The aim of the project is to modernize the research infrastructure of the Suonenjoki experimental station of the Natural Resources Institute Finland to make it more suitable for developing and testing alternative growth media to peat. The project supports the Novel Growing Media development project, for which funding is applied concurrently. The Luke Suonenjoki experimental station conducts year-round research related to many horticultural and grassland species in addition to seedlings of domestic and foreign tree species. The procurement includes the acquisition of led lighting and blackout curtains to the year-round greenhouse. The most promising growing media tested as an alternative to peat are mixtures of different raw materials. To ensure homogeneity of the growth media, a mixing apparatus, whose operational characteristics can be regulated according to the requirements of each growth medium is needed. Luke is aiming at increasing the significance of research on berry production in Suonenjoki, due to its central location in relation to the berry sector. Luke Suonenjoki applies a procurement of modern set of growth tunnels, which allows high quality research, and includes a sufficient number of repetitions for different treatments. The tunnel complex consists of growth tunnels suitable for strawberry and raspberry, with the possibility of heating, use of several irrigation and fertilizing recipes, collection of irrigation water, and analysis its amount and quality, and finally removing of harmful microbes from it. The tunnels will be equipped with modern greenhouse technology, including wireless monitoring system of environmental conditions, and a remotely controlled fertilization and irrigation system.