The Firdaws al Hikma Ecology Center
Program Type:
Academic Classrooms, Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group:
Lower Elementary, Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten
Number of Individuals Program Serves:
100
Year Founded:
2012
About the Program:
The Firdaws al-Hikma Ecology Center is currently in the process of being developed. Firdaws al-Hikma Ecology Center is a Garden for Medicinal, Aromatic and Food Plants in the Negev. The center will serve as an educational site with land and facilities dedicated to promoting ecology and science, environmental literacy with a focus on Bedouin culture and study of conservation and sustainability. The garden will also have research functions, teaching, training in Bedouin culture and heritage, ethno-medicine and ethno-pharmacology.