First stop was the Nuestra Señora de la Annunciata Parish, also known as Boso Boso Church, the oldest church in Antipolo; it was first built in the late 16th century.
Next stop was Carolina's Bamboo Garden, a vast expanse devoted to indigenous and exotic varieties of bamboos, whose focal point was the "Bambuseum," a gene bank conservation area for various bamboo species.
Then on to a guided tour of Flor's Garden, a five-hectare garden devoted to natural farming, where all the plants and herbs grown are organic and do not use chemical fertilizers. It is also a sanctuary for birds and butterflies, as well as a laboratory and a place of learning about nature, medicinal plants and their applications, edible weeds, vermiculture, vertical gardening, growing ornamental plants, and making organic fertilizers. The tour included a fully organic lunch, with all the ingredients grown and harvested in the premises.
Last stop was the Crescent Moon Cafe & Poetry for a merienda of their delicious and very filling home-made human. The Crescent Moon houses the store for Lanelle Abueva-Fernando's stoneware ceramics, each piece handmade in her studio in the premises.
They offer classes in pottery, stoneware hand-building, bicycle mechanics, calligraphy, painting, photography, healthy smoothies, and terrarium-making. Wendy Fernando Regalado also gave a lecture on vertical gardening in the compound, where she lives and takes care of the most interesting plants.
[Photos to follow.]
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Two back-to-back tours in April!
Another gorgeous save-the-date announcement from our President, Pia Lim-Castillo.
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