South Korea International Horticultural Healing Expo 2026

Rinascita — meaning rebirth in Italian — explores how a healthy future can emerge from nature through care, patience, and regeneration.
Italian landscapes are palimpsests, where Roman ruins, agricultural terraces, and contemporary life coexist in layers. The dark angular stones of the main path scatter and dissolve into grey silica sand — a built form quietly reclaimed by nature, symbolising destruction transformed into fertile ground from which new life emerges.

The water feature at the heart of the garden highlights the preciousness of this vital resource. During hot weather, the water gradually evaporates, remaining dry until replenished by the next rainfall. This natural cycle serves as a quiet reminder that water is a finite resource to be valued, conserved, and protected.

The garden unfolds as a sequence rather than a destination, guiding visitors through moments of compression and openness, shade and sun, inviting mindful walking and quiet reflection. Planting dominates over sixty percent of the composition, expressing that healing requires not only activity, but also rest and retreat.