Gicheongsan Botanical Garden

This description was machine-translated from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korean original.

Gicheongsan Botanical Garden is the only private botanical garden on the East Coast, begun in 1969 as Gicheongsan Farm. It holds some 2,500 species of plants, including Korea’s native wildflowers and trees as well as various exotic plants of educational value. The name Gicheongsan combines “gi,” meaning a winnow that selects only good grain, and “cheongsan,” symbolizing a paradise and utopia, and embodies the aspiration to gather fine plants and people to create a true world. Gicheongsan Botanical Garden consists of 15 exhibition areas, including the Native Flower Garden, Ulleung Plant Observation Garden, Yongyeonji Pond, and the Fern Garden. You can encounter not only plants native throughout the country but also endangered plants native to Ulleungdo and rare endemic plants. Experience programs include forest interpretation and companion plant planting. Education is conducted by researchers within the botanical garden. Forest interpretation is divided into beginner, general, and advanced levels, and companion plant planting is likewise divided into flowering plants and small shrubs.