Gwanak-gu's Family-Friendly 'Urban Agriculture Program' Gains Popularity

Introducing Urban Agriculture Programs for Various Residents Including Children, Families, and Women

Program participation is accepted online on a first-come, first-served basis on the 20th of every month via the Seoul Metropolitan Government Public Service Reservation website

Gwanak-gu (District Mayor Park Junhee) is operating various urban agriculture programs, providing residents with a time of natural healing within the city.

Last year, the district operated a total of 22 urban agriculture programs, attracting over 3,000 residents and gaining great popularity. Accordingly, this year the district is running a total of 26 programs to allow diverse residents such as children, families, and women to participate.

Programs for children include making special desserts, grass craft experiences, and making natural cosmetics. Especially this year, a new ecological transition education program through horticultural activities called “Happy Green Island” is introduced.

Additionally, programs such as “Sobakhan Tol,” which creates small items using seeds, and “Saturday Crop Gourmet Meeting,” which explores the appearance and uses of crops from seeds to fruits, are offered to provide residents with opportunities to understand and learn about the characteristics of nature.

In July, various family experience programs that the whole family can enjoy together will be held, including ▲“Our Family is a Garden Farmer,” a family vegetable garden cultivation experience, ▲“Slow Gang Gamchan Traditional Sauce Making,” a collaborative workshop, and ▲“Pest Hunting Contest,” which explores insects living in the vegetable garden.

Furthermore, for women in their 40s and 50s experiencing menopause, empty house syndrome, or depression, a healing agriculture program called “Girl’s Vegetable Garden” is operated to help heal the mind through soil and crops.

The programs are conducted at Gang Gamchan Urban Agriculture Center, Gwanak Urban Agriculture Park, and other locations. Participation applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis on the 20th of every month via the Seoul Metropolitan Government Public Service Reservation website.

A district official stated, “We will continue to provide various urban agriculture programs that residents want and develop Gang Gamchan Urban Agriculture Center into a space that the whole family can enjoy.”

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