{
  "id": 2636752,
  "title": "How Al Ain keeps blooming with 99 million flowers each year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/how-al-ain-keeps-blooming-with-99-million-flowers-each-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T19:30:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/how-al-ain-keeps-blooming-with-99-million-flowers-each-year-1.500649250"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Al Ain, the oasis city of Abu Dhabi, showcases an impressive floral display each year, with over 99 million flowers planted across 400,000 square metres of green space. The municipality employs a strategic approach, utilizing 30 distinct species in 40 varieties and 20 color shades to maintain a visually harmonious and resilient urban landscape. The city's floral initiative follows international best practices in ornamental horticulture, with seasonal planting programs ensuring year-round floral coverage in public spaces, government facilities, and pedestrian walkways. The city's commitment to sustainable development is evident in its continuous updates to its horticultural portfolio, incorporating new floral varieties, updating landscape geometry, and expanding automated irrigation technology.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}