Paldal-gu: "Growing Vegetables Right in the City"

Paldal-gu has implemented a project to distribute "Love Box Gardens in the City," which allow residents to grow various vegetables in empty urban spaces.

Last year, the district provided vegetable cultivation education to 11 facilities, including 7 senior centers, 3 middle schools, and 6 childcare centers. The project distributed pots, seedlings, and growing medium, spreading methods for creating box gardens and cultivation techniques, which received strong response.

This year, the Love Box Gardens in the City project will be distributed to 8 senior centers and 9 childcare centers. For adults in the city, the gardens provide a sense of nostalgia, while for growing children, it has become a unique educational setting where they can directly cultivate and grow vegetables.

A childcare center teacher said, "Through the box garden, children have a good educational opportunity to observe how vegetables change right beside them, touch the soil, and grow vegetables themselves."