Boseong Green Tea Fields

Character

On Boseong’s steep tea slopes, planting rows bend with the contours of the hill. Son Yeon-ji’s regional survey found traditional tea fields concentrated on sloped and terraced terrain. The famous green stripes begin as agricultural geometry shaped by topography

Son’s survey also found traditional Boseong parcels predominantly planted with native landraces adapted to local ecological conditions. That gives the landscape another layer beyond its visible pattern: the shape of the fields and the plant material both reflect long adjustment to the region’s terrain and climate

The experience

Daehan Dawon is the most straightforward public entry into this wider landscape. Korea Tourism Organization’s visitor route moves from the cedar forest path through bamboo to the main tea-field vista, then continues upward across the plantation. The tea rows become more legible as terrain from the higher paths, where their curves can be read across several slopes at once

The farm rises toward a small peak around 350 metres above sea level. KTO notes that the summit observation area can reveal the sea on clear days, placing the plantation within a larger coastal-hill setting. The cedar avenue at the entrance gives the visit a second strong spatial element before the open tea slopes begin

Boseong Green Tea Fields is a regional landscape, so Daehan Dawon represents one managed visitor route through a much broader cultivation area. Son’s survey covered tea parcels across Boseong County, showing that the agricultural identity extends well beyond a single plantation

History

The modern visitor landscape at Daehan Dawon grew from postwar reconstruction. The plantation’s archived history records that Jang Young-seop acquired a war-damaged tea-growing area and surrounding land in 1957, established Daehan Tea Company and developed large-scale tea planting on the slopes. Trees including cedar and cypress were planted as windbreaks and landscape elements during that development

The farm later became a formal tea-tourism site in 1994. That change helped make a working plantation publicly accessible through paths, viewpoints and visitor facilities while the fields continued their agricultural role. The cedar approach and patterned slopes that now define the visitor experience are therefore products of cultivation and landscape management carried out over decades

At regional scale, Boseong’s tea story is more diverse than one estate. Son Yeon-ji’s survey of 1,453 parcels found traditional sloped and terraced fields alongside other cultivation types and highlighted native landraces as ecological and agro-cultural assets. The county’s familiar tea scenery belongs to a working agricultural system with different histories and planting conditions across the wider landscape

Before you go

Use Daehan Dawon as the primary anchor for a first visit: it has a defined walking route, ticketing and viewpoints, while other plantations and tea-related sites around Boseong operate separately. The higher paths involve sustained uphill walking, so allow enough time to climb beyond the lower photo stops if you want the broader view