Seoul Grand Park

Grand Park Botanical Garden Introduction

The Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden, located at the foot of Mt. Cheonggyesan, opened in 1985 and has a history of over 30 years
Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden Status

This is the current status of Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden, the first public arboretum in Seoul.

The first public arboretum in Seoul,
Grand Park Botanical Garden

Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden, which opened in 1985 and has a history of over 30 years this year, is located at the foot of Mt. Cheonggye, surrounded by dense forest, and exhibits 1,567different types of plants.
The greenhouse of the Botanical Garden exhibits various plants from cacti that have a variety of flowers with strange shapes to foliage plants from all over the world that always provide greenery. And the outdoor botanical garden has beautiful hydrangeas and colorful flowering plants, and at the rose garden, beautiful roses from all over the world are on display.
In addition, materials and specimens about plants can be found at the page for the Plant Specimen Exhibition Hall.

1985: Opened in

1,567 kinds of: plants

Registration status of the Arboretum

This facility was registered as the first public arboretum in Seoul on June 10, 2015, in accordance with the Arboretum Creation and Operation Act.

※ Public arboretum: an arboretum operated by a local government
This facility was selected as a forest resource management agency by the Forest Service on August 2, 2016.

Current capacity to accommodate plants

(Dec 31, 2022)

On display: 1,260 out of 42,170 plants

Maple plants

329 Species
(Total 8,846 Species)

Cactus and succulents

491 Species
(Total 9,342 Species)

Tropical orchids and pterosaurs

18 Species
(Total 494 Species)

Insect carnivorousplants

95 Species
(Total 1,810 Species)

Logwood

327 Species
(Total 21,638 Species)

Botanical Garden Hours of Operation

exhibition greenhouse
Plant specimen exhibition hall

3 times a day: 140 people on a first-come, first-served basis per session
10:00~12:00, 12:00~14:00, 14:00~16:00
※Last admission at 15:00
※ Plant library not in operation
botanical garden

Spring and Autumn (March-April, September-October): 9:00-18:00
Summer season (May-August): 9:00-19:00
Winter season (November to February): 9:00-17:00
※ Same as zoo operating hours

Botanical garden concept

In the International Botanical Conservation Association (BGCI), a botanical garden is defined as an institution that records and stores living plants as documents and collections for the purpose of scientific research, conservation, exhibition, and education.

There is a difference in that, an arboretum centers on trees while a botanical garden centers on all plants, but there is no difference in function, so the trend is to use the same concept for both.

Unlike similar facilities such as parks and private gardens, botanical gardens collect and display plants with clear sources to discriminate in that they conduct various research and education.

Botanical garden function

Exhibits

Educates

Recreates

Collects and multiplies

Preserves and researches

Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden History

2010Year~

2018
Reopening of the Plant Specimen Exhibition Hall
2016
Selected as a forest life resource management institution
2015
Public arboretum registration
2000Year~

2006
Takeover of plants from Namsan Botanical Garden
2005
Creation of an outdoor botanical garden
2000
Theme Garden Rose Garden opened
1990Year~

1995
Establishment of comprehensive development plan for Seoul Grand Park
1992
Opening of an outdoor botanical garden
1980Year~

1986
Transfer of plants from Changgyeongwon Botanical Garden
Plant specimen exhibition room opened
1985
Botanical garden opened

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