Osan City Holds Ninth Small Garden Project Planting Event

[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Su-won] Osan City held a planting event on the 20th at the newly created 'Ninth Small Garden' near Osan IC (Won-dong 115-1 area) in cooperation with the Korea Expressway Corporation.

The event was attended by approximately 50 people including Osan Mayor Lee Kwon-jae, Osan City Council Speaker Lee Sang-bok and council members, Seoul-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters Director Park Tae-wan of the Korea Expressway Corporation and staff, the Daewon 2-dong Residents Autonomous Committee, and members of four organizations as well as local residents, who directly planted 300 flowering plants and 30 mugunghwa trees.

The 'Small Garden' project improves village landscapes and spreads community culture by creating gardens on idle land or leftover spaces in neighborhoods and maintaining them together with residents.

In particular, the 'Ninth Small Garden' created this year was established through cooperation between the two institutions, with the Korea Expressway Corporation providing the site to create a pleasant living environment for residents near Osan IC.

Seoul-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters Director Park Tae-wan of the Korea Expressway Corporation said, "I am very pleased and proud that previously unused idle land around the expressway has been reborn as a beautiful rest area for citizens through cooperation with Osan City."

Osan Mayor Lee Kwon-jae said, "I hope the small garden, created together with the participation of citizens, will become the closest and most comfortable rest space where one can create precious memories with beloved families and neighbors," and added, "We will continue to cooperate with the Korea Expressway Corporation to create forests on idle land near Osan IC and provide a pleasant living environment for residents in areas adjacent to expressways."