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Focusing on the significant changes in interpretation of public garden, the aim of this study was to investigate the cognitive image, effect and communality by analyzing the perceptional difference in urban garden between garden education participants, potential participants, and general citizen group. Principal images were “familiar, affective” (relationship with nature), “progressive, sociable” (attitude toward garden activities), “expansive, autonomous” (spatial evaluation), using 24 adjectives representing urban garden image. Through factor analysis by principal components based on the factor loadings of education participants group, factor 1 could be named “Public Role and Communality of urban garden” (Potential Dimension), factor 2 explains “Differentiation as a Public Landscape” (Evaluative Dimension), and factor 3 as “Aesthetic Experience” (Active Dimension). In particular, participants were more aware of the social and environmental effects of urban garden, and the average value of communality index was higher than that of potential participants (3.4 & 3.31) and general citizens (2.69). The urban garden can play a social, environmental, economical role being recognized as lifelong education or community activities beyond just acquiring knowledge. The significance of citizen gardener education could be reaffirmed and needed to systemize for continuity.

The demand for idyllic housing has been rapidly spreading from the national capital regions to suburban areas of large metropolitan cities in South Korea. This trend could be seen as a demand for more environmentally friendly residences. This research explores the general characteristics of idyllic housing residents, reasons for moving to idyllic housing sites, general attitudes to the surrounding landscape of residential areas and landscape memory, residents' satisfaction with the landscape and their attitudes to the ecological environment. The main reason for the dissatisfaction with idyllic living was the lack of facilities caused by the Farmland Act. A new law for the development control of idyllic housing sites is needed or the existing law needs to be tightened to address this problem. The research presented here is a first step towards a more comprehensive analysis of idyllic Korean housing and further research is needed.