Autumn at Hanbat Arboretum
There are places we visit, and there are places that quietly become part of our lives. Hanbat Arboretum in Daejeon has become one of those places for me. Located in Dunsan Grand Park in the heart of Daejeon, Hanbat Arboretum is one of the largest urban arboretums in Korea. Surrounded by the city, yet filled with trees, gardens, ponds, walking paths, and thousands of varieties of plants, it is a remarkable green refuge where nature and city life exist side by side. For those who live in Daejeon, it is much more than a botanical garden. It is a place to walk, exercise, sit quietly beneath the trees, watch the seasons change, or simply escape the pace of the city for a while. Walking through it today, I was reminded that autumn does not arrive all at once. It comes slowly and almost unnoticed at first—a leaf turning yellow at the edge, a touch of red appearing among the green, fallen leaves beginning to gather along a path. Then, day by day, the landscape changes. Perhaps that is why I lo...
