Background of Research
Landscape trees are an important source of income in that their production value accounts for 21.2% of the total production value of forest products (3 trillion 199.7 billion won). However, forest farms specializing in landscape trees are uncommon, and most forest farms producing them are small. Moreover, due to the unclear and complex marketing system, the forest farms’ markets are uncertain, and buyers purchase necessary landscape trees visiting production areas, or wholesalers in the areas distribute trees.
Therefore, to improve Korea’s poor landscape tree production, overall productivity in distribution, and marketing efficiency, it is needed to benchmark and introduce advanced landscape tree production technology and marketing systems. For this, it is necessary to analyze the production and marketing systems of countries advanced in landscaping including Japan, France, the US, and Europe, and establish advanced landscape tree distribution centers optimized for the domestic landscaping industry.

Method of Research
We analyzed the literature on the present condition of domestic landscape tree production, marketing, and consumption, and the current situation of landscape tree marketing and consumption in foreign countries advanced in the landscaping industry. Through the literature review and visiting research, we drew the implications by production and marketing channel of advanced countries’ landscaping industry, and drew up measures optimized for Korea’s landscape tree industry. Through space analysis of resources, specialization coefficients, and rank and size, we selected the best places to build domestic landscape tree distribution centers; classified the places by area; drew up measures to select each area’s distribution center’s basic direction, size, facilities, and operating body; and presented the ways to construct the centers’ facilities and system.

Research Results and Implications
According to landscape tree production by region, the capital area, Suncheon, Jeongeup and Gochang were selected as the best places for landscape tree distribution centers through space analysis of resources, specialization coefficients, and rank and size. We calculated the total size of facilities by estimating the size of landscape trees that each selected region handles, and planned facilities in the distribution centers by benchmarking the percentage of facilities in the landscape tree distribution centers abroad. Last, considering each region’s present situation of distributing landscape trees, we compared the features of distribution centers’ operating bodies.
We drew Korea’s problems and opportunities by comparing and analyzing systems that produce trees in containers at home and abroad, and suggested measures to improve the tree production system using containers. We also developed container production technology and forms of cultivation by tree size for species of trees in the central and subtropical regions.


Researchers: Seok Hyun-deok, Chang Cheol-su, Ahn Sun-jin, Bak Ji-eun
Research period: 2013. 4. ~ 2014. 4.
E-mail address: hdseok@krei.re.kr