Suwon to Create 1,000 'Palm-Sized Gardens' Throughout the City

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon City announced on the 26th that it will promote a 'Palm-Sized Garden Project' to create 1,000 beautiful small gardens throughout the city under citizen leadership.

The Palm-Sized Garden Project is a new citizen garden culture initiative for Suwon that discovers all empty spaces throughout the city—including village commons, small leftover land, vacant sites, businesses, and apartments—where citizens plant and cultivate flowers and trees with their own hands.

The Palm-Sized Garden Project, with the vision of 'Gardens by Citizens' Hands, Gardens by Citizens' Sides,' consists of three major goals—△cultivating 10 flowers and trees at each household, △100% accessibility within 5 minutes, and △1,000 palm-sized gardens for all—and 12 implementation tasks.

The city will advance the project with a goal of creating 1,000 palm-sized gardens by 2026, beginning with 400 gardens in 2023.

To this end, the city is recruiting members for the 'Saebit Suwon Palm Garden Corps' to participate in the project through December 30. Any citizen interested in plants, gardens, and volunteer activities can participate. Organizations and groups such as civic organizations, businesses, neighborhood associations, merchant associations, schools, and public institutions can also apply. The Saebit Palm Garden Corps will be active through June 2026.

The Palm Garden Corps will engage in activities including garden management, garden management education and programs, and promoting palm-sized gardens on social media.

A city official stated, 'We plan to have citizens, businesses, and public institutions form communities to create beautiful palm-sized gardens in every corner of the city,' and added, 'We hope many citizens will apply to join the Palm Garden Corps.'