"120-Plus Plant Species on Display" LG Uplus Creates 'Biodiversity Garden' at Hwadam Botanic Garden

[Financial News] LG Uplus, in partnership with the LG Evergreen Foundation, has created the Biodiversity Garden (working title) at Hwadam Botanic Garden in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The space allows visitors to experience firsthand the diversity of native and endemic plants in Korea. Internet of Things (IoT) technology was applied to make use of Hwadam Botanic Garden's existing terrain and background forest while monitoring soil and facility conditions.
According to industry sources on the 27th, the Biodiversity Garden features approximately 120-plus plant species, including 34 unique to Korea, with around 10,000 plants planted to highlight the importance of biodiversity conservation and nature experiences. The approximately 1,600-square-meter garden, including decks and background plantings, features native and endemic Korean plants such as laciniate-flower campion, Heuksando hosta, Geumgang bluebell, Ulleungdo thyme, Seomkkoripul, Ulleung dendranthema, and Korean goatsbeard. Hwadam Botanic Garden plans to continuously expand the variety and scale of its plantings depending on the availability of native plants.
Rather than creating a separate exhibition space, the garden uses Hwadam Botanic Garden's existing terrain and background forest so that native and endemic plants can be viewed together with their surrounding environment. It goes beyond displaying selected symbolic plants, allowing ordinary visitors to observe more than 120 Korean plant species along the garden's existing tour route.
Opened in 2013, Hwadam Botanic Garden is a nature and ecology park operated by the LG Evergreen Foundation. LG Uplus supports the garden's ecological conservation activities and is working with the foundation on social contribution initiatives that allow customers and citizens to experience the value of biodiversity. The Biodiversity Garden was also created with LG Uplus's support for the LG Evergreen Foundation.
LG Uplus considers biodiversity one of its key environmental management priorities, taking into account the energy consumption and climate change impacts associated with operating telecommunications infrastructure. As climate change affects ecosystems and the growing conditions of plants, the company plans to continue participating in biodiversity conservation activities alongside efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
The Biodiversity Garden uses the "underground soil composition monitoring" sensor, a wireless solution from LG Uplus's enterprise division, along with the "facility collapse detection" IoT sensor. The sensors monitor soil moisture and acidity, as well as vibrations and tilting in facilities. LG Uplus and the LG Evergreen Foundation plan to continuously monitor soil and facility conditions and accumulate data needed to maintain the garden.
Before the official opening, LG Uplus invited around 40 people, including visually impaired individuals and their families, to assess the garden's accessibility. On October 19, the company will hold a customer appreciation event for 5,000 long-term customers and introduce the Biodiversity Garden.
LG Uplus and the LG Evergreen Foundation plan to continue supporting and cooperating on Hwadam Botanic Garden's ecological conservation activities so that the Biodiversity Garden can become a space that informs citizens about the diversity of Korean plants and the value of biodiversity.
Park Kyung-jung, executive director in charge of external relations at LG Uplus, said, "Biodiversity conservation is an important environmental challenge that companies must continue to pay attention to. LG Uplus will support citizens in experiencing the value of nature through its support for and cooperation with Hwadam Botanic Garden's ecological conservation activities, and we will continue environmental initiatives that bring nature and people together."

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