That concept inspired the expo's design, according to Li Yueqi, head of the Zhejiang provincial housing and urban-rural development department, who described it as branching out across all of the 12 counties and districts in Wenzhou.

The Wenzhou Garden Expo Park, the main venue, is connected to the nearby Wenzhou South Railway Station by a landscaped skybridge, allowing visitors to enter the park within 10 minutes of getting off the train. At the heart of the park lies Ouyue Garden, an island landscape inspired by a panoramic scroll depicting Wenzhou life attributed to Wang Zhenpeng, a Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) court painter.