{
  "id": 19739258,
  "title": "Winter blooms transform Seoul Botanic Park into festive garden",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/winter-blooms-transform-seoul-botanic-park-into-festive-garden",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T01:47:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261113/winter-blooms-transform-seoul-botanic-park-into-festive-garden"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seoul Botanic Park, located in western Seoul’s Gangseo District, is experiencing a vibrant winter transformation with its \"Between Winter and Plants\" exhibition. This display, running from Friday through January 31, 2027, showcases over 40 tropical orchid varieties, 300 poinsettias, and creative plant arrangements to brighten indoor spaces.\n\nIn the Tropical Hall, visitors are greeted by the \"Today, Orchids\" exhibit, featuring a miniature Phalaenopsis orchid named Aria, which was developed domestically in 2019, along with more than 40 other tropical orchid varieties, such as Oncidium, Cattleya, Vanda, and Cymbidium.\n\nMeanwhile, the Mediterranean Hall offers a Christmas garden, displaying 300 poinsettia plants from 15 domestically developed varieties. These include the red Flame, green Green Star, peach Grace, and pink Pink Bell poinsettias. Additionally, the display features unusual spherical-bracted poinsettias such as Sugar Ball, Red Ball, and Snow Ball. To enhance the festive atmosphere, a fountain installation inspired by Rome is adorned with a Christmas tree arrangement made using the red Flame poinsettias.",
  "summary": "Tucked inside western Seoul’s Gangseo District, Seoul Botanic Park is defying the winter chill with a vibrant seasonal showcase of more than 40 tropical orchid varieties, 300 poinsettias and imaginative plant displays designed to liven up indoor spaces. The exhibition, titled “Between Winter and Plants,” runs from Friday through Jan. 31, 2027, across the park’s greenhouse, Seed Library and Garden…",
  "key_points": [
    "\"Between Winter and Plants\" exhibition runs until January 31, 2027",
    "Tropical Hall features over 40 orchid varieties, including Phalaenopsis Aria",
    "Mediterranean Hall displays 300 poinsettia plants in Christmas garden"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The exhibition leverages domestically developed plant varieties to turn the botanical park into a seasonal destination that highlights local horticultural advancements through immersive tropical and Mediterranean displays.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}