⛩️ Spirited Gardens — Jeju Korea

http://www.spiritedgarden.com/

Bum-young Sung

“Sung’s garden is his life’s passion. He first started working on in 1969 by clearing thistles on what was considered wasteland. He had fallen in love with Jeju Island and was driven by the desire to revive Korea’s disappearing bonsai culture and embrace the peacefulness that nature brings. Before starting the garden, he lived near Seoul and survived hardships related to the Korean War. It was not until 1992 that the garden opened to the opublic…”

“All the bonsai in Spirited Garden are native Korean trees with the oldest being a 600-year-old yew. There are also land pines, sea pines, quince, hornbeams and common camellias. Most of the bonsai are more than 100 years old.”

https://vancouversun.com/travel/lessons-learned-in-popular-south-korean-bonsai-garden

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• “Potted plants will die unless their roots are cut, and people age fast unless they change their thinking.”