From garden to urban farm

Eggplants growing at the farm set up at the Japanese Garden in Island Glades, Penang. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

THE Japanese Garden in Island Glades will be the first public garden to have a hydroponic and aquaponic urban farming on Penang island.

The pilot project consists of hydroponic farming of salads and aquaponic which is a system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics.