Delivery of 'Moving Parks' to Six Locations Including Desolate Vacant Lots and Bus Stops

Seoul City Plants Trees and Flowers in Large Pots Installed on Concrete and Asphalt
Expanded to 16 Locations Following Gwanghwamun Plaza and Seoul Plaza Last Year

A moving park created in the area of 966 Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 19th that it has additionally installed 'Moving Parks (Mobile Planter)' at bus stops, subway station entrances, sidewalks, plazas, and vacant lots to provide citizens weary from the COVID-19 pandemic with small moments of rest and comfort in their daily lives.

The Moving Parks are large planters that can be relocated anytime and anywhere, planted with trees (large and small) and herbaceous plants (flowering plants), installed in barren spaces that are easily overlooked, and are not restricted by location. They can be installed without floor construction in various places with high foot traffic but where it is difficult to plant trees directly due to concrete or asphalt surfaces.

In particular, they can be temporarily relocated or moved to necessary locations during various events using cranes or forklifts, and can be rearranged according to the characteristics of each place to recreate distinctive spaces. Depending on the location, seating and other rest facilities can be combined to provide green resting spots within the city.

Last year, Seoul installed 10 Moving Parks mainly in urban areas such as Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul Plaza, Seoul Botanic Park, Yeouido Park, and in front of Mapo-gu Office.

This year, locations with high foot traffic such as bus transfer centers and subway station entrances were selected, and Moving Parks were additionally installed at six locations: in front of the sidewalk at 966 Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu (in front of Gireum New Town Apartment Complex 10), Yulhyeon Park (21-gil 91, Bamgogae-ro, Gangnam-gu), in front of DMC Station, Eunpyeong-gu, in front of Susaek Station, Eunpyeong-gu, bus transfer area in front of Sindorim Techno Park, Guro-gu, and Malmi Intersection Plaza (1008-1 Doksan-dong), Geumcheon-gu. The plants introduced here include 37 large trees, 318 small trees, and 5,515 herbaceous plants.

Choi Yoon-jong, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Green City Bureau, said, "We will continue to deliver parks with various themes to small spaces in the barren urban areas, including plazas and roadside vacant lots," and added, "We hope that Moving Parks will become places frequently visited by citizens as spaces for healing and rest amid the fatigue caused by COVID-19."

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