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| Travelers can enjoy the Sheridan Circle rosebeds thanks to Embassy of Korea. |
The Embassy of Korea has become the "angel" caring for the now-lovely beds of roses on two bits of city land - the big triangle west of the circle and the tiny triangle on the east side.
Hometown Landscape of Silver Spring now maintains these beds. They even set out RMA's sign, which vanished years ago when RMA Treekeepers were trying to maintain these plantings.
RMA planted these sites with 'knockout' roses in 2013 with community-donated funds. But our small NGO has struggled to maintain the beds. The soil needed enrichment which helped. But once the soil was better, weeds spring up! Wind and dust from traffic buffet the plants and dry the soil. There is no nearby water source.
The Republic of Korea has three properties in the heart of historic Embassy Row:
the Consulate (2320 Mass, facing Sheridan Circle), the Korean Cultural Center (2370 Mass), the Embassy (2450 Mass). That embassy like so many of us want to sustain beautiful long views that make our shared, great Grand Avenue an international treasure.
By giving regular professional care to these once-abandoned sites, which RMA reclaimed and planted, the Embassy of Korea has strengthened our Green Community of "friends working together to re-green Embassy Row."
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| RMA planted these ginkgos with the Embassy. |
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| RMA Treekeepers mulch and weed the roses, |
| The Embassy of Korea Taegukgi / Taegeukgi (Korean: 태극기) |
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| Flag of the Republic of Korea or Taegukgi. |
South Korea flag is the Taegukgi features the red and blue
Taeguk, symbol of universal balance. The four black trigrams around it symbolize the seasons.
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