Flower Gathering Event to be held at Genocide Memorial complex

Flower Gathering Event to be held at Genocide Memorial complex

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) in cooperation with VivaCell-MTS and the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute organizes the Flower Gathering Event at the Genocide Memorial complex.

The event will take place on April 26 from 10am until 7pm with the support of many volunteers including representatives of organizations and companies, as well as schoolchildren and university students.

With their active support, all volunteers contribute to a new life for the flowers left at the Eternal Flame of the Genocide Memorial on April 24 by thousands of people to honor the Genocide victims. A few days later these flowers wither and have to be disposed.

Before 2010 each year approximately 2 tons of flowers were therefore burnt as garbage. To promote a more respectful and environmental solution for this problem FPWC implemented a new initiative in 2010 – the Flower Gathering Event.

The Flower Gathering has become very popular and is since 2010 a peak point of FPWC’s annual Earth Day Campaign implemented in cooperation with VivaCell-MTS. During the flower gathering event the stalks of the flowers are cut off to become compost for the memorial park whereas the flower petals are carefully collected and later dried. These petals are later utilized by FPWC to decorate handmade recycled paper. The paper cannot be purchased but is only used for special purposes as for certificates, thank-you letters and invitations to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

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