People's Park is an urban public park in central

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History

The People's Park was created through the conversion of the old PTA Grounds or the Palaruang Panlunsod (), a sporting and events venue of the city, into a park. The conversion of the grounds into the "PTA Park" which costed was commenced in July 2006. The park had a soft opening in August 2007 during the Kadayawan festival. It was inaugurated on December 15, 2007 and was named "People's Park" which was chosen among the 918 entries of the "Name the Park" contest organized by the city government. The winning name was by Romeo Sardon, a retired engineer and seaman. In December 2007, the project was 90 percent complete, with the other 10 percent to be implemented by early 2008.

Flora

Upon its inauguration in December 2007, the park hosts 1,101 species of plants and trees, both indigenous and non-indigenous planted along the park's five avenues. Non-indigenous flora came from other parts of Southeast Asia, Australia, Central and

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, and mainland

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. The Durian Dome hosts a Bambusetum, where different species of bamboo are kept, and the Shady Plaza hosts African tulips. of the park's ground is allotted to plants.

Features

The park covers an area of . One of the main features of the park is a visitors’ center, the Durian Dome, which has a design inspired from the durian fruit. The Open Plaza hosts a rainbow walk through drive where some potted palms are displayed. The park hosts sculptures done by Mindanao artist Kublai Millan which depicts

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. A dancing fountain is also present within the park's ground. It has been described as "one of the cleanest and greenest public parks" in the Philippines. The athletic oval of the old PTA Grounds was converted into a bricked walkway dubbed as "The Promenade". At the center of the walkway is a dancing fountain which is said to be the first in Mindanao and a footbridge.

References

{{Davao City Parks in the Philippines Urban public parks Tourist attractions in Davao City 2007 establishments in the Philippines