{"id":596568,"date":"2026-07-04T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/596568\/lavender-field-15-minutes-from-korabelnyi-photo-sessions-turned-into-a-fundraiser-for-the-military\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:04:15","slug":"lavender-field-15-minutes-from-korabelnyi-photo-sessions-turned-into-a-fundraiser-for-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/596568\/lavender-field-15-minutes-from-korabelnyi-photo-sessions-turned-into-a-fundraiser-for-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavender field 15 minutes from Korabelnyi: photo sessions turned into a fundraiser for the military"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not far from the Korabelnyi district of Mykolaiv<\/strong>, in the Halytsynivska community, a lavender field has been opened to visitors. Here you can relax and arrange a photoshoot, and instead of a fixed fee leave a voluntary donation for the needs of the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n

About the new location, which can be reached from the Korabelnyi district by car in approximately 10-15 minutes<\/strong>, shared<\/a> local resident Svitlana Z. in one of her posts:<\/p>\n

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“I want to share some really great news. We have a lavender field in Mykolaiv. It is located not far from the Korabelnyi district, literally about 10-15 minutes by car. So, if anyone was planning a really great photoshoot, they can organize it here. Entry is free for donations… I think it’s really great, and it’s close to us”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The lavender estate was created by local resident Natalia Poyarkova<\/strong>. About 3 thousand bushes<\/strong> of lavender grow on her land, which mainly bloom in June<\/strong> and July<\/strong>. Visitors from Mykolaiv, the Kherson region and other areas now come here to take photographs among the purple flowers.<\/p>\n

The owner planted the lavender in 2024<\/strong> in memory of her husband, who was killed at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. Her idea was not only to create a photo location, but also a place where people exhausted by the war could at least briefly recover.<\/p>\n

Talking about the idea of the lavender estate to Suspilne<\/a>, Natalia Poyarkova emphasized that she sought to create a special space for the community:<\/p>\n

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“My goal was to create a place of strength in the community. Where people would come to restore their mental health. We have only just started collecting money; a couple of days ago we announced this pilot project. Behind me you can see people from Nova Kakhovka, from Kherson Oblast, from the city of Mykolaiv”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is no fixed entrance fee to the estate \u2014 visitors determine the amount of their donation themselves. The collected funds are directed to help the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n

In particular, the community is raising 168 thousand hryvnias<\/strong> for the servicemen of the 66th brigade<\/strong>. With these funds they plan to purchase 14 digital systems<\/strong>, each of which costs about 12 thousand hryvnias<\/strong> and is intended to increase the effectiveness of Ukrainian drones. Local activists and the public organization “Luparivski Initiatives” are joining the fundraising.<\/p>\n

After the season ends, they do not plan to discard the harvested lavender: the owner wants to process the flowers into cosmetic products. Also, in the future they plan to arrange new themed photo locations on the estate’s grounds.<\/p>\n