Suwon Agricultural Technology Center Recruits Participants for Citizens' Garden Experience

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Suwon Agricultural Technology Center is recruiting participants for the "2020 Citizens' Garden Experience" for 10 days from the 3rd to the 12th of next month.

The citizens' garden experience is an agricultural activity where citizens directly cultivate garden plots for one year at vegetable gardens set up throughout Suwon, including Tapdong Citizens' Garden in Gwonseon-gu.

The Suwon Agricultural Technology Center accepts applications from the general public and allocates individual garden plots of a certain area.

This year, the total number of garden plots allocated to citizens is 1,880, including 1,500 plots (16㎡ each) at Tapdong Citizens' Garden, 139 plots (10㎡ each) at Dureuttul Park, 163 plots (10㎡ each) at Mulhyanggi Park, and 78 plots (10㎡ each) at Youth Culture Park.

Only one garden plot per household can be applied for. The experience is available from April to November.

The experience fee is 15,000 won for Tapdong Citizens' Garden, and free for the three parks: Dureuttul Park, Mulhyanggi Park, and Youth Culture Park.

However, chemical materials such as vinyl, chemical fertilizers, and chemical pesticides cannot be used during cultivation, and the garden plot must be continuously maintained.

Citizens wishing to participate should download the application form from the "2020 Citizens' Garden Experience Application Notice" posted in "City News" on the Suwon City website (http://www.suwon.go.kr), fill it out, prepare their ID and other supporting documents, and submit them.

Applications can be submitted in person at the Tapdong Citizens' Garden Main Education Center (155 Seodun-ro, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon) or by mail (Urban Agriculture Team, Agricultural Technology Division, 45 Onjeong-ro, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Postal Code 16631).

The allocation results can be confirmed on the city website on the 21st of next month.

Citizens allocated garden plots must pay the experience fee and complete pre-training sessions held in March to be confirmed as final experience participants.

An official from the Suwon Agricultural Technology Center stated, "The 'Citizens' Garden Experience' is intended to inform citizens of the importance of urban ecological agriculture and provide a healthy leisure and cultural space," and added, "We will do our best to operate it so that citizens can find peace of mind in a farm in the heart of the city."

For inquiries, contact the Urban Agriculture Team at Suwon Agricultural Technology Center (031-228-2548·2549).