World Garden Experts Come to Ulsan... Piet Oudolf Creates 'Naturalistic Garden' at Taehwagang National Garden

Pete Oudolf.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Garden experts are visiting Ulsan to create Dutch-born world-renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf's 'Naturalistic Garden (Garden of Five Seasons)' at Taehwagang National Garden.

Ulsan City announced that Laura Ekasetya, the head gardener who was in charge of the operation and management of the 'Lurie Garden' in Chicago, USA, and her party will visit Ulsan for a 2-day, 1-night schedule from the 6th to the 7th.

Before creating the 'Naturalistic Garden' at Taehwagang National Garden, they will directly inspect the site and domestic plant cultivation sites and provide plant maintenance technology.

Laura Ekasetya is a garden expert who managed and operated the 'Lurie Garden' in Millennium Park, Chicago, USA, from 2012 to 2021.

The 'Lurie Garden' is considered one of the representative garden works of the world-renowned master Piet Oudolf, along with New York's 'High Line Park.' Using 46 species of perennials, it offers a beautiful landscape contrasting with the nearby urban building forest throughout the four seasons, attracting millions of visitors annually.

Laura Ekasetya is currently the US representative of 'Future Plants,' Piet Oudolf's plant variety specialist company, and is visiting Ulsan this time with Gerrit Lommerse, the representative of the Dutch headquarters.

During their visit to Ulsan, they plan to tour Taehwagang National Garden, share opinions with Ulsan city officials on plant maintenance technology consulting for the 'Naturalistic Garden,' volunteer activities, and ways for citizen participation.

The 'Naturalistic Garden' at Taehwagang National Garden will be planted with about 200 different species of plants, including native Korean plants.

Among them, about 40,000 plants of more than 120 species were supplied domestically last November, and these plants are currently being cultivated at a contracted cultivation company in Gyeonggi Province.

Ulsan City plans to complete all plantings by the end of November to finalize the 'Naturalistic Garden' at Taehwagang National Garden.

Once the park is completed on a 18,000㎡ site around the chrysanthemum garden of Taehwagang National Garden, Ulsan will become the city owning the largest Piet Oudolf garden in the world.

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