Botanical Garden & Nursery

We are currently working very hard to upgrade this site in Birkirkara to house our NURSERY and GARDEN. We meet every Tuesday (evenings), Thursday (evenings) and Saturday (afternoons in Winter, evenings in Summer). If anyone wishes to help in any way, please contact us through any of the communication channels you can find in the Contact Us section .

Volunteers meet weekly to help organise the site and take care of the saplings. If interested to help both physically and financially please contact us by email or via messenger by clicking here. Keep following this section for updates.

On April 24, 2021, G10T signed a five-year agreement with Christus Sacerdos Retirement Home, commonly known as Dar tal-Keru in B'kara, to assist in the construction of a unique botanical garden. This garden will be the only one of its kind in Malta, featuring hundreds of local trees and plants organized into distinct habitats.

Accessible to both the workers and residents of the home, as well as the general public during nursery open hours, the garden will serve multiple purposes. G10T will utilize the site as their nursery and educational focal point, aiming to plant as many of the 60 local varieties of trees as possible, along with a large variety of local shrubs and plants.

In addition to preserving local flora, the garden will act as a source of local seeds for propagation. The designated site spans approximately 3,000 square meters and includes an independent entry point located to the right of the home’s main gate, just before entering the complex.

A Google image of Christus Sacerdos Retirement Home and its surroundings.

Entry (red arrow) to nursery is through Triq Fleur-De-Lys into Triq Anglu Grima.

Site agreed upon is shown highlighted in orange with a white outline.

Before completion of the Botanical Garden and nursery, there is plenty of hard work that needs doing...and together with this, loads of expenses. Anyone who would like to help physically or financially kindly contact us on messenger through this link here.

Plan of Botanical Garden prepared by AGL Design - Landscape Architects

# Here is a brief list of work that needs doing :-

# Levelling and clearance of entry ramp in front of gate - DONE

# Removal by hand of tonnes of debris on left hand side of gate to prepare area for reservoir and educational hall - DONE

# Construction of dry stone walls - IN PROGRESS

# Construction of a reservoir - DONE

# Erecting an educational hall above reservoir - TO COMMENCE SOON

# Levelling ground on right side of entry for greenhouse and nursery - DONE

# Construction of a greenhouse with a footprint of 5 x 14m - DONE

# Extension of nursery - IN PROGRESS

# Plan botanical garden - IN PROGRESS

# Excavation and levelling of botanical garden site - IN PROGRESS

# Construction of pond area - TO COMMENCE SOON

# Passage of electrical and water services to supply garden

# Installation of pathways and garden furniture to complement the botanical garden

# Sourcing local seeds / cuttings to be grown for the garden - IN PROGRESS

# Installation of lighting fixtures and drip irrigation system for nursery and garden

# Planting of the whole site - STARTED

# Running of nursery including sowing, repotting, watering and keeping site organised - IN PROGRESS

Elevation contours for the whole site

This is a 2016 google image before the contract with Dar tal-Kleru was signed

Here is a 2023 google image clearly showing the greenhouse , dry-stone walls, the reservoir (top right) partly roofed over, and the shading over parts of the nursery area. The area in the middle covered with dry weeds will be the site for the botanical garden, now in its initial stages

MAY 2021 - SOUTH VIEW

JUNE 2021 - SOUTH VIEW

JUNE 2022 - SOUTH VIEW

JUNE 2021 - NORTH VIEW

JUNE 2022 - NORTH VIEW

We are excited to present solid models showcasing the lower area of our upcoming project, which includes the following components:

Educational Hall
Reservoir (complete - located beneath the educational hall)
Rest Room (on RHS of main gate - not shown)
Greenhouse with upgraded entrance

Estimated Costs: We anticipate that the expenses for this phase could reach up to €20,000, assuming careful management of resources.

Funding Strategy: These costs will be offset through the sale of saplings from our nursery.

Call for Support: We welcome any financial assistance or sponsorship for this project. Rest assured, all required Planning Authority permits are already in place.

Thank you for your consideration and support!

Nursery outside area

Green house from the outside

first successful propagation within the Green house

Roofing the reservoir

We are proud to announce the collaboration between the NGO ACT and G10T. Both ACT and G10T propagate local species from locally collected seeds and have been working closely for some time now. In this respect, ACT has helped G10T by providing about 6500 square pots made from recycled plastic. These pots will help G10T in propagating new stock to step up production in the new nursery. We would like to thank ACT for this and look forward to further co-operation.

THANKS!

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