Mapo-gu Develops Nanjido Themed Tourism Forest Trail

Plan for a Specialized Street with About 500,000 Lycoris Radiata Flowers along the 1km Metasequoia Road in Haneul Park, Planting Begins on the 3rd

A Themed Street Featuring a Touching Love Story and a Poet's Street... Festival Planned to Coincide with Blooming Season

Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) planted over 26,000 flowering plants, including Lycoris radiata (flower cluster amaryllis), together with about 200 residents and staff on the afternoon of the 3rd at the Metasequoia Road in Haneul Park, World Cup Park.

The planting site is currently under development as part of the 'Nanji Themed Tourism Forest Trail.'

The district plans to create a themed tourist path by planting flowering plants such as Lycoris radiata and Lycoris sanguinea, which carry a touching love story, on Nanji Island, aiming to develop it into a new tourist attraction in Mapo.

Perspective View of Nanjido Theme Tourism Forest Trail

Accordingly, to create a specialized street with colorful flowers blooming all year round, about 10,000 Lycoris radiata, about 10,000 Lycoris sanguinea, as well as Liriope, daffodils, wildflowers, and a total of approximately 26,000 flowering plants were planted at the site.

Planting work will continue steadily until June, transforming the 1km Metasequoia Road in Haneul Park into a specialized street with about 500,000 flowering plants including Lycoris radiata. Combined with the 0.6km section that Seoul City plans to complete by the end of the year, a total 1.6km, 9,000㎡ Nanji Themed Tourism Forest Trail will be completed.

In addition, to allow visitors to enjoy poetry while walking along the path, the Mapo Writers' Association will help create a 'Poet's Street' along the roadside, and a festival will be held considering the blooming status and timing of the specialized street.

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “The Lycoris radiata, which was planted the most today, sprouts leaves in spring that disappear by May, then lies dormant as bulbs before blooming beautifully red flowers around September.” He added, “I hope we can gather again during the spectacular blooming season of the Lycoris radiata, which symbolizes a poignant love, to enjoy the festival.”

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