Everything we know about King Abdullah International Gardens

The site will include a butterfly garden and education centre. 

Saudi Arabia is filled with dazzling developments. Now, it is set to welcome the botanical garden, King Abdullah International Gardens. Spanning 10 hectares, it aims to study climate change, sustainable projects and recreate the evolution of plants, trees and flowers. So, if you’re wondering how to save the planet, here’s what you need to know. 

Scheduled to open in 2025, King Abdullah International Gardens will be situated in the Tuwaiq desert just outside of Riyadh. The attraction aims to match Kew Gardens in London and Singapore Botanical Gardens. Upon completion, it aims to attract over three million visitors each year from local and domestic markets.  

King Abdullah International Gardens is an ambitious development and plans to be home to the world’s largest temperature-controlled gardens. The site will cover 400 million years of the earth’s developments including flowers, trees and vegetation. The areas will cover the Jurassic, Cretaceous, Devonian, Carboniferous, Cenozoic and Paleobotanic periods and will give visitors the chance to learn about the history of the planet.

The site will be divided up into different gardens, and The Garden of Choices will be the last garden. Located in a crescent building, the educational space explores how the lifestyle choices we make today could change the world for future generations. Plus, there will be The Butterfly Garden, which gives visitors the opportunity to admire and walk through a garden filled with the colourful creatures.

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