BIGS 2017 to open on Wednesday

Manama, Feb.21 (BNA): The Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS) will open tomorrow – Wednesday – under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa. Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Wife of HM the King and National Initiative for Agricultural Development (NIAD) Consultative Council President will open BIGS 2017 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre, under the theme “Mini–gardens”. The University of Bahrain cooperated with the National Initiative for Agricultural Development (NIAD) to design the main platform which embodies the BIGS 2017 theme. The university has also carried out the designs which aim to optimize small areas in order to set up mini-gardens on the basis of applicable scientific procedures. French, German, Italian, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Canadian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Turkish and Russian companies are taking part in the 2017 edition. Agricultural companies from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Syria and Morocco will participate in BIGS 2017.