this year — НТВ Москва
- Sobyanin: In Moscow this year about 10 thousand trees will be planted — Вечерняя Москва
- Sobyanin: Moscow will plant about 10 thousand trees this year — Москва 24
Key entities
- Moscow
- Sergei Sobyanin
- Volgogradskogo Prospekta
- Marxist Street
- Max
- Timiryazevsky District
- Profsoyuznaya
- Shchelkovskoye Highway
- Nagatinskaya
- Novodanilovskoye
- Paveletskaya Embankment
- Marxist