Seoul Names 175 Spring Flower Routes

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Friday named 175 "Seoul Spring Flower Paths" spanning 251 kilometers across the city, divided into 74 urban street routes, 55 park paths, 37 waterway paths and nine neighborhood greenways. The program adds 424 gardens, raising Attractive and Companion Gardens to about 1,500, and provides bloom forecasts—forsythia and azaleas in late March, cherry blossoms around April 10—with online maps.