Yongin City Reveals 'Citizen-Participation Harmony Garden' at Gyeongan Stream Embankment in Cheoin District

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hoon] Yongin Special City announced on the 25th that the 'Citizen-Participation Harmony Garden' at the Gyeongan Stream embankment in Cheoin District has completed its fall renovation.

On the 24th, Yongin City held a garden creation event at the Gyeongan Stream embankment below Gillyang Bridge in Maepyeong-dong, Cheoin District with the participation of approximately 150 citizens.

Twenty citizen-participation teams composed of families, alumni groups, hobby clubs, and others directly designed gardens and planted fall-appropriate plants, creating a variety of colorful gardens.

Volunteers from 'Our Neighborhood Park Guardians' and students from Gyeonggi Dream School also planted flowers and contributed to the garden creation.

The Harmony Garden features 1,000 plants of 70 species of flowers and grasses planted in various arrangements, including pampas grass, cosmos, Korean chrysanthemum, chrysanthemums, creeping stonecrop, purple fountain grass, pink muhly grass, foxtail grass, aster, and silver grass.

The Yongin Culture Foundation added richness to the event by organizing busking performances, 'pick' picnics, and a generous playground for event participants and citizens taking a walk along the Gyeongan Stream.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin Special City also attended the event, greeted citizens who participated in the garden creation, and planted flowers together.

Mayor Lee said, "Carpe diem, a Latin phrase meaning to enjoy the present to the fullest. With such beautiful weather today and so many various events prepared, I hope you will spend a joyful and happy time and help make our Yongin a wonderful place."

The garden created on this day will be open to citizens visiting the Gyeongan Stream starting on the 25th. The city plans to continuously manage the Harmony Garden through citizen gardeners.

Meanwhile, the city also created the 'Harmony Garden' with spring and summer plants in April and June respectively, allowing citizens to directly create fresh and beautiful gardens to promote garden culture and foster a sense of local attachment.