Kaohsiung Nanqu Senior Citizen Farm (Lushili Garden)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Operator: Kaohsiung City Government Social Affairs Bureau; operated with Kaohsiung Community University Promotion Association and its food-and-farming education center
Overview
Responding to an ageing society, the city's Social Affairs Bureau established this senior citizen farm in the Xincaoya settlement. Elders grow vegetables organically, reconnecting with nature to maintain body and mind and deepen social interaction-a welfare-oriented urban farm.
Citizen participation
Residents of Kaohsiung aged 65+ who are willing and able to farm apply (a lottery is held if oversubscribed). They grow eco-friendly vegetables with organic methods, with monthly food-and-farming and health lectures.
Operating model
An elderly-welfare program of the city's Social Affairs Bureau. The city provides the land and entrusts operation to the Community University Promotion Association and a food-and-farming education center; use is granted for one year at a time.
Impact
Providing 41 plots for up to 64 elders, it slows ageing, supports health and wellness, and-through intergenerational (grandparent-grandchild) co-learning events-promotes seniors' social participation and community exchange.
Land tenure
Elders cultivate city-owned land under a one-year-at-a-time use license; operation is entrusted to civic organisations.
Crops
- vegetables
- flowers
Scale
41 plots (each ~7 ping) at the junction of Yaxin 3rd St. and Yaxin 2nd St., Qianzhen District (Xincaoya settlement); capacity 64 elders
Sources（3）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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