Topic: Community competitions

Emirates Hills resident bags Best Garden


The Community Garden Challenge 2020 was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 160 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities in Arabian Ranches I, II, Reem and Emirates Living flooding us with picturesque entries. Our judges were left spellbound by the varieties of flowering shrubs and trees that families in the community had passionately cultivated – in numerous instances, even children had pulled on their gardening gloves and played an active role in tending to the gardens! 

Dr Minal Patwardhane won the grand prize of AED 25,000 for her spellbinding garden. Featuring medicinal herbs, edible plants and flowers of all sizes and colours, Dr Minal’s herb, fruit and flower garden won points for being sustainable, creative, functional and for her personal commitment and involvement in creating her green space.

Fifteen titles and promising gardens were awarded prizes for their meticulous effort and passion.

Minal PatwardhanEmirates Hills, Emirates LivingBest Overall Garden
Alima TanveerMira, ReemBest Small Garden
Tazeen ZaidiRosa, Arabian Ranches IIBest Medium Garden
Malou RobertsonRosa, Arabian Ranches II Best Original Garden
Vinod GuptaEmirates Hills, Emirates Living Best Large Garden
Bodil ErixonMira, Reem Best Innovative Garden
Moutaz KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Functional Garden
Batool Fatima Tuz ZehraTerranova, Arabian Ranches IBest Artistic Garden
Sylvia & Uffe Jes HansenMeadows, Emirates Living Best Lawn
Tanaaz MuzzamilPolo HomesBest Modern Garden
Hisham KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Family Garden
Husam QutaifanRasha, Arabian Ranches II Best Olive Garden
Dita OsmanRosa, Arabian Ranches II Children’s Paradise
Sara AbdullaYasmin, Arabian Ranches I Best Juniors Garden
Rayan ZgheibSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Kareem TolbaSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Rahul SinghSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Ravi KochukunjuAlvorada, Arabian Ranches Promising Garden
Bodil Erixon bagged Best Innovative Garden

The Kokash family in their ‘Best Family Garden’
The Osmans at their ‘Children’s Paradise Garden’
Tazeen Zaidi at her favourite home space, also the best Medium Garden

Community Garden Challenge winners announced!

Emirates Hills resident bags best garden

The Community Garden Challenge 2020 was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 160 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities in Arabian Ranches I, II, Reem and Emirates Living flooding us with picturesque entries. Our judges were left spellbound by the varieties of flowering shrubs and trees that families in the community had passionately cultivated – in numerous instances, even children had pulled on their gardening gloves and played an active role in tending to the gardens! 

Dr Minal Patwardhane won the grand prize of AED 25,000 for her spellbinding garden. Featuring medicinal herbs, edible plants and flowers of all sizes and colours, Dr Minal’s herb, fruit and flower garden won points for being sustainable, creative, functional and for her personal commitment and involvement in creating her green space.

Fifteen titles and promising gardens were awarded prizes for their meticulous effort and passion.

Minal PatwardhanEmirates Hills, Emirates LivingBest Overall Garden
Alima TanveerMira, ReemBest Small Garden
Tazeen ZaidiRosa, Arabian Ranches IIBest Medium Garden
Malou RobertsonRosa, Arabian Ranches II Best Original Garden
Vinod GuptaEmirates Hills, Emirates Living Best Large Garden
Bodil ErixonMira, Reem Best Innovative Garden
Moutaz KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Functional Garden
Batool Fatima Tuz ZehraTerranova, Arabian Ranches IBest Artistic Garden
Sylvia & Uffe Jes HansenMeadows, Emirates Living Best Lawn
Tanaaz MuzzamilPolo HomesBest Modern Garden
Hisham KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Family Garden
Husam QutaifanRasha, Arabian Ranches II Best Olive Garden
Dita OsmanRosa, Arabian Ranches II Children’s Paradise
Sara AbdullaYasmin, Arabian Ranches I Best Juniors Garden
Rayan ZgheibSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Kareem TolbaSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Rahul SinghSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Ravi KochukunjuAlvorada, Arabian Ranches Promising Garden
Bodil Erixon bagged Best Innovative Garden

The Kokash family in their ‘Best Family Garden’
The Osmans at their ‘Children’s Paradise Garden’
Tazeen Zaidi at her favourite home space, also the best Medium Garden

Community Garden Challenge winners announced!

Emirates Hills resident bags best garden

The Community Garden Challenge 2020 was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 160 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities in Arabian Ranches I, II, Reem and Emirates Living flooding us with picturesque entries. Our judges were left spellbound by the varieties of flowering shrubs and trees that families in the community had passionately cultivated – in numerous instances, even children had pulled on their gardening gloves and played an active role in tending to the gardens! 

Dr Minal Patwardhane won the grand prize of AED 25,000 for her spellbinding garden. Featuring medicinal herbs, edible plants and flowers of all sizes and colours, Dr Minal’s herb, fruit and flower garden won points for being sustainable, creative, functional and for her personal commitment and involvement in creating her green space.

Fifteen titles and promising gardens were awarded prizes for their meticulous effort and passion.

