Jeonju City, Deokjin Park Reed Wetland... Transformed into a Traditional Garden 'Ta-da~'

The reed wetlands in Deokjin Park, Jeonju City, transformed into an open garden. View after the renovation. Photo by Jeonju City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gominhyeong] Jeonju, the city of ten million trees and gardens, has transformed the neglected reed wetlands in Deokjin Park into a resting space that citizens can enjoy.

The city announced on the 19th that as part of the Deokjin Park Traditional Garden Creation Project, it invested a total of 100 million KRW to renovate Changpoweon, a 1,200㎡ (363 pyeong) area, into an open garden for citizens to enjoy.

Changpoweon is a wetland located in Deokjin Park that had been neglected as it was hidden by trees and thus rarely visited by citizens.

Accordingly, since last month, the city has removed dense reeds and underbrush in Changpoweon, planted landscaping trees including 10 large trees, 608 shrubs, and 10,062 herbaceous plants, and arranged garden stones weighing up to 80 tons around the area to create the garden.

The city expects this space to be actively used as a traditional Dano Festival venue and, along with the nearby Pungwoljeong Pavilion, to become a small resting place for citizens.

The city plans to establish a foundation for traditional gardens by reconstructing Yeonhwagyo Bridge, rebuilding Yeonhwajeong Pavilion, and creating traditional pavilions, as well as promoting various traditional cultural contents, so that Deokjin Park can become a representative attraction of Jeonju, a tourism hub city.

Kim Daehyun, head of the Ten Million Trees Garden City Division of Jeonju, said, “We will create a premium ecological garden in the Hodonggol area linked with Deokjin Park and Ajung Lake, making Jeonju a ten million trees garden city where tradition, ecology, and culture blossom, as well as a tourism hub city.”

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