"10,000 Won for 2 Hydrangea Stems, Share with Neighbors" ... Seoul-Jeonnam Village Community Spring Flower Event

From 21st to 25th, 6,000 Hydrangea Flowers from Gangjin, Jeonnam Florists Purchased and Shared by Seoul Citizens

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] 6,000 hydrangea flowers are coming from Gangjin, Jeollanam-do to Seoul. On the 21st, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will hold the 'You and Me, Us, Sharing Spring Flowers' event, where village communities in Seoul and Jeollanam-do connect the distance between neighbors, which has grown due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), with spring flowers.

The event involves Seoul citizens purchasing 6,000 hydrangea flowers from flower farms in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do, which have been unable to sell their flowers due to blocked export routes. One flower is for oneself, tired from COVID-19, and the other is to share with neighbors. Purchased flowers can be shared directly with family and friends, or collected and delivered to institutions on the front lines of COVID-19 response, such as hospitals, treatment centers, welfare centers, and community service centers.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government explained that through sharing spring flowers, they aim to support neighbors overcoming the COVID-19 situation in various fields and to restore a warm community amid social distancing.

This event started from a proposal by Seoul village activists who learned about the difficult situation in Jeollanam-do while sharing village activities nationwide, such as lunchbox and side dish sharing and tulip flower sharing in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, which were severely affected by COVID-19. Although Jeollanam-do has relatively fewer confirmed COVID-19 cases compared to other regions, it is facing difficulties as local flower exhibitions have been canceled and flower exports blocked.

Citizens who wish to participate in the spring flower sharing event can apply online (http://bitly.kr/Flower2020) from the 21st to the 25th. The price for two hydrangea flowers is 10,000 KRW. Flowers can be picked up in person on the selected date at designated locations such as nearby village autonomy centers on the 28th or 29th.

For flower sharing, participants can choose from 'Personal Sharing,' where they receive the flowers themselves and share them; 'Designated Sharing,' where they keep half the flowers and share the other half with designated institutions; or 'Full Sharing,' where all flowers are delivered to designated institutions without personal receipt. If 'Designated Sharing' or 'Full Sharing' is selected, the village autonomy center in each district will deliver the flowers in the applicant's name to hospitals, treatment centers, welfare centers, community service centers, and other institutions working hard against COVID-19.

Choi Soon-ok, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Community Affairs Division, said, "Although all citizens are going through difficult and challenging times due to COVID-19, the nature of the pain varies depending on where and how people live. The combined efforts to overcome this will surely lead to learning and gaining more, and finding community-based solutions to prepare for a new future."

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