After six months of dazzling visitors with stunning horticultural displays, Expo 2019 Beijing, the AIPH approved A1 World Horticultural Expo, presented one final spectacular show at its official closing ceremony on Wednesday 9th October 2019.
The world’s largest-ever horticultural Expo park, a site which spans more than 500 hectares amidst the mountains of Beijing’s Yanqing District, welcomed 9.34 million visitors, 110 international participants and hosted over 3,000 events, since its official opening on 28th April 2019. The expo sought to share centuries of Chinese horticultural wisdom and spread horticultural knowledge around the world.
The Expo’s theme ‘Live Green Live Better’ embodied the importance of horticulture for providing innovations and applications for greener and healthier living. The Expo’s display gardens incorporated key elements of living green such as sustainable landscape strategies, biophilic designs and biodiverse habitats. The Expo programme included a calendar of entertaining and educational events including cultural shows, horticultural competitions and flower parades, as well as conferences and forums on topics such as sponge cities and vertical forests.
The Expo park further exemplified the Expo’s theme. During construction, 50,000 trees were preserved and 100,000 trees and shrubs were planted to improve the condition of wetlands, purify water and provide a habitat for migratory birds. The site accommodated ecologically designed pavilions including the 23,000m² China Pavilion, the Botanical Pavilion, the Yongning Tower and the Life Experience Pavilion, some of which will be used for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.