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19 thousand lavender bushes on the area of six hectares is the first and in the truest sense of the word a vivid impression of the tourists who these days arrive on the Peninsula. Lavender bushes 11 is formed in rows, planted in the shape of the waves.

For lavender caring special unit – the area of improvement of the airport. To a lavender sea pleasing to the eye of visitors and airport staff, before flowering every Bush weeded, and freed of weeds and pruned. Lavender requires heavy and systematic irrigation, and at the airport, provided by drip irrigation, which helps carefully to save water.

Lavender is one of the symbols of the Crimea,- said the head of the section of improvement of the airport “Simferopol” Victoria Gapanyuk. – Every year, thousands of Crimean Peninsula and guests arrive at the lavender fields to photograph themselves on the background of this beauty. Visitors to Simferopol airport have a unique opportunity to make a wonderful photo immediately after arrival or before boarding an aircraft.

In General, the total area of landscaping at the airport in Simferopol is about 40 hectares. In addition to lavender staff of the Crimean air port take care of 5.6 hectares of cultivated lawns, numerous shrubs, trees and flower beds.

Now lavender fields is one of the main tourist brands of the Peninsula – at the peak of flowering and in a week or two, this crop will be mowed for the production of essential oils. As earlier told “RG”, the biggest field area of 180 hectares is located in the Turgenevka village of Bakhchisarai district. A day to enjoy the floral aromas and conduct a photo shoot, attend 10 to 15 thousand tourists.