Flower therapy: Netherlands donates 100,000 tulips to city of Lviv

(19 Apr 2024)
UKRAINE TULIPS

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Lviv, Ukraine - 13 April 2024

1. Various of tulips on square
2. Various of fountain
3. Various of tulips outside Lviv National University

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Lviv, Ukraine - 14 April 2024

4. Various of tulips in Stryiskyi Park

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Lviv, Ukraine - 17 April 2024

5. Wide of Heavenly Hundred Memorial
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oksana Lutsko, Deputy Head of the Ecology Department of the Lviv City Council:
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"We planted the bulbs of these tulips in December. And in fact, it is such a miracle that in the spring they blossomed, as symbols of life, and in this space - the Heavenly Hundred Memorial - it is extremely symbolic."

7. Photos of fallen soldiers, ribbons
8. Wide of memorial
9. Cathedral domes
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Dr. Larysa Didkovska, President of the Ukrainian Association of Gestalt Therapy:
"War is polarizing. It polarizes the world into completely opposite poles: life and death, one's own - another's, safety - danger, those who left - those who remained. And in order to move from these poles to a healthy middle, the pole of death must be balanced by the pole of life. And that's why flowers are a symbol of life. A symbol that it continues, that it is beautiful."

11. Dog with ball in mouth
12. Woman taking pictures of dog
13. Dog
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nataliya Velychko, local resident:
"It's such a joy, it's... I'm going to cry now... Let someone forget about the war even for a moment. Let someone forget for a second that they are bombing our Ukraine, and let someone think for a second that when their husbands return, they will plant flowers together in their garden. We're endlessly grateful."

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Lviv, Ukraine - 13 April 2024

16. Various of tulips outside Opera House, people taking pictures
17. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Marta Borsuk, local resident:
"Well, of course, I take it positively. Be that as it may, it pleases the eye, distracts people a little, relaxes people a little, allows you to forget about the war at least for a moment and cheer up your soul, to smile once more."

18. Close of tulips
19. Various of serviceman taking pictures
20. Woman taking pictures
21. City, Ukraine and EU flags
22. Wide of Opera House
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Flower therapy is flourishing in Lviv, after the Netherlands gifted the Ukrainian city 100,000 tulip bulbs.

The bulbs, which were planted in December 2023, have now blossomed and the local council is hoping the flowers will be a comfort to residents coping with the continuing war.

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A beautiful sight in a city struggling with the effects of over two years of war.

In the Ukrainian city of Lviv, 100,000 tulip bulbs gifted by the Netherlands last year have now blossomed, giving residents a much needed distraction.

Many of the tulips were planted next to city landmarks, such as the Heavenly Hundred Memorial - a place of honour for those who died during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.

"We planted the bulbs of these tulips in December. And in fact, it is such a miracle that in the spring they blossomed, as symbols of life, and in this space - the Heavenly Hundred Memorial - it is extremely symbolic," says Oksana Lutsko, deputy head of the ecology department of the Lviv City Council.

The local authority has created an interactive map marking the locations of the tulips.
15 varieties of tulips in different colours were selected for each location.
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