The proposed tree planting will Tall, evergreen ornamental hedges
enhance wildlife, cooling the air, along the two boundaries provide
providing shade for the space and an enclosure within the space as a
reducing the UHI effect. green structure, and also function
as a wind barrier during the winter
The proposed planting scheme
season in Taichung.
contains mostly native local plants
such as the traditional Taiwan tea CONCLUSION
(Camelia sinensis) and rice (Oryza The design elements of the project
sativa) plants, to enhance habitat have evolved with the aim of
and encourage biodiversity. promoting industrial sustainability
and the healthy future of the
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The proposed tea planting on the planet.
small hills references traditional These aspects contribute to the
Taiwanese tea planting on the ambition for the AIPH Community
slopes of mountains and hills, and Garden to be a beautiful and
will provide a striking evergreen functional installation that will
feature. The rice plants will transform urban areas for the
be planted in the eco-pond to benefit of their inhabitants and the
represent traditional rice fields in environment, reflecting a new era
a natural setting. of sustainability.