In the summer afternoons we pass between gardens and other public spaces in the city, in all kinds of neighborhoods and of all kinds. Haifa has so much diversity to give, so why not? With or without small children, you are welcome to try as well.
One of the charming and lesser-known gardens that we keep coming back to is the Azulai garden in the Jezreeliya neighborhood (between Klibanov and Abba Hillel Silver streets). The garden has plenty of mature trees, fitness facilities, play facilities for children and a field for ball games. In Haifa there is indeed a lot of urban nature and a lot of public spaces, but wide and pampering lawns? This is something that is not so easy to find and an azalea garden provides it in a big way. If you happened upon an afternoon with a nice breeze, it is really fun to have a picnic there.
But also at the level of neighborhood planning the garden is very successful, one that can also set an example for contemporary urban planning. A system of paths connects the garden with the surrounding streets, the entrance to kindergartens is directly from the garden, and around it there are buildings of various typologies (types), from residential towers to housing buildings. This public space is the beating heart of a neighborhood and is also a space for staying, playing and leisure and in addition a place that is used to pass between places in the neighborhood and thus has several functions and throughout the hours of the day, which makes it more significant and beyond "another garden".
I sailed in my imagination... and at the end of the park, where it stops and meets Abba Hillel Silver Street, I imagined how the park continues and reaches the point where it meets the edge of the neighborhood and the Wadi/Nahal HaGivori, a distance of several tens of meters. In Haifa there are no good connections between nature and the city, at most marking paths that are noticed by chance. In this place it was possible to think of such a connection between the park and the edge of the wadi, which is so requested and could better connect the residents of the neighborhood to the urban nature that is now there, but without easy and inviting access.
An old-fashioned garden and therefore also dead from people.
Empty lawns without investment, no renewal since we opened.. some bushes as an attraction. What is the enthusiasm, lawn?
Old fashioned park! There are not enough parks in Haifa, they just build and build buildings.
Any contractor who builds a large amount of housing units will commit to a new park.
Also, the existing parks are old and not as pleasant as in the other cities in the country. Have you seen what's going on in the center at all?? Most cities with lots of fountains, new sitting areas, lots of greenery, beautiful design, lakes, fitness area, etc.. I thought all of Israel was a third world country, it turns out that it's only Haifa!! In my opinion, Einat is not to blame, Yona Yahav caused a large financial deficit, but nevertheless something needs to be done because the city is simply a concrete gun.
Temporary landscape architecture... Designed sometime in the seventies by the Miller Blum office, one of the first environmental planners in Israel
All agree with the missing interface to Wadi. Thanks for the park recommendation!
The truth is that there is a decent access to Nahal Givivor, it's just not properly marked and looks like a parking lot with a barrier.
A great garden in Haifa. Shalom and blessed Sabbath.