The park features a variety of trees, including elm, oak, aspen, maple, pine, spruce, poplar, and birch, along with artificial water reservoirs.
Attractions include a water park, movie theater, sports complex, cultural venues, and public catering establishments.
[4] The history of the Central Park dates back to the Russian establishment of civilian settlements around the fortification of Verny (now Almaty) and the rise of fisheries.
The State Garden's purpose expanded to include the cultivation of fruit, ornamental plants, vegetables, silk production, and the establishment of apiaries.
The Balkhash-Alakol Department of Ecology officially confirmed that during the construction of a parking lot, TFC Altyn-Taraz management conducted unauthorized tree felling, cutting down 124 green plantings, causing environmental damage amounting to 1,029,730 tenge.
[8] A residential complex was erected on a significant portion of the park, despite its protected status under the Ministry of Agriculture’s water fund registry.
According to Erkebulan Orazalin, deputy head of the Almaty Department of Natural Resources, no permit had been obtained for logging and was carried out illegally.
At the parking site, there are children's and street workout playgrounds, basketball and football fields, a rollerdrome and a skate track.