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The cultivation tasks are carried out by students of CEOM (Association for the Integration of People with Disabilities) who are also taking a course of 'Auxiliary activities in nurseries, gardens and garden centers level 1' for their training and integration in the working marketThe Murcia City Council is working on the production of more than 50,000 spring flowers, distributed among 30,000 geraniums, 16,000 dimorphotecas, 2,000 coleos and 2,000 alegrias.
From last Christmas until the end of this year, a total of 150,000 plants of various plant species will have been produced. In addition, other species will be included in smaller quantities to gradually verify their suitability and incorporate them once sufficient cultivation periods have passed. These plants are being placed in the districts of Murcia, as well as in the Glorieta, Circular Square, Camachos Square, Floridablanca Garden and the Malecon.
Various medians such as Pintor Sobejano, Primero de Mayo, Avenida de Los Pinos and Plano San Francisco and roundabouts such as Abenarabi are also being decorated. "Murcia in spring is an explosion of colors and smells, which this year all Murcians have had to enjoy later than usual.
In this way, the green areas of the municipality are already in perfect condition, which allows improving the quality of life of the neighbors "José Guillén highlighted. These works go through different phases: preparation of the substrate, filling of the pots where the plants are going to go, planting these, location in the protected greenhouse that the City Council has in the Municipal Nursery of Mayayo, which has been recovered after many years closed , and placement of your custom drip irrigation system. Specifically, intensive work has been done to plant up to more than 5,000 units per day.A social integration project The Mayayo Municipal Nursery is a clear example of teamwork and especially integration, as it has disabled staff hired by the Murcia City Council, as well as through agreements with CEOM in which numerous young people with intellectual disabilities work and learn.
In total 60 people have passed who have been trained under these guidelines. "The people who help us in these jobs are participating in a project where they develop social integration and teamwork, in addition to training.
In addition, in these jobs they can have real contact with the world of work, learn a trade, in addition to suppose an important satisfaction of a job well done on a personal and professional level ", added José Guillén.
The Mayayo Municipal Nursery is a clear example of teamwork and especially integration, as it has disabled staff hired by the Murcia City Council, as well as through agreements with CEOM in which numerous young people with intellectual disabilities work and learn.
In total 60 people have passed who have been trained under these guidelines.The nursery as a key center of production of plants for public use El Mayayo has 5,000 m2.
These units have a 2,200 m2 multitude plastic greenhouse equipped with climate control and fully autonomous localized irrigation, three 1,150 m2 tunnel greenhouses and an outdoor area where the most rustic plants are grown, equipped with an anti-grass mesh and irrigation system Autonomous localization with incorporated fertilization. The City Council has also carried out different improvements in the Mayayo facilities, such as, for example, the repair of several greenhouses, placement of protective plastic structures, two new irrigation booths, leveling the ground of different greenhouses, placement of mesh anti-grasses, installation of modern irrigation systems, as well as several other projects that are underway, in order to turn this municipal space into a key center in the production of plants for public use, as well as a place for training and socio-labor integration.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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