--- description: South Korea's Seoullo 7017 Skygarden, which opened in late May, is exactly that: a garden in the sky. The over 3,000-ft.-long "plant village" is built... title: Seoul’s Garden In the Sky image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9f8389590e2fd71/6988cfa8ab6d774c0f6ae551/south-korea-plant-village-seoul-garden-in-sky.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [South Korea](/tag/south-korea/) ## South Korea Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Seoul's Garden In the Sky  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2017 11:05 AM CUT  Seoullo 7017 Skygarden Seoullo 7017 SkygardenOssip van Duivenbode  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2017 11:05 AM CUT South Korea’s Seoullo 7017 Skygarden, which opened in late May, is exactly that: a garden in the sky. The over 3,000-ft.-long “plant village” is built on a former highway overpass that runs through the center of the capital, not unlike New York City’s High Line. Dutch studio MVRDV won a government commission to build the park two years ago and designed its thoroughfare to hold 24,000 plants. The park is likely to eventually expand and may become an urban nursery that grows trees or shrubs that can be transplanted elsewhere in the city. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4800807/seouls-garden-in-the-sky/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4800807/seouls-garden-in-the-sky/"},"headline":"Seoul's Garden In the Sky","datePublished":"2017-06-01T11:05:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:12:33.587Z","description":"South Korea's Seoullo 7017 Skygarden, which opened in late May, is exactly that: a garden in the sky. The over 3,000-ft.-long \"plant village\" is built...","url":"https://time.com/4800807/seouls-garden-in-the-sky/","keywords":["South Korea"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9f8389590e2fd71/6988cfa8ab6d774c0f6ae551/south-korea-plant-village-seoul-garden-in-sky.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9f8389590e2fd71/6988cfa8ab6d774c0f6ae551/south-korea-plant-village-seoul-garden-in-sky.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"south-korea-plant-village-seoul-garden-in-sky","caption":"south-korea-plant-village-seoul-garden-in-sky","creditText":"Ossip van Duivenbode","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/south-korea/","name":"South Korea"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4800807/seouls-garden-in-the-sky/","name":"Seoul's Garden In the Sky"}}]}] ```