KUWAIT, March 18 (KUNA) -- The experiment of tulip cultivation by children with special needs has been unprecedentedly applied in Kuwait, a Kuwaiti development official said here Tuesday.
Some 72 children with special needs tilled the soil and then grew tulips at the Kuwait English School, Shaymaa al-Shatti, who is in charge of development of resources at the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
She noted that children had been used in the cultivation of bulbs in Canada, but it was the first time to involve children with special needs in tulip-growing in Kuwait.
More tulips will be grown at the Avenues Complex in Kuwait for a whole week as of April 15th, she said.
Tulipa commonly called Tulip is a genus of about 100 species of bulbous flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. The native range of the species include southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran in the east to northeast of China.
Tulips originate from mountainous areas with temperate climates and need a period of cool dormancy. They do best in climates with long cool springs and early summers, but they are often grown as spring blooming annual plantings in warmer areas of the world. The bulbs are typically planted in late summer and fall, normally from 10 to 20 cm (4 to 8 in.) deep, depending of the type planted, in well draining soils.
By Arwa al-Weqayyan
Copyright Kuwait News Agency 2008.
