Seoul honors outstanding community gardens, urban landscapes in annual awards
In a city better known for sleek skyscrapers than green canopies, Seoul celebrated a new wave of urban design this week, awarding five major landscape architecture projects and 23 neighborhood gardening groups that are bringing nature back to the capital's streets. Seoul's deputy mayor for administrative affairs and the chair of the city council's environment and water resources committee…
Seoul celebrated a surge in urban landscaping and community gardens this week, honoring five prominent landscape architecture projects and 23 neighborhood gardening groups at an awards ceremony held at City Hall. The city's deputy mayor and chair of the environment and water resources committee, along with around 280 guests from the landscaping and gardening industries, attended the event.
The Landscape Architecture Award, now in its fifth year, was presented to the Namsan Sky Forest Trail. This innovative 1.65-kilometer accessible walking path was constructed on the southern slope of Seoul's central mountain, Mount Nam. The trail not only connects previously isolated pedestrian routes but also preserves the forest's ecology.
The Namsan Sky Forest Trail also secured a special citizens' choice prize, garnering the highest number of votes—2,889 out of 9,654 cast—in a public poll conducted in June. A water garden integrated into an aging concrete channel within a neighborhood park was named the top runner-up. Other noteworthy projects included a children's forest playground and three additional landscape architecture initiatives.
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