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Seoul invites foreigners to experience Korean garden culture at Boramae Park
Haps Magazine Korea
August 19, 2025
(Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government. Photo courtesy of Haps Magazine Korea)
Seoul City is recruiting participants for the fall session of its unique garden tour program, “A Stone Traveling Through the Garden,” designed for foreign visitors and residents.
The program, which proved popular in the first half of the year, offers participants the chance to wear a traditional Korean gat, stroll through Boramae Park’s themed gardens, enjoy traditional tea and snacks, and create artwork known as “traveling stones” along with handwritten poems or reflections.
Launched to make Korean garden culture more accessible, the program attracted 135 participants from countries including the United States, Japan, and France during 14 sessions earlier this year. Guided by a host dressed as a traditional scholar, participants experience both nature and Korean traditions in a casual, immersive setting.
The fall program will run from September 5 to 14 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with three sessions per day (1:00 pm, 2:45 pm, 4:30 pm).
Each session lasts around 50 minutes and accommodates about 10 people. On September 13 and 14, only two sessions will be offered (1:00 pm and 2:45 pm). Participation is free, and applications are open until September 14 via a Google Form.
Traveling stones, poems, and reflections created by participants will be exhibited at Boramae Park until October 20 as part of the “World Guestbook” exhibition. Afterward, the exhibition will move to Seoul Forest, coinciding with next year’s Seoul International Garden Expo.
City officials expressed hope that the program will help international visitors experience the elegance and leisure of Korean gardens, furthering the spread of “K-Garden Culture” alongside K-pop and K-dramas.