Healing Time Coloring the Green in the City... Jungnang Haengbok Farm Leasing 180 Garden Plots

March 3-8: 180 Garden Plots Available at Jungnang Happy Farm... Selected Participants Notified Individually by Text and on Website by March 11, 5 PM... Sinnae 1-dong 'Sinnae Farm' and Mangu 3-dong 'Mangu 1 Farm' Operate from April to November

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) is recruiting urban farmers to cultivate 180 garden plots and 25 pear trees at Jungnang Happy Farm from March 3 to March 8.

The Jungnang Happy Farm offering garden plots this time consists of two locations: Sinnae Farm in Sinnae 1-dong (256-9 Sinnae-dong) and Mangu 1 Farm in Mangu 3-dong (423-43 Mangu-dong).

Sinnae Farm offers 130 garden plots, while Mangu 1 Farm offers 50 garden plots and 25 pear trees for lease.

Residents of Jungnang-gu who wish to cultivate a garden plot can apply for one plot per household (6.6㎡, approximately 2 pyeong), and at Mangu 1 Farm, applicants can apply for both garden plots and pear trees simultaneously. The annual lease fee is 30,000 KRW for garden plots and 100,000 KRW for pear trees.

Residents who want to become urban farmers can apply for their desired farm through the Jungnang-gu Office website under Citizen Participation → Internet Application.

Winners will be selected through a random computerized lottery, and the results will be announced on March 11. Urban farmers who lease garden plots and pear trees can freely use the farms from April to November.

The district provides seedlings and compost to lessees and also lends farming tools necessary for garden cultivation.

Additionally, cultivation guidance such as seedling planting and seasonal crop management education will be conducted in advance, allowing residents inexperienced in farming to easily experience being farmers, which has already raised high expectations among residents.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “Through the operation of Jungnang Happy Farm, I hope residents exhausted by COVID-19 can spend precious time soothing their minds with green crops,” and added, “We will continue to expand spaces where many residents can experience urban agriculture.”

Meanwhile, Jungnang Happy Farm is very popular, with applications filling up quickly every year. Riding on this popularity, last year the district additionally established Mangu 1 Farm on a 1,844㎡ site in Mangu 3-dong, and this year plans to create and operate Mangu 2 Farm (around 113-2 Mangu-dong) on a 6,568㎡ site near Mangu 3-dong Pear Orchard Park.

Once completed, additional leases are scheduled for the first half of this year, so more residents are expected to participate in urban agriculture this year.

Also, to meet residents’ high interest in urban agriculture, last year the district successfully held the Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo online in cooperation with Seoul City and has been selected as an excellent autonomous district for urban agriculture by Seoul City for two consecutive years.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.