Creation of Community Gardens on Leftover Land in Mapo-gu... Community Garden Resident Proposal Contest

Support for recording materials (up to 2 million KRW) or subsidies (up to 20 million KRW) for communities of 5 or more... Transforming vacant lots, alleys, apartments, and school green spaces into green gardens

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) announced that it is accepting applications for the '2020 Community Garden Creation Resident Proposal Project' to establish a culture where residents plant and cultivate flowers and trees in their daily lives on their own.

This project, promoted as part of the 'Seoul, Blooming with Flowers' campaign, supports residents in planting and cultivating flowers and trees in everyday spaces such as neighborhood alleys, apartments, commercial areas, and schools by providing greening materials like flowers and trees or subsidies.

Materials necessary for greening activities such as flowers, trees, and fertilizers are supported up to 2 million KRW per site, and subsidies for material costs and project execution costs can be provided from 5 million KRW up to a maximum of 20 million KRW per site.

Applications for both categories are not allowed simultaneously, and to strengthen project responsibility, the community must bear at least 10% of the subsidy amount.

Communities consisting of five or more people residing in Seoul or whose living area includes schools or workplaces in Seoul are eligible to apply. Interested communities can download the application forms (project proposal, project plan, community participation application, etc.) from the Mapo-gu Office website (http://www.mapo.go.kr), complete them, and submit them in person or by mail to the Mapo-gu Parks and Greenery Division by the 21st.

The results of the evaluation will be announced on March 10 on the Seoul City Hall website (http://www.seoul.go.kr).

For more detailed information about this project, inquiries can be made to the Mapo-gu Parks and Greenery Division (☎3153-9575).

Last year, through the 'Community Garden Creation Resident Proposal Project' in Mapo-gu, 33 organizations and 2,533 participants planted 15,196 trees of 22 species including crabapple trees, transforming 9,229㎡ of space within Mapo-gu into new gardens.

Additionally, the district is making various efforts to establish a greening culture with voluntary resident participation by promoting projects to create distinctive village flower beds on small plots, idle land, park edges, and alleys.

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “We hope that the creation of village gardens involving residents of all ages will spread green culture and revitalize the village community. We ask for active participation from residents so that empty gray leftover land can be reborn as green gardens full of flowers and trees.”

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