Masterplan Elements AMPHITHEATRE

SUITABLE FOR RELAXING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS: - YOGA

An open-air venue designed to be used for entertainment, performances and sport. It can create an intimate, informal atmosphere for gatherings as well as be an amazing stage. It give rise to impromptu picnics to garner a sense of family and community.

Honey harvest depends on several factors namely abundance of nectar fl ow from melliferous plants, prolifi c queens that produce plenty of worker bees and the use of wax foundation sheets to facilitate the bees. Bees depend on melliferous plants for their pollen and nectar. The table below shows the fl owering periods of the main melliferous plants in Mauritius.

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Native and endemic trees also have to be introduced on the site as they play and important role in creating a living landscape for birds and other animals. Trees like colophane batard, bois d’olive and black ebony are able to survive on rainfall alone and provide habitat, shelter, food for local wildlife which enhances the biodiversity present on the site.