ASTANA – A botanical garden to be built in Astana as part of EXPO 2017 will become a significant attraction, according to the Astana City Communal Services Administration.
The 97-hectare garden complete with a parking lot will be located between Kabanbai Batyr Avenue and Turkestan Street.
The communal services administration has also noted that the architecture of the garden should reflect the architecture of surrounding buildings and be incorporated into the existing street network. As a result, new road configurations in the area are expected to emerge to reduce traffic.
The botanic gardens projet is divided into six parts: two park zones, an entrance with fountains, an open ground garden that reflects the nature of the country, an artificial lake to represent water plants and a botanic garden with greenhouses. The greenhouses will have themes such as Mediterranean Forest, Asian Landscape, The Garden of Land and Mother, Tropical Greenhouse, and gardens reflecting the countries of Iran, Spain, Japan, Great Britain, France, Italy, China and Egypt.
According to information provided by the city administration, the first phase of construction has begun and it is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
As part of the project, Astana-Zelenostroy company is going to plant 2,593 trees and bushes, contruct a 77.3-metre green fence and erect grass-plats totaling 39,000 square metres. The second phase of construction is expected to begin in 2015-2016.
After the exhibition, the botanical garden will be maintained as an attraction for the general public.
