Seoul Botanic Park turns autumn garden into wedding scene

Seoul Botanic Park is turning its autumn garden into a landscape of swaying grasses, flowers and wedding photo spots while adding dozens of rare native plants for visitors to discover. The park’s Theme Garden is hosting “Pamfare, Invitation Sent by Wind” through Nov. 8, with displays centered on Pampas grass and other ornamental grasses in its Wind Garden and Gardener’s Garden. The exhibition’s name combines “Pampas” with “fanfare,” evoking the sound of grasses moving in the autumn wind and the celebratory mood of a garden in bloom. Five varieties of grasses not previously featured at the garden, including Pampas grass and pink muhly grass, are being displayed alongside existing plantings such as big panic grass and purple-colored ornamental grasses. The park has also planted 260 specimens of statice and Japanese anemone, adding autumn flowers to beds featuring purple verbena and pink gaura. Four wedding-themed photo zones offer visitors settings including a Pampas-covered wedding arch, a small outdoor ceremony site, a romantic bridal waiting room and a set of Pampas win