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Mezkeret Batya Urban Nature Park

Project type: Extensive combined Intensive

Area: 300 dunams

An ecological park spanning an area of ​​300 dunams that includes the restoration of the two streams; Nahal Ekron and Nahal Hasholsha combined with irrigation water plants and the introduction of barrows to curb tides to prevent floods.

Creating a high-quality moist habitat and an ecological park bustling with life. Initiation, fundraising planning, close supervision management, maintenance. The park and the restored stream helped to promote the marketing of the new neighborhoods and in the process of restoring the stream, the entire community participated in a multi-year educational program

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Construction of the Ekron River channel according to geomorphological principles

The new stream channel flowing between the settlement's houses creates a vibrant urban nature

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Building waterfalls as part of transforming the stream into a biological filter to purify the water flowing through it

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Construction of a hybrid lake that combines tidal control during floods with a scenic ecological lake during the rest of the year

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The hybrid lake restrains the tides during floods

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Another hybrid lake at the confluence of the Ekron and Hlosha streams during floods

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School students, parents, and community residents are planting geophyte trees and wildflowers with us to kickstart the ecological process as part of a multi-year educational program to integrate the community into the stream restoration project.

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