Osan City's Maehol Dure Village Garden Wins Gyeonggi Province Village Garden Award

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 11th that the citizen-led village garden 'Maehol Dure Village Garden (10-65, Sucheong-dong)' developed in Sucheong-dong has been selected as an outstanding village garden in the '2020 Gyeonggi Province Village Garden Award.'

The 2020 Gyeonggi Province Village Garden Award is a competitive recruitment project implemented to discover and recognize outstanding village gardens among 37 citizen-led community gardens established throughout Gyeonggi Province, to motivate continuous resident participation, and to share and promote exemplary village garden cases.

In the first round of document review, which comprehensively considered the implementation content of the village gardens, resident participation, and sustainability, 10 local governments were selected. Through on-site inspection by experts, Osan City was finally selected for the 'Outstanding Village Garden Award' among a total of 4 recipients (3 outstanding village garden awards and 1 beautiful participation award).

The Maehol Dure Village Garden Promotion Committee created a four-season flower garden on a pedestrian-only path that had concerns about illegal dumping and safety, and installed lighting to improve the landscape and create a safe passage for students.

In addition, with the goal of 'community recovery through gardens' last year, regular maintenance and management were carried out four times a week. The committee continued consistent activities linked to the garden, including selection in the community resident proposal project and job creation linked to the hope job program.

Choi Jae-seo, Chairman of the Maehol Dure Village Garden Promotion Committee, said, "I would like to thank the gardeners of Maehol Dure Village for their hard work in maintaining and managing the garden and revitalizing the community over the past year," and added, "Going forward, we will work together with residents to make the village even more beautiful."