SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean garden in Britain is gaining attention and receiving praise from King Charles III at one of the world’s most prestigious horticultural events. Korean garden designer Hwang Ji-hae on Monday (local time) unveiled a garden, “A Letter from a Million Years Past,” at the Chelsea Flower Show [...]
YEONGDONG, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new experience facility for the harvest of bananas and pineapples will be established in Yeongdong, North Chungcheong Province. The Yeongdong county office said Thursday that it will transform the World Fruit Garden into an experience facility by the end of this year. The World Fruit Garden lost its [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) said Wednesday it had selected the winner of the MMCA Gwacheon Project 2022: Rooftop Garden. The project was launched by the museum last year to collaborate with artists to turn various spaces around the MMCA’s Gwacheon branch into experiential chambers [...]
JEONJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Traditional gardens will be constructed in Jeonju Hanok Village, located in North Jeolla Province. The city of Jeonju plans to turn a 1,396-square-meter parking lot into a traditional garden by the end of this month. The garden is expected to feature an outdoor stage for various performances and a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rural Development Administration (RDA) said Tuesday it plans to expand its “Green School Project” to 20 schools next year, an initiative that has students decorating and cultivating their own garden in their classroom. The goal of the project is to help students cooperate with experts by creating vertical [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time in South Korea, Seoul will run a garden for the disabled. Nowon District in Seoul said Tuesday it will run a barrier-free facility that will allow even those in wheelchairs to garden. The 120-square-meter garden is designed to allow knees into planting boxes for those [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s municipal government on Wednesday opened a vegetable garden at the residence of the United States ambassador to grow the two countries’ native crops as a symbol of friendship. The vegetable garden covers about 330 square meters at the residence compound of U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most South Koreans think that apartment complexes need vegetable gardens. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) released the results of a survey on Monday conducted from April to July last year. According to the survey of 586 adults aged 19 or older, 95.6 percent, [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking ceremony for the National Central Arboretum in Sejong, South Korea’s de facto administrative capital, was held on Wednesday. The 649,000-square-meter garden will comprise of three major sections: a community and participation zone, for various culture, art, and recreational activities; an exhibition zone, for the display and observation [...]
SUNCHEON, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environmental Art Festival (SEEAF) is set to take off on November 18, highlighting the iconic Suncheon Bay National Garden through artistic means. The 1.1 million-square-foot garden was formed in 2013 to stop urban development from damaging a natural landmark, Suncheon Bay. With a total of [...]