Garden Artist Gateway 'Korea Garden Show' Call for Entries

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service announced on the 15th that it will hold a contest for the 'Korea Garden Show' works from the 1st to the 31st of next month.

Under the theme of "Gardens, spaces connecting people and nature," this contest will be hosted by the Korea Forest Service and co-organized by the National Arboretum, Jeollanam-do, and Suncheon City.

However, this year, to prevent and contain the spread of COVID-19, only the contest will be held, and the installation and exhibition of works will be carried out in May next year.

The detailed contest schedule is as follows: after the submission deadline next month, the announcement of the first-round design winners will be on November 11, on-site construction at Suncheon Bay National Garden will take place from March 29 to April 6 next year, followed by the exhibition and awarding of 10 winning works from April 9 to May 30.

Selected works will receive a total installation cost of 40 million KRW (5 million KRW for design fees and 35 million KRW for construction costs) and a space of approximately 70㎡ per garden work will be provided.

In particular, the garden artist selected for the grand prize will be awarded the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Award along with a prize of 7 million KRW.

Kim Won-jung, head of the Garden Team at the Korea Forest Service, stated, "We will elevate the Korea Garden Show to become Korea's representative national garden show," adding, "We aim to make it a prestigious gateway that produces Korea's top garden artists, thereby discovering promising artists and laying the foundation for cultivating garden professionals."

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