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Expo İzmir 2026

The main topic of the event is determined as “Living in Harmony”. Deriving from Turkey’s location at the junction point of three plant geographies, it is intended to draw attention to different and opposite lives in nature, especially in Anatolian geography.

The Expo area, which will be established on 25 hectares in Yeşildere, will be an important center of attraction where thematic exhibitions, world gardens, art, culture, food and other activities will take place. While the area will host its guests with its gardens and activities during the 6-month EXPO, it will later be brought to İzmir as a living city park.

All three plant continents are the homeland of many plants that shape the world civilization. Within the three plant landscape areas, there will be important thematic regions discussed from a global perspective, such as the history of ornamental and agricultural plants, seed resistance, climate resilience and the future of plants.

Expo İzmir
Expo İzmir 2026

Theme

ORIGINS OF HORTICULTURE

ORIGINS OF HORTICULTURE

Many ornamental and agricultural plants that humanity uses derived from the three plant continents which meet in Turkey. Under this theme of the exhibition, the plants that previously spread out from this geography to the World will be observed.-Olive, Almond, Wheat, Pear, Plum, Apricot, Cherry etc. Between 2021 and 2026, investments will be made for the reproduction of ten other plant species living in this region and will be introduced to the World as new ornamental plants.
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SEED RESILIENCE

SEED RESILIENCE

This section will be devoted to the philosopher Anaxagoras of Izmir, Urla, who made the first definition of the seed as a substance on earth. Here, innovative projects and innovations will be included to protect the seeds from the past in the new global economic system, and the seeds will be exhibited in a display area made in the form of Noah’s Ark.
CLIMATE RESILIENCE

CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Cities in the Mediterranean region such as Izmir will experience even more water stress in the coming years. In such period,landscaping with less water-consuming plants is one of the most important issues in the World. In this section about the future of landscape, climate-friendly horizontal and vertical landscaping examples will be discussed and exhibited
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THE FUTURE OF HORTICULTURE

THE FUTURE OF HORTICULTURE

In this section, the future of landscape design will be positioned as a “collaboration” that considers climatic and other natural conditions, rather than being a creative process alone. Application examples of basic approaches such as “Location specific desing tehniques”, “Turning micro-climates into sustainable gardens” and “Design: Shifting from creation to cooperation”, “Gardens for food” will be presented.