Gyeonggi Province to Offer Capacity-Building Training for Citizen Gardeners Through November

Gyeonggi Province is launching a capacity-building training program for citizen gardeners.

On July 8, Gyeonggi Provincial Government announced that it would run capacity-building training sessions until November in order to enhance the practical skills of citizen gardeners and support the spread of garden culture in everyday life.

The training is open to certified citizen gardeners in Gyeonggi Province who wish to participate. From 2013 to 2025, a total of 1,768 people have been certified as citizen gardeners in the province.

This training will be conducted at seven citizen gardener training institutions, including Shingu University, Suwon Women's University, and Shin Ansan University. Depending on the operation plans of each institution, the sessions will be held once or twice, with each session lasting up to four hours.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

The curriculum is designed to be practical, so that citizen gardeners can more professionally carry out garden creation, plant care, and green space management activities throughout the region. The main subjects include advanced pest and disease management, classification and identification of garden plants, post-creation garden maintenance, pruning and trimming by tree species, trends in the garden industry, utilization and management of landscaping trees, landscape therapy, and analysis of garden design and layout.

Lee Taeseon, Director of the Garden Industry Division at Gyeonggi Province, said, "This capacity-building training is intended to help citizen gardeners participate more professionally in local garden management and the spread of garden culture in daily life," adding, "We aim to expand the foundation for cultivating and managing gardens together with residents."

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