"Minsk citizen of the year — 2026" Tamara Pratasevich turned her yard into a small blooming world

"Minsk citizen of the year — 2026" in the field of landscaping and landscaping Tamara Pratasevich has been turning an ordinary city courtyard into a small blooming world for ten years. Read about how the hobby has become a concern for the capital in the project "Little BIG Women".

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There are locations in the city that cannot be found on the tourist map. They are not marked with special signs, guides do not tell about them. But such places are sometimes remembered the most. An ordinary yard in the Leninsky district of the capital. Entrances, paths, windows of houses. And a lot of colors. Replacing each other, they bloom at different times, as if they specifically agreed not to leave this corner without colors for a single day. Here I want to look at every plant that I have not noticed before, ask what is the name of the flower, and smile at my neighbor. Because it's beautiful around here. And behind this beauty is a person.

Tamara Dmitrievna is an active pensioner, grandmother, hostess and, as she herself says, a person who decorates the surroundings. He has been engaged in floriculture for about ten years. Not by profession and not because someone taught her this, but because once I wanted to make the place where I live a little better.

A good flower garden does not occur in a day. We need to prepare the land, pick up plants, water them, feed them, transplant them, prune them. Track where the sun is, where the shadow is, where the flower will take root, and where it will not. You need to constantly think a few steps ahead.

— The main thing is to find plants that would like this place. There is a very difficult solar exposure, and many do not survive. It is not enough to plant flowers. We need to understand them, teach them to love the earth, "the interlocutor said.

Perhaps this phrase has the whole secret of T. Pratasevich: she tries to find her place for everyone.

A flower garden where there are no accidents

At first glance, it seems that the flower garden is just a lot of beautiful plants. But behind the illusory ease lies a thoughtful work. Tamara Dmitrievna has no desire to collect everything she likes in one place. On the contrary, she speaks of the flower garden almost as an architectural space:

— I wanted this small corner of the earth to tell a story, each composition was good in its own way, so that it would not turn out to be a "vinaigrette". In my opinion, the flower bed should bloom all year round. Therefore, there are peculiar flower "rooms": white, pink, yellow. Plants replace each other, and the flower garden is constantly updated, preserving the overall harmony.

The coniferous Minsk girl is especially fond of. Like roses. But over the years, I got used to not giving preference to one species.

— This is what I learned from bitter experience. Sometimes the gardener's plans are shattered by reality. There is already beauty in the head: here are roses, there is something else to plant, and next summer everything will blossom. But the plants, it turns out, also know how to show character, "the interlocutor shared. — That's why I love them all.

When beauty becomes common

At first, the neighbors were wary of her hobby. But gradually everything changed.

— Everyone, looking at me, began to prettify something near their entrance. Neighbors began to ask for advice on what to plant, where to place it, and how to care for it. Someone is bringing plants from the cottage, "said T. Pratasevich.

And the yard becomes a common space. The Minsk woman is addressed not only from neighboring entrances.

— Some from another area come to see what's new in the flowerbed. It was once just a hobby. I could plant flowers whenever I wanted. Or do nothing. But over time, the hobby turned into something more. Now I feel responsible. I don't want to disappoint people, ”she stressed.

Here is the boundary between hobby and real care. When you do more than just for yourself, you think about what others will see. When you want a person who returns home after a hard day's work to feel comfortable walking around the yard. When a neighbor smiles and says hello. When someone comes to see what has blossomed today.

The Reward She Didn't Expect

When Tamara Dmitrievna learned that she had received the title of "Minsk citizen of the year" in the field of landscaping and landscaping, she did not immediately believe it. After all, she never set herself such a goal. I didn't think about rewards. I did not do flowers for the sake of recognition. I just did what I love and what I think the city needs.

— If by my example I encouraged someone to be bolder, more active, kinder, then I deserved a reward. This honorary title is an advance of my future life activities, "the interlocutor noted.

So, the story doesn't end. There will be new flowers, interesting ideas, plants that may first have to be persuaded to love this land. Neighbors will come back to see what's new. Passers-by will take photos.

The city is not only about buildings, roads and squares, but also about the mood of people. What a person sees from the window in the morning, what passes by on the way home. The very flowerbed near which the child stops to look at the flower. What makes the neighbors smile and say hello to each other.

T. Pratasevich began with a small corner of land near her own house. And gradually, personal passion became a common history. Beauty doesn't necessarily start with something big. Sometimes one person who wants to have beautiful nature around is enough.

And he takes the seeds, plants the flower, waters it, waits for it. And then he sees someone stopping by and admiring. And he understands: it worked. He managed to make the city a little more beautiful, kinder, more native. It seems to me that this is what Minsk is made of.

Photo by Pavel Meshkutya