Spirited Garden Jeju: Korea’s Only 60-Year Garden
Description
A Garden Where You Meet Yourself and Reflect on Life Spirited Garden is more than a beautiful garden to admire. It is a place where you can slow down, linger, and spend time with nature—discovering your own questions and finding your own answers along the way. This garden stands upon the life’s work of one person who devoted more than sixty years to cultivating it in harmony with nature, never giving up. The spirit of reflection found here is not born from theory, but from a life lived, discovered through the garden, and carried back into everyday life. Spirited Garden does not offer ready-made answers. Instead, it invites you to reconnect with yourself through nature, reflect on your life, and regain the strength to move forward with renewed clarity and purpose. For this reason, Spirited Garden aspires to be more than a beautiful landscape. It is a living cultural heritage where people return to themselves. A garden is not merely a place—it is time. Walk slowly.
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Itinerary
Welcome to the ticket office of Spirited Garden(생각하는정원). Upon entering, you will have the opportunity to explore one of the Top 10 Gardens in the World. Spirited Garden spans 12,000 pyeong (approximately 40,000 square meters) and features seven themed sub-gardens along with various auxiliary facilities. The garden showcases Korea’s native garden trees and bonsai, as well as unique rock formations and ornamental stones. Each sub-garden includes clear ponds, spacious lawns, and small hills (oreum), surrounded by stone walls, gates, and bridges crafted from volcanic basalt, creating a serene and harmonious atmosphere. The auxiliary facilities are architectural structures made from natural volcanic stone, offering a glimpse into the aesthetic beauty of Jeju's natural landscape and architectural philosophy.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(43)
Absolutely amazing garden, enables silent reflection and refocus of energy. Spent hours there, met the man whose vision it was to build this natural oasis. Left feeling rejuvated and inspired. Great to let go of negative energy and leave with new purpose.
Calm and serene, with philosophical teaching for self reflection
Our best experience in Korea. A world of its own, serene, beautiful, a profoundly soul enriching experience. We even met the wonderful man who devoted 60 years to developing this outstanding garden /land.
Absolutely brilliant and idea and the concept of this which is one of the reference places to visit in Jeju. Furthermore, I have had the honor of meeting your mentor and owner, Mr. Bum-Young Sung. A space of beauty, peace and tranquility.
Visited here via a Gate1 tour. Greeted by the by master gardener Sung Bum-young, - now 80. Very peaceful. Not meant to rush through. Highly recommend.
The atmosphere is quiet and relaxing, with beautiful bonsai trees and landscapes cared for in every detail. Perfect for detaching and immersing yourself in nature. Highly recommended! 🌿
This is a must see if you are travelling in JeJu. It is absolutely beautiful, tranquil, peaceful and an amazing example of the vision and work of one person.
Incredibly beautiful place, so peaceful
Amazing! Experience the silence and energy of such a special surrounding!
Marvellous, a must do in Jeju island 🌺
