Bülent Cignez is a landscape architect from Turkey and the project manager for Urban Planning and Public Realm for Expo 2020, meaning he’s responsible for all the plants, trees and shrubs that visitors see as they walk through the grounds. That’s around 14,000 trees (including 2,500 date palms) and 3.5 million shrubs and ground cover. Bülent scoured the UAE for local varieties, all grown without any chemicals, using organic compost straight from the Expo nursery, and