Oh Se-hoon: "We Will Create a Garden City Where All Citizens Can Heal"

Seoul City Holds Garden Event with Citizens Ahead of Arbor Day
Flowers and Trees Planted by Citizens and Disabled at Gangdong-gu Amsa History Park

On the 3rd, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon stated, "Planting flowers and trees is an investment in creating a sustainable environment for future generations and a healing activity that brings happiness to citizens' lives."

On the same day, Mayor Oh attended the event to create the 'Companion Charming Garden City Seoul' held at Amsa History Park in Gangdong-gu to celebrate the 79th Arbor Day. He said, "We will transform Seoul into a true garden city where attractive gardens can be found anywhere in daily life, and all citizens can heal emotionally and physically through gardens."

The event was organized as part of the 'Charming Garden · Companion Garden' project announced by Seoul City last March. Expanding the existing tree-planting events, it was designed as an event where citizens directly participate in creating gardens within Amsa History Park. Amsa History Park is a project to ecologically restore damaged areas within the development-restricted zone around Amsa-dong, Gangdong-gu, and to create a history and culture-centered park (111,198㎡) linked to prehistoric relics. The goal is to complete the park by 2026.

Mayor Oh also announced the 'Companion Charming Garden City Seoul' declaration, expressing his commitment to creating a green Seoul through ▲ a Seoul where attractive gardens can be found anywhere in daily life ▲ a healthy Seoul where citizens and businesses cultivate gardens together ▲ and a paradigm shift in space where all development and construction start from green gardens.

Among the 420 participants, 80 were invited as vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities and their companions, who have fewer opportunities to experience gardens and green spaces. Additionally, 100 participants of Seoul My Tree, a participatory eco-friendly activist group that responds to climate change by directly donating trees to create urban forests, also joined to add meaning to the event.

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