Jeonju City Opens Second Healing Farm for People with Developmental Disabilities

Located in Daeseong-dong, Southeast Region... Customized Vegetable Gardens and Healing Gardens Established

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonju City announced on the 8th that a healing farm for people with developmental disabilities has opened in Daeseong-dong, located in the southeastern area.

This is aimed at supporting outdoor activities for people with developmental disabilities and expanding opportunities for social participation. It is the second such farm following the one opened last year in Jang-dong in the northwestern area.

The newly established healing farm for people with disabilities was created by cultivating idle city-owned land near the Daeseong public parking lot, and it features customized vegetable gardens and healing gardens.

At the healing farm, the Jeonju Disabled Welfare Center (Director Park Yong-min) will operate various programs utilizing the farm with about 30 participants including people with developmental disabilities, such as △customized therapeutic agriculture education and experiential activities △cooking experiences using ingredients they have grown △delivery of harvested agricultural products to Jeonju Food △operation of direct sales market booths.

In particular, during the creation of the Daeseong-dong healing farm for people with developmental disabilities, Choi Kyu-beom, Executive Director of the Korea Horticultural Therapy Welfare Association, directly participated from the spatial planning stage to create a more specialized space for ‘experience, healing, and education’ activities.

Additionally, the ‘Dulle-gil Silver Guardians Project Team,’ consisting of about 20 elderly members of the Jeonju Senior Club (Director Kim Hyo-chun), who are participating in the ecological environment creation project at the Daeseong public parking lot, will support the agricultural activities of people with developmental disabilities.

Jeonju City expects the healing farm to become more active as a communication space where elderly people and people with disabilities not only manage the healing farm but also cultivate vegetable gardens together, helping and learning from each other.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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