Dongdaemun-gu, Box Garden Leasing for Urban Farmers

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yu Deok-yeol) is distributing 1,200 box gardens to help residents emotionally recover from COVID-19 and contribute to the activation of healthy food self-sufficiency.

The box gardens consist of eco-friendly boxes, soil, seedlings, and cultivation manuals, designed to allow easy crop cultivation at home by utilizing small spaces such as balconies.

Applications for the box gardens can be submitted until the 15th through the Dongdaemun-gu Office website under ‘Citizen Participation → Online Application.’ Individuals can apply for up to 2 sets, and organizations up to 10 sets.

The participation fee is 8,000 KRW per set.

The district will distribute a total of 1,200 box garden sets on a first-come, first-served basis. The selection results will be announced on the 17th on the Dongdaemun-gu Office website and notified individually via applicants’ mobile phones.

The box gardens will be delivered by courier to the applicants’ addresses.

For more details, please contact the Economic Promotion Division of Dongdaemun-gu Office.

Yu Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “I hope many residents participate in cultivating box gardens to aid emotional recovery from COVID-19 and enjoy a nature-friendly leisure culture in daily life through eco-friendly food they grow themselves.”

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