Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerWith the Fırat Nursery, within the scope of the 35 Living Park project promised by . The park, which will bring the citizens together with nature and nature with the city, will be available to the public as of Saturday, May 20.
Fırat Living Park, designed as a 30 thousand square meter park area that will make Buca breathe, meets with the public on Saturday, May 20. Fırat Nursery, which has been used as a sapling warehouse for 35 years, the size of three football fields, Tunç SoyerIt is being opened to the use of the people of Izmir as part of the 35 Living Parks in Izmir program.
Fırat Living Park, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyerwith the participation of May 20, World Bee Day events will meet with the public. The program will start at 17.00 with children's games, sports activities, village theater performances and beekeeping activities, and will continue with refreshments and the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Folk Music Orchestra concert at 18.30. President at 19.00:XNUMX p.m. Tunç Soyer He will come and meet the public. At 19.40 there is a music concert by Hüseyin Kurtulmaz.
Living Park was designed according to the wishes and needs of the people.
Fırat Living Park is of great importance with its proximity to five neighborhoods in Buca. The demand for the Fırat Living Park was determined by the Emergency Solution Team, which was formed by Mayor Soyer to quickly and effectively solve the needs in each neighborhood of İzmir. The park area was leased to the municipality company İzDoğa as a tea garden in June 2022 by the decision of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Council and transformed into a Living Park in less than a year.
In addition to İzDoğa, other stakeholders of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Emergency Solution Team, İZBETON, İZSU, İZENERJİ, Parks and Gardens Department, Science Affairs Department and Construction Works Department are also involved in the construction of the park.
Ecosystem, social interaction and agricultural production
Fırat Living Park features walking routes, a tea garden, recreational areas and playgrounds for children, and a basketball court upon the demands of the residents. There is also a greenhouse and a neighborhood garden in the park.
In the park, which has a water source underneath, a biological pond connected with the meadow area was built by making use of this source.
Fırat Living Park serves three purposes: protecting the ecosystem, social interaction and agricultural production by integrating people with nature.
The construction of the park is nearing completion.
The planting works carried out in the park were dedicated to Cevat Şakir Kabağaç (Fisherman of Halicarnassus), who spent part of his life in İzmir and put great effort into planting İzmir's largest green area, Kültürpark. Inspired by the planting methods used by Cevat Şakir in many parts of the park.
Plants suitable for the climate and nature of İzmir were used in the afforestation works carried out to transform the Fırat Nursery into a Living Park.
In the thirty thousand square meter park that will be brought to Buca, acorn oak, holm oak, linden, plane tree, sequoia, cypress, Datça date, almond, gum, insane olive, redbud, thyme, blackhead, laurel, tamarisk, mulberry, ornamental pear, pomegranate. In addition to the species, fragrant plants such as honeysuckle, magnolia and yellow-flowered jasmine met the soil.
The trees in the park were selected from species that would not need irrigation after 3-4 years.