Akar, a leading landscape contractor in the GCC region, has successfully completed the Dh24-million ($6.53 million) Palm Oasis Park project, which is set to become a landmark offering a truly Arabian feel surrounded by an extensive variety of over 39 types of palm trees.

The park will help increase ecological footprint of Dubai that is witnessing the plantation of 27 million seedlings around buildings and junctions to improve environment, said a statement from Akar.

Dubai is spending Dh6 billion ($1.63 billion) to develop 12,000 hectares of urban greenery including nine public parks at a cost of Dh77 million ($21 million), according to the official announcement by Dubai Municipality at the fourth edition of the Middle East Smart Landscape Summit-2016.

The Palm Oasis Project will welcome visitors this summer - completed on schedule, it was launched in Q1 of 2016 — and adds 7.5 hectares of green space to the city, largely in the form of artificial lakes, cafeteria, playgrounds for children with special needs, a Pergola with a Barasti among many, said the company in its statement.

In addition, the Palm Oasis Park brings together an unrivalled mix of 39 varieties of date palm trees, carefully gathered from all the seven Emirates to be housed in one park.

With an eco-friendly theme, the park has been designed to make use of solar energy to power up its lighting system. A total of 1,240 palm trees were planted in the park, in addition to 60 ornamental trees and 32,979 ornamental shrubs.

Adnan Nalwala, the executive Director, Akar Technical Services Company, said, “The Palm Oasis Park Project is certainly a landmark project for Dubai and the UAE, and we are proud to have been awarded the responsibility of executing a project of this magnitude by Dubai Municipality."

Dubai Municipality officials dubbed Palm Oasis Park as one of its most important projects for  2016.

"The dedicated team at Akar has successfully managed to bring this magnificent and culturally important project to life on schedule, and we are looking forward to its opening and its entry into the club of Dubai’s most-visited recreational spots,” he added.

Rajaram Subedi, the director of Landscaping, Akar, said: “Palm Oasis Park is a canvas of 39 varieties of date palms utilising solar energy as the primary power source and comprising of a beautiful features such as a lake with a timber bridge, a Falaj with running water, a Pergola with a Barasti among many."

"It’s an achievement for the Akar team to complete the complex design in with perfection and truly represent the client’s vision,” he added.-TradeArabia News Service