Sharjah garden competition to promote green aesthetics

sharjah — The Sharjah Municipality has launched the 15th edition of a contest for the best homes and school gardens in the emirate.

With entries opening on January 30, Thabit Al Turaifi, director-general of the Sharjah Municipality, said the contest encourages residents to build and beautify their gardens, which “enhances the aesthetic and urban beauty of the emirate”. Home and school gardens have “significantly increased” the green areas of Sharjah, he noted.

The emirate currently has 16 million square metres of green areas. Al Taraifi confirmed that the competition’s previous session succeeded in attracting wide participation from all segments of society, opening up new ideas and the development of unconventional and innovative landscaping and decoration.

The competition is also promoting positive competition among residents, encouraging them to use scientific and technical methods in irrigation, agriculture, water supply, energy conservation and solar energy, while equipping the gardens with safety and security features. The competition categories and criteria are reviewed and revised constantly for this purpose and also to encourage participants and get them to use state-of-theart technologies.

“Our ambition is to make Sharjah one of the the greenest, most

Our ambition is to make Sharjah one of the the greenest, most beautiful and brilliant cities in the region, but it needs the whole community’s collective cooperation.”

Thabit Al Turaifi, director-general, Sharjah Municipality

The competition slogan is ‘My garden is my happiness’. Two categories are being held: for the most beautiful home garden and the most beautiful school garden.” Hassan Al Tafa’q, head of competition, Sharjah Municipality

beautiful and brilliant cities in the region, but it needs the whole community’s collective cooperation,” Al Taraifi said. Hence, the municipality held the competition every year since its launch in 2003.

Hassan Al Tafa’q, assistant director general of agriculture and environment and head of the competition at the Municipality, said that this year, the competition slogan is “My garden is my happiness”. Two categories are being held: for the most beautiful home garden and the most beautiful school garden.

Three winners will be selected in the best home garden category, and one in the school garden category. Landscaping covers geometric, natural and mixed patterns, to ensure diversity in aesthetics and the quality of plants and flowers.

Participants can register by calling 0555785050 or registering online on the Sharjah Municipality website.

The winners will be honoured in a ceremony to be held during Plantation Week in March 2018.