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Visitors arrive at the 2026 Taean International Horticultural-Healing Expo, reflecting strong public interest and the event’s role in connecting horticulture with wider audiences.
At the 2026 Taean International Horticultural-Healing Expo, horticulture is not merely on display. It is being experienced, tested and extended beyond the exhibition site.
Themed installations showcase how horticulture is used to engage visitors and communicate wider environmental and wellbeing messages.
The Expo opened at Kkotji Beach Park in Taean-gun, Republic of Korea, on 25 April, attracting nearly 90,000 visitors over its opening weekend. As an AIPH-approved International Horticultural Show, it also sits within a broader framework of exhibitions that connect public engagement with industry development.
One of the clearest signals of the Expo’s direction is evident in the Healing Agriculture Pavilion, which places the therapeutic benefits of horticulture at the centre of the visitor experience.
Its sensory healing spaces are designed around sight, sound, smell, and touch, using region-specific plants and agricultural resources to demonstrate how horticulture can support physical and mental well-being.
International Jury judging in the cut flower category brings together international expertise to assess quality, innovation and presentation.
A particularly interesting feature is the Expo-to-Farm Connection Programme. Through “Healing Farm Vouchers”, visitors are encouraged to continue their experience at 15 designated healing farms across local cities and counties. For growers and rural businesses, this points to a model in which horticultural events can extend visitor engagement beyond the showground, linking directly to production sites, rural businesses, and regional tourism.
Taean is also using the Expo to make agricultural innovation visible to the public. The Chungnam Smart Agriculture Pavilion spans 540 square metres and showcases technologies typically discussed in production or investment settings, which here become part of the visitor story.
Crop-focused displays highlight innovation in cultivation systems, linking horticultural production with public engagement.
Highlights include automated greenhouse robots developed by ioCrops, an up-down strawberry hanging bed system by Green Plus, an aeroponic leafy vegetable system by Buyeotteul, and indoor modular plant cultivators by Permit. Together, these exhibits show how smart farming can be presented not only as a production tool, but as part of the public understanding of future horticulture.
The direction now visible on site reflects earlier planning by the organisers, who positioned the Expo as a model integrating horticultural therapy, smart agriculture and regional tourism into a single platform for visitors and industry.
Large-scale planting across the site reflects the standards and diversity expected of an AIPH-approved horticultural exhibition.
That combination is what makes Taean relevant beyond South Korea. It shows how horticultural events can move from passive viewing to participation, education, and longer-term engagement with plants, growers, and local landscapes.
International winners are recognised during the 2026 Taean International Horticultural Competition, highlighting global excellence in breeding, production and design.
The International Horticultural Competition, judged by an international jury including AIPH representatives, concluded on the opening day, recognising leading breeders, growers and designers across key categories.
Prize winners included Pan American Seed (USA) for potted flowers, Syngenta Seeds BV (Netherlands) for new cultivars, and the Design Institute of Landscape & Architecture, China Academy of Art (China) for gardens.
The international symposium programme brings together industry and research to explore horticulture’s role in production, design and wellbeing.
Alongside the competition, the Expo hosted an International Symposium that served as a knowledge hub, bringing together speakers from industry and research to explore horticultural production, design, and plant-based wellbeing.
For the industry, Taean suggests that the future of flower and plant events may lie not only in what visitors see but in what they do next: visiting farms, engaging with technology, learning about plant-based well-being, and connecting horticulture with daily life. This direction aligns with AIPH’s wider focus on exhibitions that demonstrate the practical value of plants, not only as products, but as contributors to health, sustainability and economic development.
Visitor engagement at the Expo extends beyond displays, with interactive elements helping communicate the value of plants to wider audiences.
AIPH’s on-site presence, including an exhibition space developed with partners such as Living Hospitality Global and Mosslab, formed part of this wider mix of industry engagement and visitor experience.
The 2026 Taean International Horticultural-Healing Expo runs until 24 May 2026.
