Suwon City and Chollipo Arboretum Join Hands to Create Premium Arboretum

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City, which is promoting the construction of 'Suwon Arboretum' with a target opening in 2022, has pledged mutual cooperation with Chollipo Arboretum in Taean, Chungcheongnam Province, a leading private arboretum in Korea, to develop it into a premium arboretum.

The city and Chollipo Arboretum signed a business agreement on the 4th at the Suwon City Hall Situation Room to establish a mutual cooperation system for display, conservation, and education of plant genetic resources.

According to the agreement signed today, both institutions will cooperate on ▲collection and exchange of plant genetic resources to promote biodiversity ▲joint research, technical support, and consultation for plant genetic resource conservation ▲operation and joint development of plant display and educational programs, and human resource exchange.

Chollipo Arboretum, well known as an arboretum embracing the Taean coast, possesses world-class collections of important plant genetic resources such as magnolia, Chinese holly, and hibiscus, and is recognized for its high expertise in plant collection, propagation, conservation, and education.

Through this agreement with Chollipo Arboretum, the city plans to introduce diverse important plant genetic resources to Suwon Arboretum and adopt know-how for biodiversity conservation and promotion.

In addition, the city plans to incorporate Chollipo Arboretum's efforts to experience nature in daily life, not just viewing, including garden stays, environmental education, exhibitions, and hibiscus festivals, so that Suwon Arboretum can be developed as a space connecting diverse trees to future generations.

In particular, by signing an agreement with Chollipo Arboretum following the National Institute of Forest Science last month, expectations are high that Suwon Arboretum can take a step closer to its goal of becoming an ecological landmark by receiving expertise from Korea's two major arboretums.

Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young stated, "We thank Chollipo Arboretum for responding to this meaningful agreement so that the two arboretums being prepared by Suwon City can be well-developed," and added, "Let us continue mutual cooperation efforts to apply Chollipo Arboretum's broadly and deeply accumulated know-how to Suwon Arboretum."

Meanwhile, 'Suwon Arboretum,' which is being constructed on a scale of 101,500㎡ within Ilwol Park in Cheoncheon-dong with a target opening in 2022, will feature ecological gardens such as wetland gardens, rock gardens, forest gardens, and dry gardens, as well as ornamental gardens, winter gardens, edible gardens, and rainwater gardens where various plants and garden design techniques can be appreciated.