Babli Park, is a 25 acres park located in Tel Aviv, it is both a central neighborhood park, as well as part of the city’s metropolitan park with a total area of ​​about 939 acres.

Part of the secret of its charm is the fact that the park also benefits from a community group of neighborhood residents who love the park, are active, sympathize and embrace the park as an inseparable part of their daily lives. You can just feel the pulse of the life of the entire city in the park.
The park hosts many community events, children’s groups, film screenings, fairs, yoga groups, martial arts and more. The park is an integral part of the daily life of the neighborhood, but it is equally used by all the residents of the city, whether it is the many cyclists who pass by on their way to work, families with children who come to rest in the afternoon, running groups, youth movements and informal education groups. There are several connected paths to allow easy access to various parts of the metropolitan park, to Sportek, to urban nature areas, to the lake, and more.

Among other audiences, the park is popular with the elderly who visit it daily, independently or with companions. For them, the park is a home and a place for social gatherings, a place to relax, feel nature, enjoy the landscape and the human landscape. This public stays in the park for a very long time, observes, pays attention to details, people, seasonal changes, enjoys the fresh air, the smells of the plants, birds and animals of the park. It is important for adults to be in the center of the action and on the other hand with easy and convenient accessibility.

The planning of the park offered an extensive infrastructure to allow visitors’ to remain and be active in the park, for families, individuals, groups, communities, guests, and residents. This need was especially enhanced during the Corona period when the open space close to residences became a space for work, recreation, leisure, learning, meeting and more. Invites any type of human and community activity.
The planning also brings order to the issue of traffic in the park, upgrading the separation of bicycle traffic from the network of pedestrian paths. This separation allows a safe space for pedestrians, families, and children, along with efficient, fast and comfortable cycling. That way everyone feels welcome and invited by the park.

The park was developed according to sustainable principles, restoration of riparian vegetation, management of runoff, soil conservation, care for biological diversity and preservation of trees. Special emphasis is placed on preserving the old trees, most of which were planted forty years ago. A special detail was developed for establishing the paths near the trees in order not to damage the root system. The park has about a thousand mature trees, to which about three hundred new trees of local types have been added, in order to upgrade the park’s ecosystem and increase biological diversity.

The planning tries to create a multi-valued space, places rich in scenic, natural, and human experience.

Location: Tel Aviv – Jaffa, Israel
Size: 25 acres
Planning years: 2021-2023
Photo credit: Yoav Peleg
The planning team:
Chief designer: Sarig-Waxman Landscape Architecture Ltd., Sarah Berkowitz, Aden Mahon, Lev Waxman
Agronomist and arborist: Ilan Nazarian