Seoul Grand Park showcases nature's botanical predators

Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden will host its 20th annual carnivorous plant exhibition starting Oct. 2 in the Welcoming Garden near the main entrance. The 10-day showcase features more than 700 specimens across 16 North American species, including Venus flytraps, sundews, cobra lilies and butterworts. The event runs through Oct. 11 and includes guided tours, therapeutic gardening and JBS-themed wooden crafts.

The exhibition is titled Exploring North American Carnivorous Plants with JBS and is held in the Welcoming Garden near the main entrance.

Seoul Grand Park says the botanical garden has the largest collection of carnivorous flora in Korea, with over 7,100 specimens across 400 species.

The annual exhibition has been held since 2003 and is part of the park’s conservation role for rare plants.

Visitors can join guided tours, pot their own Venus flytraps in therapeutic gardening sessions, or make wooden keepsakes featuring the JBS characters.

Published Sep 29, 2026 11:07 am KST

A Venus flytrap on display at Seoul Grand Park’s carnivorous plant exhibition, showcasing its open trap lined with trigger hairs. Courtesy of Seoul Grand Park

Long a sanctuary for native flora and exotic animals, the Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden is turning the spotlight on nature’s most cunning hunters: carnivorous plants.

Starting Oct. 2, the park will host its 20th annual carnivorous plant exhibition, a 10-day Exploring North American Carnivorous Plants with JBS showcase.

Set in the Welcoming Garden near the main entrance, the event features more than 700 specimens across 16 species native to North America — ranging from the iconic Venus flytrap and dew-beaded sundews to cobra lilies and butterworts.

To make the botanical science accessible to families, park organizers are framing the exhibit around JBS (Jabasseu), a whimsical fictional mascot group created to celebrate the botanical garden’s 40th anniversary. Made up of five characters modeled after insect-eating plants — including Fly, Taeyang-i and Sara — JBS acts as a pop-idol-style guide, leading visitors through an interactive journey tracing how these plants thrive in the wild.

JBS, a fictional carnivorous plant idol group created for Seoul Grand Park’s 40th anniversary in 2025 / Courtesy of Seoul Grand Park

Carnivorous plants are evolutionary marvels. By adapting to nutrient-poor soils like peat bogs and wetlands, they developed ingenious mechanisms to lure, trap and digest insects to supplement missing nutrients. The exhibit recreates these distinct North American ecosystems, contrasting the humid coastal bogs of the southeastern United States with the chilly wetlands of Canada and the mountainous terrain of Mexico.

Since 2003, the annual exhibition has grown into a hallmark event for the park.

As an officially designated conservation institution for rare plants, Seoul Grand Park boasts the largest collection of carnivorous flora in Korea, harboring over 7,100 specimens across 400 species collected through national conservation initiatives.

The event offers hands-on engagement for children and adults alike. Visitors can join guided tours led by forest interpreters, participate in therapeutic gardening sessions to pot their own Venus flytraps, or craft wooden keepsakes featuring the JBS characters.

"Carnivorous plants spark genuine curiosity with their unusual shapes and survival tactics, but they also carry profound ecological value," a park official said, adding that the event aims to inspire a newfound appreciation for biodiversity.

The exhibition runs through Oct. 11, open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entry to the outdoor showcase is included with general admission to the park. For urbanites looking to reconnect with nature, it provides a vivid, up-close look at the remarkable adaptability of the plant kingdom.

This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.

首尔大公园植物园将于10月2日起在主入口附近的迎宾花园举办第20届年度食虫植物展。为期10天的展览将展出16个北美物种的700余株植物，包括捕蝇草、茅膏菜、眼镜蛇百合和捕虫堇等。展览将持续至10月11日，期间还将提供导览服务、园艺疗愈体验以及JBS主题木制工艺品制作等活动。

展览名为“与 JBS 一起探索北美食虫植物”，在主入口附近的迎宾花园举行。

首尔大公园表示，该植物园拥有韩国最大的食肉植物收藏，涵盖 400 个物种，超过 7100 株植物。

该年度展览自 2003 年以来一直举办，是公园保护珍稀植物工作的一部分。

游客可以参加导览游，在园艺疗愈课程中亲手种植捕蝇草，或者制作以 JBS 角色为主题的木制纪念品。

发布于2026年9月29日上午11:07（韩国标准时间）

首尔大公园食虫植物展览上展出的一株捕蝇草，展示了其布满触发毛的张开的捕蝇夹。图片由首尔大公园提供。

首尔大公园植物园长期以来一直是本土植物和外来动物的庇护所，如今，它将目光转向了自然界最狡猾的猎手：食肉植物。

从 10 月 2 日起，该公园将举办第 20 届年度食虫植物展览，为期 10 天的“与 JBS 一起探索北美食虫植物”展览。

展览在主入口附近的迎宾花园举行，展出了北美本土 16 个物种的 700 多件标本，从标志性的捕蝇草和露珠茅膏菜到眼镜蛇百合和捕虫堇，应有尽有。

为了让植物学更易于家庭理解，公园组织者以JBS（Jabasseu）为主题策划了此次展览。JBS是一个充满奇思妙想的虚拟吉祥物组合，为庆祝植物园成立40周年而创作。JBS由五个以食虫植物为原型的角色组成，包括Fly、Taeyang-i和Sara。JBS将以偶像式的导游身份，带领游客进行一场互动之旅，探索这些植物在野外的生长习性。

JBS，一个虚构的食肉植物偶像团体，为庆祝首尔格兰德公园2025年成立40周年而打造 / 图片由首尔格兰德公园提供

食虫植物是进化的奇迹。它们适应了泥炭沼泽和湿地等营养贫瘠的土壤，发展出精妙的机制来引诱、捕获和消化昆虫，从而补充缺失的营养。本次展览重现了北美这些独特的生态系统，将美国东南部潮湿的沿海沼泽与加拿大寒冷的湿地以及墨西哥的山区地形进行了对比。

自 2003 年以来，这项年度展览已发展成为该公园的标志性活动。

作为韩国官方指定的珍稀植物保护机构，首尔大公园拥有韩国最大的食肉植物收藏，通过国家保护计划收集了 400 个物种、7100 多件标本。

本次活动为儿童和成人提供丰富的互动体验。游客可以参加由森林讲解员带领的导览游，参与园艺疗愈课程亲手种植捕蝇草，或制作印有JBS卡通人物的木制纪念品。

一位公园官员表示：“食肉植物凭借其不寻常的形状和生存策略，激发了人们真正的好奇心，但它们也具有深刻的生态价值。”他还补充说，此次活动旨在激发人们对生物多样性的全新认识。

展览将持续至10月11日，每日上午10点至下午5点开放。户外展区的门票包含在公园门票内。对于渴望亲近自然的都市居民来说，此次展览提供了一个生动、近距离的视角，展现了植物王国令人惊叹的适应能力。

本文由生成式人工智能协助发布，并由《韩国时报》编辑。