Located on a hill of nearly 8,000 m² in the heart of Donabo Park
After several years of intense work, the “DonaboGardens” botanical garden is preparing to welcome its first visitors, allowing them to discover many collections of living plants specific to the region or brought from other countries. Scheduled for June 22, the opening of this botanical garden overlooking the sea comes “after six years of work to create this beautiful space with plants from the region and other Moroccan cities, but also brought from other countries around the world. “Said Malika El Alaoui, during a press conference organized, Wednesday, June 8, for the presentation of this new botanical project.
Diversity of plant resources
Towering over natural and tourist sites in the Cap Spartel region, this botanical garden was set up on the initiative of Mrs. El Alaoui and the British artist Paul Belvoir, both known for their love of the art of gardening. and their knowledge and know-how in the field of plants and who aim to develop this culture and its practice among young people from Tangier. The two founders succeeded thanks to an investment of nearly 5 million DH to realize their dream in a unique place, located on a hill of nearly 8,000 m² in the heart of Donabo Park. “We are planning cultural meetings and meetings related to plants and a program of visits and activities intended from next September for school students,” said Ms. El Alaoui, while expressing her wish to develop this project. botany intended for the people of Tangier and visitors to the city.
Return of animal species
This project has brought new life to a biodiversity made up of plants endemic to the region, to which the two founders have been able to add new species adapted to the oceanic climate. “This exceptional plant wealth does not fail to attract all kinds of animal species, which are now returning to the hill of Donabo: birds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators which are contributing to the return of biodiversity in the Cap Spartel region”, according to the initiators of this project. To the delight of lovers and plant lovers, this botanical garden offers a chance to revisit the long tradition of the art of gardening in an initiatory and educational journey, which consists of ten successive stages (in the form of small gardens). “From the Moroccan garden which celebrates the tradition of tea to the labyrinth of mints whose paths exhale the scents of the many varieties that are gathered there, from the delicate rose garden which only loves freshness in the garden, to the Chinese garden which reveals its ancestral symbols . From the garden of pollinators whose flowers irresistibly attract bees to the garden of peppers whose certain fruits seem to be playing with fire,…”, it was underlined.
