I got a valuable chance to attend the training in Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden. When I arrived at the Shanghai airport for the first visit to China on 25 August 2018, I felt happy and energetic. I was very impressed by the hospitality of Mrs. Shubo, as she was receiving me late at night. The training started with introduction by Dr. HU Yonghong. I benefited a lot in my professional and academic life from this training and visits to Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Botanical Garden, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zuibaical Park, Fangta Park and Tianmu Mountain.

I saw scenes that I could not imagine seeing in my life from the beauty of design to beauty of maintenance.

The visit to aquatic gardens ａｄｄed all these experience and information in my books that I teach to my student at university (Alazhar Univi, Cairo, Egypt) one of the oldest universities in world.

With a large and useful amount of theoretical lectures that have increased my experience and concepts in the fields of ornamental plants, botanical gardens and landscape, I got to know wonderful people from different countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan. Although I was the only Arab and African, I felt familiarity with them. And we had very professional coordinators Shubo and Amanda, who are very hardworking and cooperative.

I hope to return to this place, as a researcher and a trainer for Arabic speakers, so that I can provide everything I have learned.