{"id":107169,"date":"2026-08-02T23:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/107169\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:52:09","slug":"seoul-botanic-park-hosts-rose-of-sharon-exhibition-through-aug-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/107169\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Botanic Park hosts Rose of Sharon Exhibition through Aug. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb2-plus4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/seoul-botanic-garden-mugunghwa.jpg\" alt=\"Roses blooming at Seoul Botanic Park.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"default-font lh-default ma0 mh3 mt0 pb3\">\n\t\t\t\tSeoul Botanic Park (Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government\/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Seoul Botanic Park will host a Rose of Sharon (Mugunghwa) Exhibition though August 18 to mark the 81st anniversary of Korea\u2019s Liberation Day.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The free exhibition will feature 6,086 Rose of Sharon trees representing a variety of cultivars, along with 58 potted and bonsai specimens selected for their distinctive form.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">A highlight of this year\u2019s exhibition is the public debut of a propagated successor to the historic Rose of Sharon tree that once stood at Gyeongbok High School.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The original tree, which was more than 80 years old and designated one of Jongno-gu\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Trees,\u201d died in 2025.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Seoul Botanic Park successfully preserved its genetic lineage using plant conservation techniques and has cultivated a new generation from the original tree.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Visitors can also explore a photo exhibition explaining the different Rose of Sharon varieties. Family programs introducing the flower\u2019s structure and classification will be offered on select Saturdays throughout August.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The exhibition will be held in the park\u2019s Open Forest Mugunghwa Garden, with free admission for all visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seoul Botanic Park (Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government\/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea) Seoul Botanic Park will host a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3751,55282,55287,55285,55284,55288,55283,55286,112,31316,577,36201],"class_list":["post-107169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seoul","tag-exhibition","tag-free-exhibition","tag-gyeongbok-high-school","tag-liberation-day","tag-mugunghwa","tag-open-forest-mugunghwa-garden","tag-rose-of-sharon","tag-rose-of-sharon-exhibition","tag-seoul","tag-seoul-attractions","tag-seoul-botanic-park","tag-seoul-destinations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}