As concerns continue to grow about the effects of global warming on the environment, CMPi UAE, organizers of Gulf Landscaping scheduled to take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center on Nov. 17-18 announced that water smart landscaping technology and methods of offsetting carbon footprint will make their Middle East debut at the two-day event. “Commercial property owners in the region can feel secure about continuing to beautify their landscapes while protecting natural resources,” said Sam Patel, sales director CMPi UAE. Exhibitors at the event will showcase water-smart landscaping through sensible best practices and display methods to improve the health of the immediate environment and reduce carbon footprint. Spurred by the boom in the regional construction industry, landscaping projects in the region comprising commercial and residential landscaping design and maintenance are set to multiply twofold to top AED 60 billion by 2010. The Abu Dhabi event will provide landscaping ideas as well as products for erosion control, irrigation, landscape maintenance, water features, fertilizers, tips and facts on the latest landscaping trends for some fresh ideas, but also for landscaping professionals who are looking for some inspiration and outdoor design ideas. Landscaping in the GCC is a competitive business fraught with high competition, shrinking profits and high capital expense. “With the advent of international players, regional landscape designers and builders are realizing that there's more to growth than sunshine, soil and water,” said John Wigham, director of Cracknell - clear market leaders in the landscape architecture business. He noted that the GCC is beginning to value the outdoors and landscaping professionals are now in big demand. “Driven by the construction boom, many households have increasingly turned to landscaping services to design, develop and maintain their investments while landscaping contractors are learning how to grab their share of this high growth market,” he said.
