Suncheon-si, Rural Healing Gardens and Companion Fruit Tree Distribution

Expansion of Healing Agriculture, First-Come-First-Served Application for Urban Residents from the 10th to 12th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 4th that it will offer rural healing gardens and companion fruit trees to urban residents on a first-come, first-served basis for three days from the 10th to the 12th to expand healing agriculture and overcome COVID-19 blues.

Due to social distancing caused by COVID-19, with more time spent at home, the city operates rural healing gardens, an interactive healing program that connects natural and rural healing resources with farming activities outside the city.

The rural healing gardens serve as a place to create happy memories for families to heal together, where participants can cultivate gardens and companion fruit trees as well as participate in various experience programs conducted at farms and villages.

Additionally, the program operates as an interactive healing program by designating mentee-mentor pairs between urban residents and village farm owners to understand and communicate about crop cultivation techniques and rural culture.

The planned distribution sites include two rural experience and recreation villages (Juam Yongoreum Village, Nagan Kkotmacha Village), four healing and educational farms (Seungju Sangol Tourist Farm, Songgwang Deokdongwon, Seomyeon Moira, Mideum Farm, Nagan Baekkotpine Village), and two general experience farms (Songgwang Dume Organic Farm, Honeybee Couple Farm).

A total of 45 families (groups) will be allocated across nine rural villages and farms. The healing garden plots are approximately 10㎡ each, with a distribution fee of 30,000 KRW, and companion fruit trees (pear) are 100,000 KRW per tree.

Applications can be submitted by downloading the application form from the Suncheon City or Suncheon Agricultural Technology Center websites and sending it via email to the Suncheon City Agricultural Policy Division. For more details, inquiries can be made to the Suncheon City Agricultural Policy Division.

A Suncheon City official stated, "Through the operation of this healing garden, we plan to provide a mental and physical healing space for urban residents tired of daily life, making it a rural village and healing farm that people want to visit." He added, "We will foster Suncheon-style healing agriculture that promotes coexistence between urban and rural areas by expanding human and cultural exchanges between the city and countryside."

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