Suwon Special City Recruits 1,900 Households for 'Saebit Citizen Farm Experience Garden' Participation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City will accept applications for the '2026 Saebit Citizen Farm Experience Garden' from January 24 to February 1.

The Saebit Citizen Farm Experience Garden allows citizens to engage in agricultural activities and cultivation in vegetable gardens located at Topdong Citizen Farm and Dureuteul Park, Mulhyanggi Park, and Youth Culture Park. Participants will be selected by lottery from applicants, and plots of a designated size will be allocated.

Vegetable garden plots will be allocated to 1,900 households: △Topdong Citizen Farm 1,500 households (16㎡) △Dureuteul Park 140 households (10㎡) △Mulhyanggi Park 180 households (10㎡) △Youth Culture Park 80 households (5~10㎡). The experience period runs from March 27 to November 30.

Priority allocation of 50% will be given to seniors aged 65 and older (household heads), national merit award recipients (household heads), persons with disabilities, multicultural families, and households with three or more minor children, with the remaining 50% allocated to general citizens. One plot per household will be assigned.

Applications can be made through the city participation platform Saebit Talk Talk from January 24 to February 1. On Suwon City's website (www.suwon.go.kr), click the '2026 Saebit Citizen Farm Experience Garden Application' banner to access the application page. Applications must be made under the name of the household head.

Applications can also be submitted in person at the Topdong Citizen Farm headquarters training center from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays or by registered mail (Urban Agriculture Team, Agricultural Technology Division, Suwon City Agricultural Technology Center, 45 Onjeong-ro, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon). Registered mail must arrive within the application period.

Participants will be selected using Suwon City's computerized lottery program. Lottery results can be confirmed on the Suwon City website on February 12. Applicants must pay the experience fee and complete a mandatory orientation to be confirmed as participants. The experience fee is 15,000 won for Topdong Citizen Farm and free for park vegetable gardens. Selection will be automatically canceled for those who fail to pay the experience fee or do not complete the mandatory orientation.

Participants in the vegetable garden experience are prohibited from cultivating crops that may cause damage to neighbors (tall crops, vining crops) and must practice eco-friendly urban ecological agriculture (prohibiting use of chemical materials such as vinyl, chemical fertilizers, and chemical pesticides). Additionally, participants must maintain their plots cleanly and pleasantly and must not cause damage to neighbors.

Inquiries: 031-5191 2548•2549, Urban Agriculture Team, Agricultural Technology Division, Suwon City.