Incheon City Creates Indoor Garden 'Smart Garden' at 11 Locations Including Namdong Industrial Complex and Incheon Culture Center

The 'Smart Garden' pilot installation by the Korea National Arboretum
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City is installing smart gardens in industrial complexes and public facilities to improve working conditions and create resting spaces for users.

The city announced on the 28th that it will invest 330 million KRW from national and city funds to install smart gardens in 9 locations including rest areas and idle factory spaces within Namdong National Industrial Complex and Seoun·Ganghwa General Industrial Complex, as well as 2 locations at the Incheon Culture & Arts Center.

With an investment of 30 million KRW per location, the smart gardens are planned to be completed by September.

The smart garden project, supported by the Korea Forest Service's national funding, aims to provide comfortable resting areas by utilizing idle spaces in industrial complexes and public facilities. It is a new type of garden designed to maximize rest, healing, and ornamental effects.

Depending on the installation site conditions, the gardens are created in cube-shaped boxes or wall-mounted types using rest area walls. They include indoor plants with excellent air purification capabilities, automatic watering systems, growth lighting, and other smart systems.

After installing the smart gardens, the city plans to monitor and conduct user satisfaction surveys to assess the project's effectiveness and decide on potential expansion.

An Incheon city official stated, "By creating smart gardens, we will expand indoor space infrastructure where people can enjoy gardens all year round, improving living environments such as reducing fine dust," and added, "We aim to make these healing spaces where industrial complex workers and public facility users can heal their mind and body and rest comfortably."

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