The organizing committee of the 5th Gyeonggi Garden Culture Expo has selected 17 garden projects for the exhibition that will run from September 29 to October 1. The gardens will be created in the Ansan Hwarang Recreation Area, the venue of the expo.

The selected gardens include eight show gardens and nine living gardens designed under the theme of “Rest in My Mind, Add Garden to Life.”

In addition, two gardens created by invited professional garden designers, one garden by citizen gardeners, and twenty gardens by ordinary citizens will also be featured, so that a total of 40 gardens will await visitors to the exhibition.

Eight show gardens created by a group of professional garden designers

▶Jeong Seong-hun and Jeong Eun-ju, “Yeonjeong: A Never-Ending Story”

▶Song Yu-yeon, Park In-han, and Yang Hui-jin, “Paradise Lost: A Rest Place Rediscovered in the 21st Century”

▶Jeong Seong-hui: “Hwarang Sabang (花郞四房: 四方)”

▶Lee Ju-eun, “CORRIDOR FOR PRAY”

▶Lee Se-yeong and Shin Hyeon-hui, “The Ul: Boundaries for Communion through Gardens”

▶Yun Ho-jun, Park Se-jun, Oh Jin-suk, and Jo A-ra, “Never Land, Never End (Searching for Lost Shadows)”

▶Yu Seon-sang, “A Formative Garden”

▶Kim Ji-yeong “The Beauty of Empty”

Nine living gardens created by citizens and university students are as listed below.

▶Shin Ji-hye, “Mogungwon (母宮園)”

▶Jin Gyeong-a and Jeon Su-jin, “A Message from Oreum”

▶Yuk Ji-hwan, Lee Yeong-deok, Yun Da-eun, Yeo Sang-a, and Han Seong-ju, “A Small Luxury”

▶Kim Tae-eun, Jeong Seo-rin, and Park Jin-sol, “The Wall of Memories”

▶Do Hyeon-gyeong “Rest in My Mind, One”

▶Kim I-gyeong and Lee In-seop, “Our Home, A Garden that illuminates Tomorrow”

▶Lee Dae-gil, “Sense of Wonder (Subtitle: Listen to Nature)”

▶Park Hye-jin, Kim Ji-yeon, Kim Gi-tae, Kim Yeon-jae, Gwak Min-ho, and Seo Rak-won “Dot for Straight”

▶Go Yu-ri, Lee Byeong-wu, Kim Tae-jin, Kim Gi-ho, and Hong Min-hwa “In the Arms of the Night Sky”

On July 13, the organizing committee finalized a garden creation plan (arrangement plan) during the final briefing session about the exhibition space layout. After on-site briefing sessions and creation/design consultations with the designers on July 27, the gardens will be created from August 21 to September 24.

This exposition seeks not only to improve the environment through the creation of village gardens but also to provide a community restoration program along with programs to train future gardeners including child gardeners, student gardeners, and village gardeners, so that citizens can maintain the village gardens after the expo.

“Village Garden Creation” is the main project of this fair, and therefore the exhibition is expected to provide guidance on how to promote garden culture in daily life and improve residential environments through the creation of gardens.