Landscape Nursery

Overview

At over 1 million square meters, our Landscape Nursery is the largest in the region and is part of our planet first approach to enriching the natural environment around us and setting new standards in sustainable development. It is now fully operational and in total will provide more than 30 million plants for The Red Sea and Amaala, reducing our reliance on importing foreign species of plants and instead allowing native plants to thrive. Guests can satisfy their senses by visiting the nursery through touching, smelling, and seeing beautiful and rare plants, shrubs, trees and palms. The project is worker-led, with local communities crucial to the nursery’s development and maintenance. Through this, we have ensured the nursery improves the unique ecology of the Kingdom and supports the local economy by providing rewarding opportunities for local Saudis.

Overview

At over one million square meters, our Landscape Nursery is the largest in the region and is part of our planet first approach to enriching the natural environment around us and setting new standards in sustainable development.

It is now fully operational and in total will provide more than 25 million plants for The Red Sea and Amaala, reducing our reliance on importing foreign species of plants and instead allowing native plants to thrive. Guests can satisfy their senses by visiting the nursery through touching, smelling, and seeing beautiful and rare plants, shrubs, trees and palms.

The project is worker-led, with local communities crucial to the nursery’s development and maintenance. Through this, we have ensured the nursery improves the unique ecology of the Kingdom and supports the local economy by providing rewarding opportunities for local Saudis.

FACTS - Landscape Nursery

Facts

The largest landscape nursery in the region

Providing more than 30 million plants for The Red Sea and Amaala by 2030

Six water tanks with 18,000m3 capacity each will hydrate the landscape nursery

Four shade houses have been constructed, each with an area of 31,320m2

Turfgrass grown at the nursery will be used across the destination, including for hotels and the championship golf course

A training course was created to train and employ members of the local community to maintain the landscape nursery

LANDSCAPE NURSERY HIGHLIGHTS

Red Sea Global Awards Contract for a 100-hectare Landscape Nursery

Red Sea Global (RSG), a awarded Saudi-based Nesma Holding and UAE’s Professional Landscape Co. a joint contract to build a 100 million square meter nursery in the Red Sea Project.

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Red Sea Project nursery welcomes 45 employees from Saudi Arabia’s Umluj community

Nursery operations and English language Forty-five Saudis from the Umluj and Al Wajh communities are today preparing to begin work at The Red Sea Global (RSG), after completing an intensive training program in landscaping.

RSG and Partanna sign supply agreement for carbon negative concrete in Saudi Arabia

The pilot program will see the installation of 11,000 paving slabs made from Partanna’s carbon negative concrete and includes scope for future pilots including within RSG’s coral reef restoration schemes.

RSG and Partanna sign supply agreement for carbon negative concrete in Saudi Arabia

Landscape Nursery design

The plants grown in the nursery are predominantly native species that are fully adapted to the climate and conditions around the destination, both coastal and inland. Additional desert-dwelling species may be included, after ensuring that any imported species will co-exist comfortably with the local flora and fauna.

The nursery provides two to three growing seasons per year, during which trees, shrubs, and plants are propagated, matured, and acclimatized. Turfgrass is also grown for the destination’s championship golf course, hotels, and residential properties.

The destination’s treatment plant is supplementing irrigation water for the Landscape Nursery, while a composting unit turns organic-rich waste into compost to be used for the nursery. Six water tanks also support the nursery, each with a capacity of 18,000m3.

Four shade houses have also been constructed. Two provide 70% shading and the other two provide 40%, with each around 31,320m2.

Landscape Nursery milestones

Project milestones

8 April 2019

Contract for a 100 hectare Landscape Nursery

RSG has awarded a design and build contract for an onsite landscape nursery that spans over one million square meters.

The Seeds of Change

At #TheRedSea we're not just building resorts, we're creating a thriving community, and creating opportunities and experiences for generations to come. #LeadingTheWay

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22 December 2021

The landscape nursery’s development

Operated by 45 Saudis from the local community, our million-square-meter landscape nursery is the largest in the Middle East and will provide 25 million plants for The Red Sea and Amaala, supporting our +30% net conservation value target.

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23 June 2022

The Red Sea Nursery

We aim to plant two million saplings this year to achieve our target of 25 million plants for #TheRedSea destination & #AMAALA by 2030. Our landscape nursery, which spans one million square meters, is the largest in the Middle East. #LeadingTheWay

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21 September 2022

Smart irrigation at The Red Sea's Nursery

Our Landscape Nursery is the largest in the Middle East. Smart irrigation using treated wastewater means we're also protecting vital resources to sustainably achieve our target of 2M saplings this year, and 25M plants for #TheRedSea and surrounding projects on the west coast of #SaudiArabia by 2030. #LeadingTheWay

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