UNIST and Gyeongnam Bank Collaborate to Create Sustainable Vegetable Gardens Together

On the 24th at 2 p.m., UNIST and Gyeongnam Bank held a donation agreement ceremony on the 6th floor of the UNIST main building to jointly create a ‘Sustainable Kitchen Garden’ on the UNIST campus.

UNIST is promoting the creation of a sensory-satisfying (五感滿足) ecological food garden that provides diverse vegetation, beautiful scenery, and healthy food, aiming to open in the first half of this year to realize a ‘carbon-neutral campus.’

The garden will be established on the lawn plaza around Gamakmot at UNIST, implementing the principles of sustainable agriculture such as low labor, pesticide-free, and fertilizer-free. Additionally, it will focus on native and wild plants to provide healthy food and beautiful scenery.

The garden will feature a whale-shaped four-season food garden inspired by the Bangudae Petroglyphs, where various plants such as trees, vegetables, herbs, and flowers can be seen, along with a small ecological pond and a vine bench, creating diverse spaces.

Choi Hong-young, President of BNK Gyeongnam Bank (left), and Lee Yong-hoon, President of UNIST, are conducting a donation agreement ceremony.

UNIST plans to utilize this space as an educational site for sustainable agriculture and carbon neutrality, where school members and Ulsan citizens can participate together, as well as a healing and therapeutic space for plant care. The space will also be provided as a ‘Sharing Kitchen Garden’ for residents on campus.

Choi Hong-young, President of BNK Gyeongnam Bank, said, “Once the ‘Sustainable Kitchen Garden’ is completed, it will become a creative resting space along with the UNIST complex cultural space,” and added, “We will continue to watch and support UNIST’s new challenges.”

Lee Yong-hoon, President of UNIST, stated, “UNIST is striving to create a space that members and Ulsan citizens can enjoy together,” and said, “Along with the opening of the complex cultural space last August, I hope the ‘Sustainable Kitchen Garden’ will become a landmark that Ulsan citizens can visit anytime.”

This project is being carried out with a donation from Gyeongnam Bank, and the ‘Sustainable Kitchen Garden’ is scheduled to be unveiled to students and Ulsan citizens in June.

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