Lidia Leontieva acted as a member of the jury and received a letter of thanks from the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

As part of the festival, the city center was decorated with flowers and art installations. The main program took place in the Lenin Central Park. The residents saw the Khokhloma garden which became the best garden of the Moscow Flower Show 2016 festival, and many other projects.

The three-day landscape design festival with a large entertainment program was held in Belgorod for the second time. This year's theme was “Gardens of Russia. Time to thrive!"