The Directorate of Gardens in Damascus Governorate, through the Al-Adawi Nursery, serves as the fundamental pillar for securing the necessary seedlings for afforestation projects in the city. The nursery operates according to seasonal plans targeting the production of thousands of seedlings annually, including forestry trees, fruit trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, and flowers, while ensuring compatibility with the local climate.
The head of the Nurseries Department in the Directorate of Gardens, Engineer Iman Diab, clarified that the Al-Adawi Nursery spans an area of approximately 88 dunams and includes specialized sections, most notably the annual plants section. Its production has exceeded 300,000 summer plants since the beginning of 2026, which were planted in public squares, road medians, and flower beds.
For her part, Diab noted that the Al-Adawi Nursery produces 285,000 winter annual plants, which will be allocated for planting in public squares and green sites during the winter season, thereby enhancing the city's botanical diversity. She pointed out that the Directorate has planted approximately 200,000 trees, shrubs, and ornamental plants in public gardens and green spaces since the beginning of the year.
She added that the Directorate's plan also includes planting 50,000 roses each season, including varieties of rose, local rose, and sultani rose. This is part of a production program relying on local multiplication to ensure plant quality and compatibility with Damascus's environment. She indicated that these nurseries constitute the primary source for supplying the city with approximately 300,000 seedlings and plants annually.
Diab emphasized that these nurseries produce approximately 600,000 annuals planted in the summer and winter seasons, including multiple types of fruit trees such as olive, bitter orange, and pomegranate, as well as forestry and ornamental trees like bougainvillea, jacaranda, cypress, and carob. She stressed that expanding vegetation cover is a fundamental pillar in enhancing the urban environment.
It is worth noting that the Damascus Directorate of Gardens implemented a planting campaign in November 2025, planting 10,000 fruit, ornamental, and forestry trees in the Mezzeh area. This included 1,000 fruit trees of olive, pomegranate, and fig at the 17 April junction, 5,000 evergreen terebinth trees on the Mezzeh motorway median, and 4,000 diverse trees in the neighborhood's districts.
She indicated that the remaining nurseries are distributed according to production specializations, varying between fruit trees, forestry trees, hedge plants, boundary plants, and roses, alongside annual plans for producing thousands of ornamental trees. This relies entirely on local production and multiplication to meet the city's needs.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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