Expo 2020 Dubai: solar-powered rainfall and edible plants to be on show at dazzling Dutch pavilion

Expo 2020 Dubai: solar-powered rainfall and edible plants to be on show at dazzling Dutch pavilion

Nature will spring into life and the power of the sun will make it rain inside a dazzling Dutch pavilion housing a vertical farm at Expo 2020 Dubai.

A giant cone blanketed with edible plants that shelters mushrooms growing within will be ready by June as the eagerly-awaited world's fair continues to take shape.

The ingenious structure will house a solar-powered rain shower that captures moisture from the atmosphere and will harvest hundreds of litres of water daily to irrigate the greenery.

“Ninety per cent of the main construction has been completed