Green Thumbs Up for Lockdown Projects at Amilla Maldives
Tuesday 11th of August 2020
Green Thumbs Up for Lockdown Projects at Amilla Maldives
Located from just 30 minutes of flying time from Male’, your perfect tropical island Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences awaits, as one of Maldives luxury resorts, to give travelers the best getaway. Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences have been on a temporary break due to travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. But while tourists have been locked down at home, a bounty of juicy fresh fruit and veggies has grown rapidly on the island, to welcome guests with a relishing bite of pure Mother Nature.
The Amilla Islanders decided to turn these hectic moments into an opportunity for something new by putting their green thumbs to the test. They aim to ramp up the amount of super-fresh ingredients the resort can offer to its guests. This was also implemented to help make Amilla Maldives even more eco-friendly by expanding the amount of greens grown on the island rather than imported from overseas, thereby reducing its carbon footprint.
Amilla is a naturally lush and spacious island which makes it perfect for growing numerous fruits and vegetables. Uniquely in this secluded coral archipelago, Amilla is blessed with nutrient-rich soil. The Islanders have improved the quality of the earth even more by composting food waste which would help fertilize the fruits and vegetables.
Various dominion territories around the resort have been cultivated thanks to the Islanders’ hard work, which ranged from planting fruit trees to experimenting with hydroponics and aquaponic, making the island more sustainable than ever. The beautiful Mystique Garden, a spot where guests can enjoy private meals, is now bursting with many organic superfoods.
From Pentagon, the newly constructed mushroom hut to Sweet Spot, the newly-constructed sweet potato garden, at a stone’s throw away, an aquaponics system is up and running with tilapia fish happily swimming in their new pond and eating up mosquito larvae. Hence, very soon, Amilla’s restaurant will be exploring a whole new culinary journey with many of its ingredients freshly plucked from its gardens.