Horticulture and Flowers Festival in Sana’a [Archives:2005/881/Culture]

Many are the festivals nowadays as we are living the happy days of the Yemeni Revolution. One of them which is highly aesthetic is the Horticulture and Flowers Festival which is staged on the eastern side of al-Sab'een Park, Hadda Area. The festival was opened yesterday Wednesday Sept 28.

It is the culmination of five-month efforts exerted by the Sana'a Municipality in collaboration with the Capital City's Agriculture Office.

The festival is the first of kind in Yemen and has the following goals: a) Disseminating awareness on the importance of trees and flowers and their effect on the environment and society, b) expanding green areas, c) developing the tasting faculty of people, d) raising people's awareness on the importance of using state-of-the-art irrigation and renewable energy systems which help rationalize the spending of water, e) creating more recreational facilities and useful promotional programs, f) introducing plants, tools and materials used for green spots and flower production, and g) providing general technical advise.

The Festival is open from 9 in the morning until 12 at midnight.
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