Daelim Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony to Shape Korea National Arboretum
Commemorative group photo
Daelim held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Korea National Arboretum project in the central part of Sejong City on November 16. About 500 people including the President of Sejong City Construction Administration, Sejong City Mayor, and Daelim Executive Director Mun Jeong-dong attended the ceremony.
Bird’s-eye view
As the first city center arboretum project by Korea National Arboretum, the project will create a 650,000㎡ arboretum, about 3 times bigger than Yeuido Park, by investing KRW 126 billion. The arboretum will consist of 9 buildings including research building and all-year round exhibition greenhouse and 21 botanical gardens such as Korea’s traditional garden and a garden featuring rare & endemic species.
Bird’s-eye view of all-year round exhibition greenhouse
The arboretum is expected to be completed in 2020 and to open in 2021. After opening, the arboretum is slated to be used as research facility and residents’ complex cultural space
