Creating Charming Rural Landscapes at Three Locations Including Yangcheon-gu Sintree Park

Perfect for family, couples, or solo walks

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) has created a unique rural landscape to enjoy in the city within local parks, including Sintree Park (3 Mokdongdong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul).

In these four parks (Sintree Park, Yeonui Ecological Park, Urban Agriculture Park, and Anyangcheon), various field crops are cultivated to create a distinctive rural scenery in the city, providing natural learning opportunities that stimulate the sensitivity of growing children.

Especially in Sintree Park, besides field crops, rice is planted to create rice paddies. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the annual "Little Farmer School" program was conducted for children in local daycare centers and kindergartens, offering hands-on experiences such as rice planting, crop planting, and harvesting. However, this year, due to COVID-19, the program operation has been suspended or reduced, and rice cultivation and crop planting are being carried out independently.

Although the Little Farmer School could not proceed normally due to COVID-19, the rice planted in June this year at Sintree Park is still ripening yellow under the summer sun and long rainy season, accompanied by friendly scarecrows. Various seasonal crops such as cabbage, radish, green onion, yacon, sweet potato, and peanut are growing vigorously under the autumn sunlight, making it a unique urban space that evokes nostalgia for rural life.

Additionally, in the wide open fields around Anyangcheon and other areas, the seasonal atmosphere provided by surrounding plants like reeds enhances the feeling of abundance in the autumn fields, making it perfect for light walks alone, with family, or with a partner.

Meanwhile, the crops growing vigorously in the four parks including Sintree Park are scheduled to be harvested at the end of October, and the harvested crops will be provided free of charge to nearby senior citizen dining halls.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “I hope that the residents of Yangcheon, who have been physically and mentally exhausted this year due to COVID-19, will visit nearby parks to enjoy rural landscapes that are hard to experience in the city and spend time ‘healing’ their tired minds.”

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