– Gyeonggi Tourism Organization recommends places for spring flower outings-

Flower festival at an Amusement Park
Seoul Land in Gwacheon holds the Million Tulip Festival on a 500 meter-long Tulip Street, where a range of spring flowers, including pansies, daisies, alyssum and tulip will show off their spring blooms. The “Show Big Bang” performance, where a variety of “outer space” characters will perform power dances, acrobatics, pantomimes, comic clown shows, and puppet shows is also worth seeing. The show goes on until. May 13. (02-509-6000)

Everland is also a favorite pick for spring flower outings, where azaleas forsythia, royal azaleas, and cherry blossoms are on display for all to enjoy. One special attraction is the lighted flower track at Everland, which allows visitors to enjoy the flowers at night. (031-320-5000)

Come and See Rare Spring Flowers
The “Yongin Spring Flower Festival” held between April 13 (Fri) and 29 (Sun) provides an opportunity to enjoy rare plants. Han Taek Botanical Garden, where the festival is held, possess 7.3 million plants, in 8,300 different varieties, including 2,400 kinds of native plants, 5,900 kinds of exotic plants, on about 660,000 square meters of land, which is also designated as protected habitat of endangered and rare plants.
Visitors can see botanical gardens with 33 different themes, as well as tulips, narcissus, and hyacinth. In addition, performances including a string trio, a jazz band, magician, and mime, will be held between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., and “Garden Tours” for families will be offered at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. to educate visitors about plants, about flowers that blossom in spring, and about plants that are rare or endangered. (031-333-3558)

Goyang Flower Exhibition, an Opportunity to Enjoy a Diversity of Flowers in a single Place
The 13th Goyang Flower Exhibition, open to the public from April 26 to May 10, offers visitors the opportunity to experience the gardening culture of well-known flower and plant-raising greenhouses. Rose gardens, dwarfed potted plant gardens, as well as wildflower gardens and herb gardens for health and well-being are some of the top picks. In particular, people are eagerly anticipating the “New Breed” exhibition, participated in by 10 foreign companies from 8 different countries, and 40 domestic companies. Furthermore, programs where visitors can participate, such as flower arrangement, ribbon art, moss topiary, drawing flower pictures will be offered during the event. (031-908-7753)