Gwangyang City Creates Urban Park Complex Forest Landscape

Creating a Forest Blending Four-Season Flower Plants in Urban Parks

Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 10th that it has created a complex forest landscape within an urban park, where flowers and plants bloom throughout the four seasons.

The ‘complex forest landscape’ is a forest created as part of a forest landscape project, combining ecological, visual, and cultural values. The city invested 200 million KRW for two consecutive years, including last year, to develop this forest.

[Photo provided by Gwangyang-si]

Through the 2022 Madong Hyeonchungtap Park landscape forest project and the 2023 Gwangyang-eup Usan Park forest landscape project, the city is creating successful cases of attracting tourists and establishing premium parks.

In particular, ‘Madong Hyeonchungtap Park’ transformed into a space where families and friends can walk and relax while chatting amidst beautiful forest scenery all year round by planting 11,640 diverse trees such as azaleas, wild cherry trees, and Kerria japonica using vacant public land throughout the park.

In the first half of this year, the city invested 200 million KRW (100 million KRW from provincial funds and 100 million KRW from city funds) to plant approximately 12,710 hydrangea bushes (814㎡) within ‘Usan Park’ in Gwangyang-eup, creating a beautiful complex forest landscape. Usan Park is planned to be introduced as a representative hydrangea garden of Gwangyang for citizens and tourists.

Kim Jaewon, head of the Parks Division, said, “We will continue to expand the creation of urban forests within living areas to address the lack of green spaces in the city center,” adding, “We will do our best to provide resting places that enhance citizens’ quality of life and offer emotional stability.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seonsik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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