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Introduction

Part 1 ○ Romantic Comfort

1 Snoopy Garden - Love is walking hand in hand
2. Ilwol Arboretum and Yeongheung Arboretum - Winter Date
3 Hwadam Forest - A Garden Where Three Generations and Birds Come
4 Rose Garden - and the Husband's Stargazing Observatory
5. Yeobaekseowon - A Veteran German Literature Scholar's Love for Goethe

Part 2 ○ Comfort of work

6. Heewon - Jeong Yeong-seon's 'Poems Written on the Ground'
7 Amorepacific Raw Material Botanical Garden - A Businessperson's Dream
8. National Arboretum of Sejong - "Garden" is better than flowers
9 Suncheon Bay National Garden - The Perseverance of 'Civil Servant Deokrim'
10 Sani Garden - The Road to the Garden City

Part 3 ○ Above the Ruins

11 Seonyudo Park - Piano in the Snowy Garden
12 Becke - A ruined garden in memory of his father
13 Taehwagang National Garden - Piet Oudolf and the Taehwagang River
14 Jjikbakgol Garden - The Power to Start Again
15 Hong Kyung-taek's Garden - Rooftop Garden Rebuilt from Fire

Part 4 ○ Comfort of Time

16 Cheonripo Arboretum - Director Min Byeong-gal's letter of recommendation
17 National Arboretum - A 'Happy Letter' from Gwangneung Forest
18 Soswaewon - Korean Garden Aesthetics and the Power of Recording
19. Sayuwon - 30,000-Year-Old Apple Tree Garden
20 Gyeongbuk Millennium Forest Garden - In Search of the Person Who Planted the Trees

Part 5 ○ Comfort of the Senses

21 Unknown - Ten Senses in the Garden
22 A Walk in the Painter's Garden - A Community of the Senses
23 Shingudae Botanical Garden - Hope Encountered in the Garden of Healing the Five Senses
24 Omok Park - A Lounge with Trees and Urban Sense

In closing

The power to “fill ordinary days with wonder”!

The author suggests recovery by guiding us into a comforting space, and urges us to take a new leap forward by introducing a space that overturns existing grammar.
Seonyudo Park, which landscape architect Jeong Yeong-seon transformed into a rough landscape from the ruins of a water purification plant, has enjoyed longevity because it broke free from the idea that "parks must be clean."
Landscape architect Kim Bong-chan broke the traditional garden formula where flowers and artificial decorations were the main characters and created a moss garden called 'Beke' where grass and rocks are the main characters.
"I wanted to create a 'dense yet sloppy' garden, where small, quiet things provide comfort, rather than a space where large, beautiful things show off." Why is this reverse thinking necessary? "The beauty lies in the grass that profoundly touches the other person.
It would be difficult to heal if there were so many rainbow colors here.
It's the same principle that if you throw a feast at your house every day, the host will inevitably get tired."

In the garden, the author learns the attitude of “moving forward steadfastly even when things are difficult” and the power to “fill ordinary days with admiration.”
And you realize that “moments of awe are what sustain life.”
“Looking back, if I hadn’t been so emotionally exhausted, I might not have become so deeply immersed in the garden.
Adversity can create new paths.
“I try to walk that path without fear.” A walk in the garden is more than just a leisure activity; it allows me to reflect on my philosophy and attitude toward life.
"The Garden of Comfort" is a story about a place with healing power, but it is also the story of the people who created such a space.


“This is a fragrant book filled with stories of love and hope that the author, resembling a hollyhock tree, experienced firsthand in a beautiful garden.”
- Nam Seong-hyeon (Director of the Korea Forest Service)

This book includes "Yeobakseowon," which makes you savor Goethe's weighty words like, "The road to the right goal is right at every section." It also includes "Snoopy Garden," which cheerfully encourages, "Life isn't just one road."
The 'Sayuwon' with its fragrant apple scent is the result of "a determination to create a garden that does not exist in the world," the Ho-Am Art Museum's 'Heewon' is the fruit of the Korean aesthetics of landscape architect Jeong Yeong-seon, the protagonist of the film 'Poetry Written on the Ground,' and the Amorepacific Raw Material Botanical Garden is the product of entrepreneurial innovation inspired by nature.
In addition, we introduce the National Arboretum of Sejong, which is home to Kim Young-ha's avocado tree, the Suncheon Bay National Garden, which is imbued with special spirits, the Cheonlipo Arboretum, which has the largest number of magnolia species, the Shingudae Botanical Garden, which offers healing, and spaces where artists can find rest, such as the rooftop garden of artist Hong Kyung-taek.


“This book reminds us that small but precious things require attention.
It makes me imagine drawing in an arboretum.
“I want to cultivate a garden of senses in my heart too!”
―Park Shin-yang (painter/protagonist of the film "The Letter," set in the National Arboretum)