Kiev is considered to be the greenest city in the world by UN. There are about 214 square meters of greens per resident. Kiev's official logo is chestnut. May is the most beautiful month in Kiev when chestnuts bloom. The lilac also blooms in May - the best place to be during that time is in the Central Botanic Garden. Below is the list of major parks.

Name	Est.	Location	Area (ga)	Architect	In the park
Zoo 1910s|1999	1908	Pobeda Ave	40	_	_
Central Botanic Garden	1936	Timiryazeva st (Zverinitc)	130	_	huge lilacs, orchids, and roses collections
A.B.Fomin's Botanic Garden	1839	Shevchenko Blvd	22.5	_	_
Hydropark 1970s|1999,1999	1965-68	An island in the Dnepr river	187.5	V.L.Suvorov I.P.Shpapa	park, beaches, sport areas, restaurants, amusement park
Central Park
Volodimir Hill  1900s,1900s|1950s|1999	mid. XIX c.	Upper and middle terrace of Kievan hills	10.6	_	St. Michael monastery:1900s|1999 St. Vlodimir monument 1900s|1950s|1993|1995|1999 Funikuler1900s|1960s|1995 Polish church1900s|1960s|1995|1999
Trukhanov Island 1910s|1941|1980s|1999	1950s	An island in the Dnepr river	_	_	park, beaches, sport areas, restaurants, amusement park, water sports
City park 1960s	1748	between Mariininskiy park and Khreschatiy park	11.7	D. Fok L.I. Gofmeyster V.V. Rastrelli	Stadium Dynamo1970s|1999,1999 Devil Bridge1993|1999
Askold's Burial Ground  1900s|1960s|1990s	_	by Mariininskiy park	_	_	_
Mariininskiy park 1999,1999,1999,1999	1847	Hrushevskiy st	8.9	A.G. Nadzelskiy	Parliament 1999 Mariininskiy Palace 1980s|1990s|1999
Khreschatiy park 1900s,1900s|1995|1999	1882	by the European sq	11.8	_	Yarmo1995
Golosiiv park	1957	40th Anniversary of October Ave	150	B.E. Ladniy Z.G. Khlebnikova	_
Puscha Voditca Park  1900s	_	Podol	9	_	_
Puscha Voditca Forest  1900s	_	Podol	>30k	_	_
Druzbi Narodov park	1972	by the Moscow Bridge	780	V.G. Otroschenko V.K. Yukhno V.P. Nagorniy T.P. Shakhun	_
Pushkin park	1900	Pobeda Ave	20	I.A. Zurkovskiy	_
Eternal Glory park	1895	Pechersk district	9.5	_	Tomb of the Unknown Solder1970s,1970s|1999
Pechersk Landscape park	1981	_	_	_	Musium of WWII 1980s|1999,1999,1999