Heat for greenhouses, winter 2023-2024

The year 2022 and especially the winter of 2022/23 were very difficult for the Mykola Hryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, due to Russian aggression. But the Botanical Garden survived, thanks to thousands of benefactors.

In order to prepare for the next winter, it is necessary to reduce heat and energy consumption, and accordingly reduce the cost of maintaining greenhouses that house a collection of tropical and subtropical plants that has the status of a National Treasure, many of which are listed in the IUCN Red List and on the red lists of many countries in South America, Africa, and Asia.

Therefore, the #heatforgreenhouses project for the winter of 2023/24 is designed to help warm and re-equip the Botanical Garden’s greenhouses to survive the next winters.

We have to prepare for the start of the new heating season. So, stay in touch and continue to support the #heatforgreenhouses project!

You can find out what helped the Botanical Garden’s greenhouses to survive the winter of 2022/23 on the project page Heat for Greenhouses, winter 2022/23.

Thanks to your contributions, we were able to make a professional external energy audit of all the greenhouses of the botanical garden, so our next steps are clearly planned and balanced. To start with we are kindly asking you to support the first 3 areas of the reconstruction repair works, that will help to survive the Botanic Garden survive:

1. Reconstruction of the ventilation system – we fundraise UAH 500,000.00
2. Repair of the heat exchanger – the amount will be announced after the project approval
3. Reconstruction of one of the greenhouses (100-150 m2) – the amount will be announced after the project approval 

WARM UP THE GREENHOUSES!