In June 2019 Mongabay reported that Gullele Botanical Garden, inaugurated and opened to the public in January 2019, had quickly become a rare green escape for people living in crowded Addis Ababa.
The garden sits on highland slopes above the capital and was designed to conserve native plants, support research, and give residents a place to walk away from traffic and dust, which made it more than a tourist stop for Horn readers who follow urban environment stories.
Kept as environment and culture archive, the Mongabay feature dates how Addis Ababa tried to protect biodiversity while giving city dwellers a public botanical park.
Sources: Mongabay