Discovery Gardens - Progress Update

  The Discovery Gardens construction has been making excellent progress since work began on the 26 million square feet development in 2004. The development is made up of 291 buildings with more than 26,000 units – and construction has begun on 85% (245 buildings) of the development – with more than 50% (127 buildings) in the finishing stage. Good progress is also being made on the roads, car parks and utilities for the development. The development will also feature a variety of amenities and activities, including community swimming pools, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts in addition to a mosque, expansive parking, and cycling and jogging trails. The six themed communities of Discovery Gardens are inspired by garden living, and Nakheel’s Environment & Landscaping department (NELD) are working to ensure that the development is one of Dubai’s greenest. More than 80 hectares of the total area of the project has been reserved for greenery. This works out as approximately 30% of the development being green. To ensure environmental sustainability, NELD have also combined state-of-the-art soil amendment technologies to reduce the daily irrigation water demand. This will reduce the required irrigation water by 50%. This technology was pioneered at The Gardens, and will be used across all of Nakheel’s projects, and is achieved by using different types of water retention additives at the time of planting. The selected water retention additives are environmentally friendly and can provide high water holding capacities, particularly in sandy and saline soils.