Landscaping work advances as ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre completed
This article was published by the Bahá’í World News Service on 11 November 2025
A new milestone has been reached with the completion of the ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre as landscaping surrounding the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá continues to advance.
BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTRE — With the completion of the ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre, a new milestone has been reached in the development of the project to construct the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
When the Shrine has been completed, visitors arriving to express their love and devotion will find in this Centre a place to prepare spiritually for their visit to the final resting place of the exemplar of the Bahá’í Faith’s spirit and teachings.
Beyond the Visitors’ Centre, work continues to advance on the landscaping surrounding the central edifice of the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Grass has now been added to nearly all of the east and west berms, with many trees having already been planted on both sides.
The landscaping surrounding the Shrine and Visitors’ Centre has been designed to unfold gradually, inviting a sense of discovery and quiet contemplation.
The images that follow offer glimpses of recent developments, capturing both the completed spaces of the ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre and the advancing work on the landscape that will embrace the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Grass has been planted on nearly all of the east and west berms.
The paths leading towards the ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre have been carefully considered in the site’s design. Upon entering the site, visitors will initially take a path, seen in the image extending from the bottom left, toward the centre courtyard where they will catch their first glimpse of the Shrine across the landscaped berm to the west.
The courtyard is adorned with annual and seasonal flowers adjacent to the Visitors’ Centre with a few signature trees alongside larger ones that have been placed throughout that location.
As visitors proceed towards the building’s entrance, they will walk down a pathway where trees planted on both sides will—as they mature—create a vista.
Beyond the ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre the crane can be seen as work continues on the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Seasonal flowers and annual plants adorn the garden beds surrounding the Visitors’ Centre.
The full article and many additional photographs can be found on the Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS) website: Landscaping work advances as ‘Akká Visitors’ Centre completed | BWNS
Feature photo: Aerial view of the site of the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá from the south-west.
