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In the morning with the assistance of Mayor Sewell, Lázaro de Mello, the director general of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity in the Region of Murcia and the representative of Institutional Relations of Social Work at La Caixa, José Antonio Meseguer, one of co-financiers herein, have laid the first stone of the Botanical Gardens in its first phase on an area of 1,100 m2, with an investment of € 99,714.29., according to a draft drawn up by architect Adolfo Rodríguez .
In this first phase of the Botanical Garden is to have 25 species of trees, 23 shrubs and 19 species of herbs and shrubs, located next to the Museo de la Huerta and future buildings of the Centre for Citizen Participation and Local Development Agency, part of the project Rehabilitation and Revitalization Archaeological, Environmental and Socio-Economic Environment Complex Ethnological Museum of the Huerta de Murcia and the natural setting of the "Water Room".
In this work of the Directorate General Botanical Garden Natural Heritage and Biodiversity will invest 100,000 euros and whose development is part of the agreement with La Caixa, so that also constitute a source of employment, in part to people from disadvantaged groups.
With the establishment of the Botanic Garden, which will include tree and shrub species in the Mediterranean region will be promoted to its study, preservation and dissemination of indigenous plant diversity, favoring the maintenance of landscape and environment and even , of the cultural identity of our town, preserving the traditional culture of the garden, not only from the Museo de la Huerta, but from the perspective of a garden alive and active.
The aqueduct arches, after excavation and restoration, wheel and intended as the ethnological museum, the most significant elements of the largest public green area within the ring road as well as cultural and environmental issues, and in this environment where Botanical Garden seeks to locate this in Sewell.
Sewer Mayor Lazaro Mellado, states that "the development of the garden as a starting point along with other projects to be developed in the short term, Sewell will have become a benchmark in the care of the environment and promoting sustainable development. "
The Botanical Garden complements the great project that is being developed in the municipality, the rehabilitation and revitalization project archaeological, environmental and economic-social complex environment Ethnological Museum of the Huerta de Murcia and natural landscape "Water Room", which claims to be the "green lung" of the city while the engine of economic, social, and cultural development of social facilities, environmental and cultural importance to the enjoyment of citizens.
These projects will transform the area in respect of identity of the city, promoting their cultural heritage, traditional values of the Huerta de Murcia, green areas and biodiversity.
It seeks to foster among the public awareness of the historical and cultural values of our community and appreciate the importance and necessity of conservation.
In the botanical gardens are usually exposed the plants from around the world or indigenous, usually with the aim of promoting the interest of visitors to the plant world, although some of them are exclusively dedicated to particular plants and particular species.
In our case the Botanical Gardens Sewer address both possibilities, running the same in two phases.
The first, the surface area devoted to plants and trees of the Mediterranean, including a development designed to recover as much as the type varieties of indigenous crops in the Region of Murcia.
While in the second phase will be an exhibition of the flora in the world with climates similar to those of Sewell, thus favoring the adaptation of species and maintenance, creating a place of study and knowledge of the flora that can not be discover in the surrounding environment.
The mayor of Sewell, Lazarus Mellado, "the framework which presents the Botanical Gardens Sewer, continues the execution that has given the rest of the Park and the wheel arches, a part of it, strengthening and increasing supply and future enjoyment of the green area of the city.
In this first phase will assess both the flora and the indigenous culture of the region and Europe.
And in subsequent phases will address the world's species, classified by continent, looking for easy adaptation and plant maintenance, and therefore environmental conditions similar to those we have in Sewell. "
The Botanical Garden seeks to recover the image of the ways that has inherited the indigenous culture, forming small plots, small holdings, which have been broken by inheritance from father to son and a different color depending on the crop.
All these small parcels are included in a system of main and secondary roads that allow visitors to walk among the different species exhibited, and at the same time stay in areas intended to "stop and enjoy" the environment, enabling shadows, tree plantations larger size.
It is intended to get into the gardens, the "walk" and elsewhere in the park the "stop and enjoy."
AMBITIOUS PROJECT FOR ALL SEWER
After the start of construction of the Centre for Citizen Participation, continued this ambitious Rehabilitation and Revitalization Archaeological, Environmental and Socio-economic environment of the complex Ethnological Museum of the Huerta de Murcia and natural landscape "Water Room", with this first phase of the Botanical Garden and in a few days will start the second phase, to meet the hiring process now, with the new building for the Local Development Agency, compared to this new building.
Sewer Township has a large and varied natural, historic and cultural, that is why, it is necessary to enhance the knowledge of the values that our town has, therefore, in the coming months will also launch the third phase of this project with the construction of the new Office of Tourism and the Nature Classroom
In the fourth and final phase will rehabilitate an area of approximately 40,000 square meters of the environment of the Garden Museum, which houses all new equipment.
The proceedings in the design of this urban space is aimed at the recovery of habitability and the enhancement of the area for use and enjoyment of citizens, providing an area of equipment and increasing the area devoted to green areas such as area public use.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla
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