Seoul Iris Garden서울창포원

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Seoul Iris Garden is an ecological park themed around the iris, one of the world's four major flowers. It is laid out in 12 themed areas, including an iris garden, wetland garden, flower garden, and medicinal plant garden. The iris garden covers about 15,000㎡ and is planted with 300,000 irises of 130 species, such as yellow flag iris, Buddha iris, Chinese iris, and blackberry lily, so you can enjoy many different kinds. Irises bloom every May to June, and even when they are not in flower, their orchid-like leaves make them attractive ornamental plants. The wetland garden has observation decks for viewing aquatic plants and wetland creatures. In the flower garden, showy blooms such as lilies and tulips flower throughout the seasons. The medicinal plant garden has 130,000 plants of 70 species, letting visitors observe medicinal plants grown in Korea. There is also a succession garden where you can watch how plant communities change over time, as well as a forest rest area, and the park offers residents ecological education and a place for leisure and relaxation. Located between Dobongsan and Suraksan mountains, it is 125 m from Exit 2 of Dobongsan Station on Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 7. You can also take in the scenery while walking the Dobongsan Dulle-gil trail and collect stamps along the way.