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The 6th Busan Spring Flower Exhibition to Open on April 17: A Celebration of Spring Blossoms in Busan

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Park Heong-joon, announced that it will hold “The 6th Busan Spring Flower Exhibition” for three days from April 17 to 19 at Dasom Plaza in Busan Citizens Park.

This exhibition is designed to showcase displays featuring spring flowers such as pansies, daisies, and marguerites, allowing visitors to experience the vibrant atmosphere of spring while providing citizens with diverse attractions and hands-on experiences.

It is also expected to serve as an opportunity to revitalize the local floriculture industry, which has been facing difficulties due to domestic and global economic downturns, and to promote a culture of flower consumption.

This year’s exhibition will feature participation from approximately 40 organizations, including the Busan Headquarters of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, under the theme “A Feast of Busan Spring Flowers (Garden Go Round),” presenting a variety of curated displays that evoke the experience of strolling through a spring garden.

Programs will include the opening ceremony, exhibitions of spring flower sculptures and floral works, bonsai displays, a floral creative competition, a national flower tea contest, and a direct flower market.

Visitors will be able to enjoy themed exhibitions combining flowers and installations, floral works by outstanding flower designers (florists), native wildflowers, flower beds created by local farms, a Busan bonsai exhibition, and roses from around the world.

In particular, various experiential programs will be offered as side events, including a floral creative competition, proposal events, flower crown making, flower arrangement experiences, bouquet making, everyday flower arrangement classes, herbarium ballpoint pen making, spring flower keyring crafting, eco-bag spring flower painting, and flower tea making.

In addition, the city plans to use 120,000 flowering plants produced in the Busan region for the exhibition and will operate a direct flower market offering discounted prices at production cost, thereby promoting flower consumption and increasing income for local floriculture farms.

A direct sales market for regional agricultural specialties will also be operated to foster mutual growth with local farmers.

The opening ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m. on April 17 at a special stage in Dasom Yard, Busan Citizens Park.

Approximately 30 key figures, including Mayor Park Heong-joon, city council members, the head of the Busan Headquarters of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, the president of Busan Infrastructure Corporation, and the head of the Busan-Gyeongnam Horticultural Cooperative, are expected to attend. The ceremony will include an opening declaration, performances, and celebratory events.

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “We will expand opportunities for citizens to enjoy flowers through the spring flower exhibition and increase interest in local floriculture, leading to the revitalization of the floriculture industry,” adding, “Busan Metropolitan City will continue to strengthen the competitiveness of the local floriculture industry through various policies such as promoting the everyday use of flowers, encouraging consumption, and supporting distribution.”