HIRIYA, Israel — It is rare in Israel for leaders to have a site named for them while they are still alive. It is more bizarre for the object of dedication to be a colossal garbage dump, for decades the country’s most conspicuous — and smelliest — eyesore.

But on Oct. 28, in the hazy light of afternoon, Israel’s president, prime minister, senior politicians, mayors and business leaders plan to gather on this flat-topped brown mound, known as Hiriya, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, just by Ben-Gurion International Airport, and name it the Ariel Sharon Park.

This is an unusual yet fitting honor for Mr. Sharon, the iconoclastic soldier and statesman, farmer and former prime minister who suffered a crippling stroke in January 2006. Mr. Sharon, known familiarly as the Bulldozer, still lies in a coma in a hospital just visible from the top of the dump.

Ensuring that Hiriya and the flat flood lands around it would be reclaimed as open green space for the residents of southern Tel Aviv, rather than falling into the hands of eager real estate developers, was one of the last and lesser known battles fought by Mr. Sharon. “It was very important to him that they wouldn’t build there,” said Omri Sharon, his older son. “It was very close to his heart.”