Minal PatwardhanEmirates Hills, Emirates LivingBest Overall Garden
Alima TanveerMira, ReemBest Small Garden
Tazeen ZaidiRosa, Arabian Ranches IIBest Medium Garden
Malou RobertsonRosa, Arabian Ranches II Best Original Garden
Vinod GuptaEmirates Hills, Emirates Living Best Large Garden
Bodil ErixonMira, Reem Best Innovative Garden
Moutaz KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Functional Garden
Batool Fatima Tuz ZehraTerranova, Arabian Ranches IBest Artistic Garden
Sylvia & Uffe Jes HansenMeadows, Emirates Living Best Lawn
Tanaaz MuzzamilPolo HomesBest Modern Garden
Hisham KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Family Garden
Husam QutaifanRasha, Arabian Ranches II Best Olive Garden
Dita OsmanRosa, Arabian Ranches II Children’s Paradise
Sara AbdullaYasmin, Arabian Ranches I Best Juniors Garden
Rayan ZgheibSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Kareem TolbaSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Rahul SinghSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Ravi KochukunjuAlvorada, Arabian Ranches Promising Garden
Bodil Erixon bagged Best Innovative Garden

The Kokash family in their ‘Best Family Garden’
The Osmans at their ‘Children’s Paradise Garden’
Tazeen Zaidi at her favourite home space, also the best Medium Garden

Community Garden Challenge winners announced!

Emirates Hills resident bags best garden

The Community Garden Challenge 2020 was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 160 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities in Arabian Ranches I, II, Reem and Emirates Living flooding us with picturesque entries. Our judges were left spellbound by the varieties of flowering shrubs and trees that families in the community had passionately cultivated – in numerous instances, even children had pulled on their gardening gloves and played an active role in tending to the gardens! 

Dr Minal Patwardhane won the grand prize of AED 25,000 for her spellbinding garden. Featuring medicinal herbs, edible plants and flowers of all sizes and colours, Dr Minal’s herb, fruit and flower garden won points for being sustainable, creative, functional and for her personal commitment and involvement in creating her green space.

Fifteen titles and promising gardens were awarded prizes for their meticulous effort and passion.

Minal PatwardhanEmirates Hills, Emirates LivingBest Overall Garden
Alima TanveerMira, ReemBest Small Garden
Tazeen ZaidiRosa, Arabian Ranches IIBest Medium Garden
Malou RobertsonRosa, Arabian Ranches II Best Original Garden
Vinod GuptaEmirates Hills, Emirates Living Best Large Garden
Bodil ErixonMira, Reem Best Innovative Garden
Moutaz KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Functional Garden
Batool Fatima Tuz ZehraTerranova, Arabian Ranches IBest Artistic Garden
Sylvia & Uffe Jes HansenMeadows, Emirates Living Best Lawn
Tanaaz MuzzamilPolo HomesBest Modern Garden
Hisham KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Family Garden
Husam QutaifanRasha, Arabian Ranches II Best Olive Garden
Dita OsmanRosa, Arabian Ranches II Children’s Paradise
Sara AbdullaYasmin, Arabian Ranches I Best Juniors Garden
Rayan ZgheibSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Kareem TolbaSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Rahul SinghSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Ravi KochukunjuAlvorada, Arabian Ranches Promising Garden
Bodil Erixon bagged Best Innovative Garden

The Kokash family in their ‘Best Family Garden’
The Osmans at their ‘Children’s Paradise Garden’
Tazeen Zaidi at her favourite home space, also the best Medium Garden

Community Garden Challenge winners announced!

Emirates Hills resident bags best garden

The Community Garden Challenge 2020 was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 160 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities in Arabian Ranches I, II, Reem and Emirates Living flooding us with picturesque entries. Our judges were left spellbound by the varieties of flowering shrubs and trees that families in the community had passionately cultivated – in numerous instances, even children had pulled on their gardening gloves and played an active role in tending to the gardens! 

Dr Minal Patwardhane won the grand prize of AED 25,000 for her spellbinding garden. Featuring medicinal herbs, edible plants and flowers of all sizes and colours, Dr Minal’s herb, fruit and flower garden won points for being sustainable, creative, functional and for her personal commitment and involvement in creating her green space.

Fifteen titles and promising gardens were awarded prizes for their meticulous effort and passion.

Minal PatwardhanEmirates Hills, Emirates LivingBest Overall Garden
Alima TanveerMira, ReemBest Small Garden
Tazeen ZaidiRosa, Arabian Ranches IIBest Medium Garden
Malou RobertsonRosa, Arabian Ranches II Best Original Garden
Vinod GuptaEmirates Hills, Emirates Living Best Large Garden
Bodil ErixonMira, Reem Best Innovative Garden
Moutaz KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Functional Garden
Batool Fatima Tuz ZehraTerranova, Arabian Ranches IBest Artistic Garden
Sylvia & Uffe Jes HansenMeadows, Emirates Living Best Lawn
Tanaaz MuzzamilPolo HomesBest Modern Garden
Hisham KokashCasa, Arabian Ranches II Best Family Garden
Husam QutaifanRasha, Arabian Ranches II Best Olive Garden
Dita OsmanRosa, Arabian Ranches II Children’s Paradise
Sara AbdullaYasmin, Arabian Ranches I Best Juniors Garden
Rayan ZgheibSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Kareem TolbaSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Rahul SinghSprings, Emirates Living Promising Garden
Ravi KochukunjuAlvorada, Arabian Ranches Promising Garden
Bodil Erixon bagged Best Innovative Garden

