Simultaneous National Awards for Excellence in Gardening ... Ulsan City, Dalbit Park and Dajeon Ecological Park

Dalbit Park, the grand prize winner in the garden category of the 'This Year’s Garden Field Practice and Nursery Space Creation Contest' hosted by the Korea Forest Service.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Ulsan City achieved a remarkable feat as Jung-gu’s ‘Dalbit Park’ and ‘Dajeon Ecological Park’ simultaneously won the grand prize and excellence award, respectively, in the garden category of the ‘This Year’s Garden Field Practice and Nursery Space Creation Contest’ hosted by the Korea Forest Service.

The ‘2022 Garden Field Practice and Nursery Space Creation Contest’ was designed to provide hands-on experience in garden-related practical fields for job seekers and entrepreneurs preparing for employment or startups, and to support their entry into the garden sector while contributing to local urban regeneration through strengthening participants’ capabilities.

The project selects five regions nationwide, with five sites per region, totaling 25 sites, where teams consisting of five students and one garden artist create gardens.

In February, Ulsan was selected as one of the five regions along with Cheonan, Suncheon, Osan, and Gumi, and created gardens at five locations: one in Nam-gu, three in Jung-gu, and one in Buk-gu.

After comprehensive evaluations of initial proposals, activity logs, garden completeness, and post-management activities for the 25 sites nationwide including the five in Ulsan, Jung-gu’s ‘Dalbit Park’ was awarded the grand prize, and Jung-gu’s ‘Dajeon Ecological Park’ received the excellence award.

Dalbit Park, which won the grand prize, was themed ‘Water Circulation (RECYCLE)’ and was designed as a garden where visitors can enjoy diverse and rich landscapes across four spaces depicting the movement of water falling from the surface, water circulation, evaporation, and purification, earning high scores.

Dajeon Ecological Park, which received the excellence award, was themed ‘Never Wood’ and created a garden with four spaces aimed at transforming the earth with the heart of caring for the planet, as seen through the eyes of a child, receiving favorable evaluations.

Dajeon Ecological Park, which won the Excellence Award.

An official from Ulsan City stated, “We plan to continue promoting garden culture development projects such as operating garden-related lectures, creating themed gardens, establishing lifestyle-oriented gardens, and training citizen gardeners to realize ‘Ulsan, a Garden City with Citizens.’”

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