Yeongdeungpo-gu Maetan 3-dong Creates Wild Flower Street Flower Beds

Maetan 3-dong in Yeongdeungpo-gu (Dong Chief Jang Seong-seop) planted 4,200 wild flowers of three types—irises, hemerocallis, and phlox—along a 275-meter sidewalk section between Jugong Greenville Apartment Complex 5 and the entrance to Maehyun Elementary School on the 9th as part of the "Building Our Neighborhood Using Leftover Land" project.

The "Building Our Neighborhood" project aims to enhance the quality of life for residents by creating flower beds and rest areas in vacant lots and waste dumping-prone areas. A total of 100 locations were surveyed by July, from which 10 sites were selected.

The planting event, held in commemoration of National Clean-up Day, was attended by approximately 80 people including members of nine organizations including the Resident Autonomous Committee, sanitation workers, volunteers, and residents, who removed overgrown weeds and transplanted flower seedlings.

An official from the dong said, "This area is located in a place with heavy pedestrian traffic and high traffic volume near Maetan Gwonseon Station, a newly established station selected in late 2013 in connection with the opening of the dual-track electrified railway between Ori and Suwon, as well as Maehyun Elementary School, Jugong Greenville Apartment Complex, and the Yeongdeungpo-gu Office. It is expected to provide citizens with a place of rest and become established as a nature-friendly ecological pathway."