The Kokash family in their ‘Best Family Garden’
The Osmans at their ‘Children’s Paradise Garden’
Tazeen Zaidi at her favourite home space, also the best Medium Garden

20 September 2019

The annual Dubai Marina Squash Tournament took place at Marina Promenade’s squash arena on 20 September 2019, as 17 competitors from all over Dubai Marina arrived to claim the trophy. Friends and family cheered on the players as the courts were riddled with the exuberant shouts and slams of rubber meeting wood.

After an intense series of opening rounds, Dean and Rafi battled their way through to the finals, setting the stage for a memorable clash. Overcoming an early setback in the first game, Dean came back in blistering fashion to win the next two games 11/0 and 11/5 to mark his victory and lift the trophy.

With the tournament concluded, players left their rivalries on the court and congratulated one another on their performances, before enjoying refreshments that included an array of sweets, rotis and chicken dishes.

Catch all the highlights from the tournament in our image gallery by clicking here!

The spirit of Ramadan unites Emaar communities

09 June 2019

It’s because of them that our landscaping is perennially green, the streets are forever clean and the community is always safe. And what better time to appreciate their efforts than the season of giving? The Holy Month of Ramadan brought individuals from all echelons of the community closer, dissolving barriers as residents and their families embraced the occasion by showing their gratitude to the community’s service providers.

The ‘Serve our Service Providers’ events in Emirates Living and Arabian Ranches saw families and even children from the community’s schools volunteer in droves. Residents packed bags filled with bread, fruits, juices, laban, and even homemade snacks, that were handed out to the community’s workers.

The smiling volunteers even stepped behind food counters to serve meals for the people who help keep the neighbourhood bright and beautiful – a gesture that touched the hearts of many.

Across all Emaar communities, mosques served free daily Iftar meals. Gardeners, cleaners, MEP and security staff sat down with residents and their families to break their fast and share a meal together. Beit Al Khair boxes located outside community mosques were filled with clothes, while staff from Emaar Community Management offices donated boxes of food for the less fortunate. The streets glowed with decorative lighting, celebrating the sense of brotherhood and generosity of spirit that permeated all corners of the community.

Rahim Sajan from Polo Homes wins the Community Garden Challenge!

Winning the grand prize of AED 20,000, Sajan scored for landscaping, design, edible patch and passion to involve the family in building the green space.

22 March 2019

The Community Garden Challenge was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 150 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities flooding us with picturesque entries.

Taking the top honour of the Grand AED 20,000 Prize was Rahim Sajan from Polo Homes in Arabian Ranches for his magnificent garden which scored points for the landscaping, design, creativity, edible patch and most importantly – his devotion and passion to involve the family in creating and building the green space.

From native palm trees, creepers to a vegetable patch, this winning garden spanned the entrance, alleys, backyard, swimming pool and the walls of the home.

The winner on his victorious garden ‘We have built an oasis that we hope to develop into a mature and sustainable garden space to enjoy for years to come. Soil is moved to provide nutrition supply to the remaining planting areas, designed to maximise colour and beauty and to preserve water and use natural forms of plant rotation’, said Rahim.

Winners from other categories

  • Bodil Erixon (Mira, Reem) won Best Creative Garden.
  • Kai Yang (Mira 4, Reem) won Best Edible Garden.
  • Tazeen Zaidi (Rosa, Arabian Ranches II) won Best Landscaped Garden.
  • Rasha Yacoub (The Springs, Emirates Living) won Best Small Garden.

Winning the grand prize of AED 20,000, Sajan scored for landscaping, design, edible patch and passion to involve the family in building the green space.

22 March 2019

The Community Garden Challenge was a neighbourhood sensation, with over 150 green-thumbed residents from our villa communities flooding us with picturesque entries.

Taking the top honour of the Grand AED 20,000 Prize was Rahim Sajan from Polo Homes in Arabian Ranches for his magnificent garden which scored points for the landscaping, design, creativity, edible patch and most importantly – his devotion and passion to involve the family in creating and building the green space.

From native palm trees, creepers to a vegetable patch, this winning garden spanned the entrance, alleys, backyard, swimming pool and the walls of the home.

The winner on his victorious garden

‘We have built an oasis that we hope to develop into a mature and sustainable garden space to enjoy for years to come. Soil is moved to provide nutrition supply to the remaining planting areas, designed to maximise colour and beauty and to preserve water and use natural forms of plant rotation’, said Rahim.

Winners from other categories

  • 1. Bodil Erixon (Mira, Reem) won Best Creative Garden.
  • 2. Kai Yang (Mira 4, Reem) won Best Edible Garden.
  • 3. Tazeen Zaidi (Rosa, Arabian Ranches II) won Best Landscaped Garden.
  • 4. Rasha Yacoub (The Springs, Emirates Living) won Best Small Garden.
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