Gwonseon-gu Seryue 1-dong Opens Rooftop Garden for Ecological Field Study

The Seryue 1-dong Community Center (District Chief Hong Bong-soon) in Gwonseon-gu announced on June 18 that it conducted an ecological field study on the rooftop garden with students from the nearby Aha Kindergarten on June 17.

On that day, 25 kindergarten students harvested lettuce, cherry tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, ssamjang greens, bracken ferns, and blueberries that have been grown organically. The harvested produce was provided as lunch for the kindergarten.

The rooftop garden in Seryue 1-dong was established in June 2011 and has become a notable attraction that is visited annually by government officials from Daejeon Metropolitan City and employees from local governments and municipal and provincial agricultural technology centers.

An official from the district said, "Vegetables harvested here are provided as donated side dishes to senior centers and elderly residents with mobility difficulties in the area," and urged "participation as volunteer activities are available every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m."

The rooftop garden in Seryue 1-dong was selected as a pilot region for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' urban agriculture promotion project in March 2011 and was established in June of that year with a size of 321㎡. It is equipped with two water tanks and a pump to cultivate vegetables using approximately 6,000 liters of rainwater.