Assouline releases ‘AlUla Flora’, celebrating the traditional oasis vacation spot’s vibrant blooms

Premier luxurious publishing home Assouline has launched its newest masterpiece, ‘AlUla Flora’. The work celebrates the various vegetation that blooms within the historic oasis metropolis positioned in northwest Saudi Arabia. 

‘AlUla Flora’, the newest addition to Assouline’s Classics Assortment, options textual content by Abdulaziz Assaeed, a professor of rangeland ecology at King Saud College, accompanied by charming pictures by younger Saudi photographer Hayat Osamah. The colourful tome is additional elevated by paintings by Carolyn Jenkins, Lil Sire, Raxenne, Moira Frith, and Mary Woodin.

Following the success of final yr’s ‘AlUla Ever’, which showcased the area’s geological wonders, wealthy cultural heritage and flourishing arts scene, ‘AlUla Flora’ invitations readers on a visible and academic journey via town’s lush ecosystems. The ebook highlights over 80 plant species that flourish in AlUla’s various landscapes—from rocky sandstone outcrops and huge desert plains to a verdant oasis teeming with pure springs.

Featured crops embrace the Hispid Viper’s Bugloss with its shiny funnel-shaped flowers, the hanging Spiny Milkvetch with pinkish-purple blooms, and the culturally important jujube tree. Every species is offered not just for its ecological worth but in addition for its position in native traditions, from Bedouin crafts to historic culinary makes use of.

Phillip Jones, Chief Tourism Officer on the Royal Fee for AlUla, articulates the imaginative and prescient of the ebook: “’AlUla Flora’ opens a window to town’s fascinating botanical world, which we have now been rigorously and deliberately nurturing to rebuild and reinforce the ecological richness and vibrancy of the area. The ebook acts as a visible narrative of our broader aspirations to guard and showcase the verdant life in AlUla, inviting guests and locals to find extra concerning the surroundings that we dwell in and create an all-important reference to nature.”

The ebook is a visible exploration of the little-know flora of town and an academic journey that illuminates the numerous conservation efforts underway in AlUla to revive and rewild its ecosystems and protect its native plant species for years to come back. These efforts underscore a dedication to sustainability and ecotourism, aimed toward enriching the lives of the local people and guests alike.

An oasis teeming with life

The publication of ‘AlUla Flora’ highlights the vacation spot’s dedication to environmental stewardship, evidenced by the allocation of greater than 50% of AlUla’s geographical boundaries to protected nature reserves — together with Sharaan, Wadi Nakhlah, Gharameel, Harrat Uwayrid, Harrat AlZabin, and Harrat Khaybar.

Integral to AlUla’s mission is the restoration of the land and its ecological heritage via the reintroduction of important native species of each wildlife that after flourished there. The animal reintroduction program, which launched in 2023, has already seen profitable animal releases of round 1,000 animals from 4 species—Arabian gazelles, Sand gazelles, Arabian oryx, and Nubian ibex.

AlUla’s legacy is one in all concord with nature, a testomony to a area that has nurtured human civilisation for millennia via its beneficiant pure assets. On this manner, AlUla is reclaiming its previous and sowing the seeds for a revitalised future the place nature and humanity proceed to thrive in stability.