Pyeongtaek Spring Festival

We visited the Pyeongtaek Spring Flower Festival on Friday, May 2. The festival was a demonstration of foods grown in or near Pyeongtaek- rice, strawberries, tomatoes, bonsai, orchids, roses, peppers, Asian pear, etc. The festival was on the grounds surrounding an Agricultural Museum, of sorts... with permanent greenhouses, landscaped grounds, and a lovely tropical arboretum.

Walkway to the rice paddies- they were planting rice from a 18" square brick of rice plants, fed through a rotating wheel that then plugged each plant into the shallow water. Much quicker than doing it all by hand!

Exotic topiary, surrounding by flowers and green plastic sheeting... the field in the distance is filled with multi-colored windmills.

Evan was tired from a full day at school- he conked out on the way to Pyeongtaek. And, toured all of the exhibits in a reclined position. The flowers at the base of the fountain are an odd mixture of nasturtiums, foxglove, gerber daisies, and pansies....and the fountain was adorned with fake red roses.