HOME > Life & Economy > Floriculture QuarterFarmhouses are common in the area of Cheonggye-dong, Poil-dong, Hagui-dong in Uiwang City where diverse plants and flowers such as foliage plants, pot flowers, and wild flowers and so on are produced. An exhibition is held every May and October around Baegun Lake to promote public relations for the superiority of the Uiwang floricultural industry and to sell various flowers and trees at a low price.
In addition, the graceful scenery of Cheonggye mountain, Baegun mountain and Beagun Lake whichmatches well with the beaty of the flowers putting this place in the limelight as a tourist attraction in the Metropolitan area. It is a suitable one-day outing that serves a double purpose by also allowing one to enjoy delicious food in the charming restaurants and cafes in and around Baegun Lake, and by purchasing and experiencing the beauty of the flowers and the natural scenery.
Cheonggye Dwarfed potted plant Quarter, where about 30 farmhouses are located and which produce dwarfed potted plants. Organized as the Cheonggye Agriculture Union Corporation , they produce various Korean peculiar species of trees such as the pine and the nut pine, fruit trees and other scrubs, and export their products to Japan, the Netherlands, Beligum and Switzerland every year. Its traffic network that radiates in all directions enables merchants nationwide to visit the place easily, and 5- 250-year-old trees can be purchased in this place at 20-30% lower prices than stores in city areas.
Chopyeong-dong Mum Floricultural Quarter, located to the west of Uiwang Staion, consists of 20 farmhouses, which produce mums every year in an area of 10 ha. They are cultivated in green houses from sizess ranging from from small pot flowers to cutting flowers, and produced three times a year as a trial cultivation, gaining its reputation for its superior quality as a name of Puma, Delmonte, and Hongsimi in Gangman Bus Terminal flower stores
About 50 farmhouses produce flowers for the Flower arranging market, which are scattered about in E-ding, Chopyeong-dong, producing tree materials fsuch as Bridal wreath, Cupressaceae, Flowering quince, Salix Koreensis, Aspidistra and so on as well as foliage material. Its shipping rate to flower shops in Yangjae-dong and Gangnam Bus Terminal is very high, and the Mostera produced by the farmhouses of Monstera Culturing Group in Poil-dong, Ojeon-dong, Hagui-dong, Wanggok-dong account for 80% of national circulation as a single item.
