Beautifying the City with Gardeners in Dongdaemun-gu

Dongdaemun-gu to Start Gardeners’ Training Program Graduates Managing Street Gardens and Greenbelts from August

Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) announced that 11 gardeners who completed a 12-week gardening training course starting in March will begin tending street gardens and greenbelt sites from August.

In January, the district held a proclamation ceremony declaring itself a ‘City of Flowers’ to enhance urban quality and provide residents with a pleasant living environment through various flowers and plants. In March, a final report meeting for the basic plan of the City of Flowers project was held to discuss future directions and implementation plans. Among the key action plans presented at the meeting was a project to cultivate professional gardeners through specialized training courses to spread gardening culture and sustainably operate the City of Flowers.

The gardeners’ training course is a practice-oriented professional gardening education program that began its first class on March 16. The training was conducted on-site, including hands-on practice designing and creating a ‘Learning Garden’ within Jang-an Neighborhood Park’s green space, allowing participants to acquire various garden management techniques. After completing the 12-week course, 18 participants also volunteered at the Jangrangcheon Rose Garden.

Among them, 11 gardeners will manage street gardens and greenbelt sites starting in August. They are expected to play a significant role in beautifying the city by applying the plant compositions, characteristics, and management methods unique to Dongdaemun-gu’s street gardens, learned through theory and practical training.

Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, expressed his gratitude to the gardeners working hard to create the City of Flowers in Dongdaemun-gu, saying, “I hope you will fully demonstrate your gardening skills based on the practical experience gained through the training.”

Dongdaemun-gu plans to continue projects such as creating experiential spaces like the Cheonjangsan Forest Trail woodworking education center and expanding tree planting to absorb carbon, aiming to connect flowers, trees, and people in building the City of Flowers.

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