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Seoul's largest-ever international garden show blends nature, tradition and K-culture

From K-culture to characters like Pokémon, Seoul is set to feature a sea of green, blending trends with nature at the Seoul International Garden Show. The event signals the city’s push to be a lush garden city where nature and urban life coexist.

2026.4.30

″The Butterfly Effect Garden,″ designed by Nicha Chongkriengkrai and Sorat Sitthidumrong from Thailand, is showcased at the Seoul International Garden Show held in Ttukseom Hangang Park in eastern Seoul. The show, which kicked off on Thursday, will be held through Oct. 8. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul International Garden Show kicks off at Ttukseom Hangang Park

Ttukseom Hangang Park in eastern Seoul transformed into a collection of gardens as the Seoul International Garden Show 2024 kicked off on Thursday.

2024.5.16

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A flower garden in Magok-dong, Gangseo District, western Seoul, in a rendered image provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday. The city government said on the same day that the capital will host 1,007 gardens by 2026 to create more green spaces for the residents. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to transform with over 1,000 gardens by 2026

Seoul’s concrete jungle aims to transform into a stress-busting garden city over the next three years.

2024.3.7

Poster for the garden competition of the Seoul International Garden Show 2024 [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

City to host design competition for Seoul International Garden Show

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday that it will hold a design competition for gardens to be featured at next year’s Seoul International Garden Show.

2023.11.16

Visitors look around a garden exhibition called Seoul Garden Show held in Haneul Park in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Sunday. The event will showcase 40 different botanical works through Nov. 15. [YONHAP]

Seoul's month-long garden show inspires through design

During its annual garden show, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will showcase dozens of botanical works to offer more green spaces and views to Seoulites.

2023.10.10

Deosai National Park in Pakistan [SHUTTERSTOCK]

[Walk in the Park] Pakistani envoy touts country's beauty from K2 to rolling Deosai plains

Home to five of the world’s 14 highest mountains, Pakistan boasts some of the most pristine mountaineering locations that leave its many travelers with unforgettable memories. Hikers who visited the trails on the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush and...

2023.4.23

The Chatsworth House, Derbyshire Dales, England [CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST]

[Walk in the park] The grass is greener on both sides according to British ambassador

If gardens could speak, the one at the British diplomatic residence would have a lot of stories to tell. “This is a very old garden, given that we bought this site soon after we established ties with Korea in 1883,” said Colin Crooks, British...

2023.3.1

The Belgrade Fortress in Serbia. [ARCHIVE BELGRADE FORTRESS/DUSAN STOJANCEVIC]

[Walk in the park] Serbian parks contain dramatic history

The sites of historic battles, popular spa vacations and the winding paths once taken by Romantic poets are accessible just a few steps into the parks of Serbia. “There is no better place to comprehend, at least at the first glance, the history...

2023.2.6

Tulip gardens in Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands, in May 2022. [KEUKENHOF]

[Walk in the park] Netherlands, Korea share their love for, and with, tulips

The bulbs of Dutch tulips begin traveling beyond the borders by fall so that come spring, they can show up in full bloom across festivals around the world, even at the pope’s Easter Sunday Mass in Rome...

2022.9.4

Schloss Hof's Baroque garden in Marchfeld, Lower Austria. [SCHLOSS SCHONBRUNN KULTUR-UND BETRIEBSGES.M.B.H/SEVERIN WURNIG]

[Walk in the park] Austrian gardens house troves of royal and monastic histories

Austrians like to maintain their palaces and gardens, many of them easily a few centuries old, by giving them enough foot traffic for more accidental discoveries, and rediscoveries, of their beauty. “It’s a philosophy we have, that old buildings...

2022.6.8