A short tour of the most impressive park in Haifa - Eli Cohen Garden. Photos

1. For the first guest (or the rest of the savvy),
   Where is the diagonal garden in Tel Aviv?
   Can't find it... does it have a more familiar name? Which streets are close?

   And maybe Yahav will also think that a real garden is needed in Haifa as well? (as you wrote)
   It's a wonder that people run away from Haifa instead of staying there... what is he surprised about?

3. The residents of this city are drawn to parks where residents can come to relax and unwind. We see sand as if there is an open area in Haifa, when in practice almost all of this area has no access to residents, and it is also bitten by huge bites.
   Instead of monstrous construction plans, give us a park on the grounds of a wolf camp. The location is ideal, the need is there. So what are you waiting for?

4. There are standards for the size of a neighborhood park, an urban park, and a public garden
   Eli Cohen's garden perhaps meets the standard of a neighborhood public garden,
   Every reformed city in Israel and in the world has at least one city park,
   usually more than one
   In Haifa the green area which is inside the city getting smaller and smaller.
   Only parks on the outskirts of the city such as Hecht Park and Kishon Park are developed and even there the issue is problematic.
   In my opinion, the municipality of Haifa should stop with the honor games and seriously consider the proposal proposed above by Shlomo
   The area where the Wolf Camp is currently located corresponds exactly to a scenic park within the city.
   Such a park will contribute more to Haifa than the construction planned there.
   Such a park will benefit both the neighboring neighborhood and neighborhoods such as Hadar and Garim on Fua Abbas Streets and Zion Road
   that are not sloped in public gardens open to the public.

5. Haifa, which was once green and pleasant, is becoming gray and crowded. Even Rishon Lezion - a city in the sands without Haifa's Carmel, is much greener today than Haifa. The vision of the mayors is to turn the green to gray the vegetation to concrete and first and foremost to fill the pockets of the contractors with gold.
   It's a shame that this is the case, many of us voted at the time for Yona Yahav who supported the issues we believe in and is now in the eyes of the contractors.
   This will surely be reflected in the elections that will soon come to us.

6. There is a difference between a park and a public garden
   Eli Cohen Garden is indeed a public garden. Unfortunately, the residents in the area are not the most well-kept either.
   It is the municipality's duty to maintain and nurture it. and change his situation in a fundamental way.
   You can plant cacti and Australian plants in it that do not consume water and change its face in a fundamental way.

   The main problem for us, the residents of Haifa in general and Western Carmel, Mashprintsak, Ramat Shaul and French Carmel, is that we don't have a real park.
   That is, wide green areas, ring vegetation interspersed with artificial gardening. A real green lung, which will filter all the pollution and co2 in the air.

   In fact, there is such an area on which the Haifa municipality plans to build more concrete, more blocks of blocks.
   Another ugliness of the landscape and destruction of green spaces.
   There is the area from the Stella Maris Monastery to - and including the Tschernihovsky School and the area of ​​the Wolf Camp
   It should be preserved and the trees and greenery in it preserved. and even develop even more. do "planting operations".
   We can and should have a real park. Not only the residents of New York deserve (Stantral Park) but also us!.

   Make your voice heard against the construction plans and in favor of preserving the greenery in Haifa!

7. I also do not define the Eli Cohen garden as an impressive park, the landscaping is elementary - grass, some bushes and trees. Not too much imagination and investment. Last year when the ban on watering gardens went into effect, the grass dried up and the garden looked shabby. What's more, this garden is a reminder of the gardens that were established in Israel in the 1960s, when large areas were allocated to public gardens and not spared for the benefit of real estate. So we can only hope that this green lung will not die out, but will be preserved for the enjoyment of the residents of the area, who do make good use of it. You can find There most of the day there are adults and young people who sit on the benches sleeping or chatting in a friendly manner, teenagers and children, people with dogs, and on weekends also the picnic and barbecue enthusiasts of all kinds.

8. Following on from the above, how a really well-kept and really impressive garden should look, here it is
   Examples not from abroad but closer to us - Gan Ha'Alexon in Tel Aviv. There is definitely something to learn!

   Signage on the flora and fauna

   Design down to the last detail even shelters become sitting areas

   Investing in special and diverse gaming and lighting elements

   Seasonal and varied planting

9. I see some trees and a path. The level of maintenance in general in the neighborhood gardens in the city is extremely low.
   Maybe the condition of this garden is a little better but I still find it hard to call it impressive. There are no impressive elements in it.
   It has some mature trees and benches. I walk in many cities around the world in large and small public parks and unfortunately
   In Israel, the level of maintenance is very low, or we were used to not demanding more - a little grass, here and there bushes and a few trees.
   I expect that the gardens will be seasonal, that will make it possible to see different blooms and different colors in winter and summer, that will include elements
   such as pools, waterfalls, fountains, special seating areas, outdoor sculpture, plant and animal signage, wall demarcation
   Stones or growing walls, diverse materials, diverse sports and play facilities.

   Probably because of my travels my eyes were opened to another level of cultivating urban gardens in a creative, geometric, colorful, educational way.
   I'm sorry that I make such excessive demands, I have to remind myself every time that we are in Israel and here housing is considered
   Quality planning and neglected gardens are considered impressive.

10. This garden goes down to Bastille Street. Then further down, near the main road, there is Gan Alex and across the road - Park Hecht.
    A green neighborhood with an amazing view, it's just a shame that whoever built the houses in the neighborhood, built them perpendicular to the sea. what a miss

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