Yangcheon-gu Citizen Gardeners 'Yangcheon Gardener' Cultivate Village Parks

21 Resident Citizen Gardeners in Yangcheon-gu Appointed as 'Yangcheon Gardeners'...After Completing Professional Training, Starting with Sinjeong Herb Garden, Actively Engaging in Creating a Diverse 'City of Forests and Gardens'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) appointed 21 members of the "1st Yangcheon Gardener" on the morning of the 8th.

The 21 Yangcheon Gardeners appointed on this day were residents of Yangcheon-gu who completed the Seoul Citizen Gardener Training Course.

Yangcheon-gu is equipped with abundant park and green space infrastructure, including five major parks along the Mokdong central axis, as well as nearby mountains such as Yongwangsan, Jiyangsan, Sinjeongsan, Galsan, and the Anyangcheon stream.

The district announced plans to utilize these environmental conditions to expand various garden creation projects together with residents.

As the first step, the district plans to upgrade the donated landscape green space (4,938㎡) located in Sinjeong 3-dong into the "Sinjeong Herb Garden" and create the space together with citizen gardeners, the "Yangcheon Gardeners."

The Sinjeong Herb Garden will be an urban garden composed of diverse spaces that satisfy the five senses by planting not only subtly fragrant and visually beautiful herbs but also sedges (sharp-leaved grasses) and woody plants (flowering trees). The garden is scheduled to be completed by the end of July.

Since herbs rarely seen in existing parks will be planted in the "Sinjeong Herb Garden," professionally trained "Yangcheon Gardeners" will be deployed to conduct delicate maintenance 2 to 4 times a month.

Starting with this appointment ceremony, the district plans to focus on nurturing Yangcheon Gardeners, discover gardening programs that can be carried out with local residents, and gradually expand garden project sites such as large and small parks, street gardens, and green belts.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, "The citizen gardeners promised to actively engage with enthusiasm to make our neighborhood more beautiful with their own hands," adding, "With the activities of the 1st Yangcheon Gardeners, Yangcheon-gu will be able to establish itself as a more pleasant city of forests and gardens."

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