Umbrella Passage | Dubai Miracle Garden

A colorful Umbrella Passage is also the part of the floral themes of the Dubai Miracle Garden. An Umbrella Passage at the Dubai Miracle Garden has a ceiling of attached umbrellas at the top. Flowers are also beautifully integrated below these colorful umbrellas (on the sides). There is not just a single Umbrella Passage but there are multiple Umbrella Passages at the Dubai Miracle Garden. The basic purpose of each Umbrella Passage is to provide shade to the visitors of the Dubai Miracle Garden. Dubai after all is a desert and at times during a day the temperature goes high. Therefore; shades are definitely needed to compensate the heat and the Umbrella Passage of the Dubai Miracle garden serves this purpose of heat compensation to the visitors. Let’s explore more about this Umbrella Passage and its display at the Dubai Miracle Garden!

The Umbrella Passage has a huge history at the Dubai Miracle Garden. This passage was introduced along with the inauguration of the Dubai Miracle Garden on 14th February, 2013 and as of 2017, this passage is still the part of the garden. Therefore; the Umbrella Passage has been indispensable at the Dubai Miracle Garden because of its shade at the day time and this is the key reason that this passage and its variants are part of the Dubai Miracle Garden for many years now. However; with the passage of time, small modifications and creativity has been applied to these Umbrella Passages. For example, a restaurant is built using umbrellas on the top and also several rest areas are made for the visitors which also have umbrellas their ceiling to provide shade for the visitors of the Miracle Garden.

The Umbrella Passage does offer flowers but these flowers are on its sides rather than on the umbrellas. Thousands if not millions of Petunia flowers are beautifully decorated within the flowering pots and flower beddings at the sides of the Umbrella Passage. There are also tree shaped flowering pots as well. These flowers boost the overall impact and beauty of the Umbrella Passage with their color, beauty and fragrance. Almost all colors of Petunia flowers have been used at the Umbrella Passage i.e., Red, yellow, white, blue, purple and pink etc. and same is true about the colors of the umbrellas themselves as well. At some areas of the Umbrella Passage, the flowers go vertically up as high as the ceiling; where Umbrellas are hanging at the top.

The Umbrella Passage is higher as compared to the Hearts Passage or Arcs Passage at the Dubai Miracle Garden. The maximum height of the Umbrella Passage is around 12 to 14 feet high from the ground level of the passage. The width of the passage is around 8 feet wide. The area itself is spacious and it offers a reasonable if not temporary shade for visitors of the Dubai Miracle garden. There are 6 umbrellas in each row of the Umbrella’s passage. The passage is almost 50 meters long. On the negative side the umbrellas are so much high at the passage that sun has to be straight up at the Umbrella to give visitors the shade otherwise the shade will never be on the Umbrella Passage. If you are looking for the shade then the Umbrellas Passage which have flowers fully covered from both sides will offer you the best shade.

The Umbrella Passage has a simplest of structure as compared to all the floral structures at the Dubai Miracle Garden. A couple of steel poles are fixed at certain distances at both sides of the passage and from each pole; a network of wiring is created. Within this network of wiring, umbrellas are attached to create a glass ceiling. Original umbrellas are used and the overall structure looks colorful and gets beautifully merged with the flowers of the Dubai Miracle Garden. Almost no maintenance is required for the Umbrella Passage of the Dubai Miracle Garden except for cleaning or replacing the umbrellas. Else the concept is simple but it is visually very appealing for the visitors of the Dubai Miracle Garden.

The Umbrella Passage is one of the most popular area for the visitors of the Dubai Miracle Garden. The statistics also indicate that this area is also one of the most photographed area of the Dubai Miracle Garden. The area offers soft light for the cameramen so the photography is always great under the softer lights of the Umbrella Passage. Otherwise at the Dubai Miracle garden your photography skills are really tested under the direct sunlight. The Umbrella Passage looks equally impressive and appealing under the lights in evening and night hours as well. In order to get the best photography results, do include both the ceiling and the floor of the Umbrellas Passage in a single snap. The best time of the photography is evening time just couple of minutes before sunset.

There is also a small refreshment center (cafe or a restaurant) at the Dubai Miracle Garden and its ceiling is also made up of umbrellas as well. It offers a staggering shade for the visitors of the Dubai Miracle Garen.

Author: Usman Masood

Published Date: May 20, 2017

Last Modified: May 20, 2017

Publisher: MIRACLE GARDEN BLOG

Genre: Dubai Miracle Garden, Flowers, Sculptures

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Copyright Year: 2017