One Week in Korea

The following are a collection a photos that I took on my trip in Seoul, Korea. I am a Landscape Management major at Brigham Young University and was excited for the things I would see that would relate to my education. I wasn't at all disappointed.

The Incheon Airport:

This is the coolest and cleanest airport you'll ever see.
As seen in this photo, it includes two side by side green house-like tubes to enjoy
while you wait for your flight!

What is that?

Its a Platycerium bifurcatum of course!

Metal "Paper" boats!




Those are individual wire supports for each of those giant chrysanthemums.

Look at that sweet planter.

View of the green house from the outside.

A "green" waterfall.

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Seoul Mall:

An amazing collection of fake plants in a Seoul mall. Plastic has never looked so good.


An amazing sculpture of naked, blind, various-sized men outside the mall.

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Korean Temple:




I loved these sculpted wavy bushes
that were in front of the Seoul Temple.




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These are photos from a giant flower market in downtown Seoul.
It opens at midnight and closes at 1 p.m:




It was giant!

They line up their roses so the flowers are pointed toward the customer.

Orange cock's comb and spherical mums that I've never seen in the states.


All the gerberas are pre-wired, pre-taped, have a plastic piece protecting the flower, and are 3 for 1000 wan. Three for less than a dollar!

Giant asparagus!






Interesting floral arrangement #1.

Interesting floral arrangement #2.

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These photos come from the greenhouse that was right across the street from the flower market.


I got the memo.

Most of these potted orchids were around 5 bucks.







My fav.















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A horizontal tree, framing a giant Buddha Shrine.

Just plain weird.


This is the very popular Korean dish, Bi-Bim-Bop. The green you see purslane, the same purslane that is considered a very intrusive weed here in Utah. Yes, I ate it all up.

As you can see, this man is wrapping dried grass around the trunk of this tree. Over the winter a menacing beetle lays its eggs in the grass and come spring time the grass is burned, along with the beetle eggs. Genius.

I loved, loved, loved these tree planters with their small bunches of grass set in geometric patterns with one side of the planter shorter than the rest. Its hard to tell from this photo, but there is a slight slope to the soil as well.

Continuing the theme. You'll never feel alone when you sit down at this bench.