Šiaulių centrinio parko kilmė, būklė ir plėtojimo pradai
LTPalyginti didelis 19 ha dydžio Šiaulių centre esantis parkas pradėtas kurti 1950 m., turtingas perspektyvių medžių, vertingų įtaisinių, tačiau literatūroje nepakankamai išnagrinėtas ir aprašytas. Straipsnyje nušviečiama parko kilmė, gamtos sąlygos, želdinių inventorizavimo duomenys, pateikiami želdinių rekonstrukcijos, naujų takų tiesimo ir parko erdvių formavimo siūlymai. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Centrinis parkas; Erdvių formavimas; Parkai; Šiauliai; Šiaulių centrinis parkas; Central park; Inventory of park; Park inventory; Shaping of spaces; Šiauliai; Šiauliai Central Park.
ENŠiauliai Central Park development began after the Second World War in 1950, when tree planting was started in the former 19 ha grassland area near the city center. According to Lithuanian landscape typological classification, Central Park is in morainic plain intrazonal land type (ML) and largely wavy loamy plain locality (BM). It can be delineated into two physiographic site types: largely wavy sloping loamy plain (BML) and large swampy loamy hollow plain (PMD1). According to fitness of landscape for use in physiographic site types BML is fit for agriculture and forestry, partly fit for building and provides good conditions for recreation. Due to excessive moisture peat accumulates in physiographic site typesPMD1. It is unfit for construction, agriculture, partly fit for forests, because only birch and alder can grow there, meadows are poor, but in general it could be protected and used as a water reservoir, fauna and especially small bird habitat. After laying elevated paths the site can be used for quiet recreation in nature. Park path design plan created some years after the planting of the park, has not survived, but current layout of the main park constructions fit nature and transport conditions, the tree species growing in park fit growing conditions. During park inventory at a scale 1:500, every tree was measured and marked in geographic information systems (GIS) database. Created tool empowers park maintenance and tree monitoring at individual tree level. Authors suggest building new paths in park periphery, in parallel to park boundaries. Elimination of beaten diagonal path will unite unwanted patches. It is intended to form two lawns in the southern part of the park. Lawns will open up to morning and midday sunlight. Less valuable tree species are cut during the thinning: common horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), boxelder maple (Acer negundo) and Canadian poplar (Populus canadensis).The target species are common oak (Quercus robur) in the southern part and silver birch (Betula pendula) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa) in the northern part. Free-growing hedges are suggested to plant at the park edges in order to enclose the park and separate it from streets and buildings. Benches along the paths will direct people sight to interior of the park, open spaces, beautiful views. [From the publication]
