Suwon to Recruit Participants for '2024 Citizen Farm Experience Garden' Program

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-seong] Suwon Special Status City will accept applications for the '2024 Citizen Farm Experience Garden' from the 22nd through February 2nd.

The Citizen Farm is an experience garden located throughout Suwon where residents can cultivate crops and engage in agricultural activities. Participants are selected through a lottery draw from applicants, and each is allocated a garden plot of a certain size.

The experience garden plots to be allocated are located at four sites with a total of 1,900 households: △Topdong Citizen Farm 1,500 households (16㎡) △Dureutteul Park 140 households (10㎡) △Mulhyanggi Park 180 households (10㎡) △Youth Culture Park 80 households (5~10㎡).

Applications must be submitted under the name of a household head. Once selected, participants may farm in their garden plot from March 22 through November 30.

Fifty percent of plots will be preferentially allocated to those aged 65 and older, national merit award recipients, individuals with disabilities, multicultural families, and households with three or more children under age 19. The remaining 50 percent will be allocated to the general public. One garden plot will be assigned per household.

Applications can be submitted through the mobile civic participation platform 'Saebitto Talk Talk' from January 22 through February 2.

On the Suwon City website (www.suwon.go.kr), clicking the '2024 Citizen Farm Experience Garden Application' banner will direct you to the application page. You may also apply in person at the Topdong Citizen Farm Main Building training facility on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., or via registered mail (Urban Agriculture Team, Agricultural Technology Division, Suwon Agricultural Technology Center, 45 Onjeong-ro, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon City).

The results of the garden plot lottery draw can be confirmed on the Suwon City website on February 14. Participants must pay the experience fee and complete preliminary training to be confirmed as final recipients.

Garden plot participants are prohibited from cultivating crops that may cause inconvenience to neighbors (tall-growing or vining crops) and must practice eco-friendly urban ecological agriculture (chemical materials such as plastic, chemical fertilizers, and chemical pesticides are prohibited). Additionally, participants must maintain their plots clean and pleasant and must not cause inconvenience to neighbors.

For more details, please check the Suwon Agricultural Technology Center website notice board or the '2024 Citizen Farm Experience Garden Application Notice' posted on the Suwon City website under 'Suwon News → City News'.

Inquiries: 031-228-2548·2565, Urban Agriculture Team, Agricultural Technology Division, Suwon City.