The landscape design of Vic De Rona is featured at the ongoing show of the Philippine Horticultural Society. (Photo by Wendy Regalado)

Plant connoisseurs are flocking to this year’s Philippine Horticultural Society Garden Show at the Manila Seedling Bank in Quezon City. After all, the event is showcasing the creative landscape designs of some of the country’s leading plant growers. The list of participants include the members of the Philippine Orchid Society, Malvarosa Orchids, the Philippine Native Plant Conservation Society,  King Louis Plants and Flowers, Aroid Study Group, the Hoya Study Group and Fern Study Group of the PHSI, the Bonsai and Succulent Society, George Mendoza, Botchie Canicula, Vic De Rona, and the group of Jun Golamco, Bong Makawile, and Lawrence Chan. 

Dominating the show are our very own Philippine plant species such as Tree Ferns, Birds Nest Ferns, cycads, aroids, bonsai trees, orchids, Hoya (flowering vines), flowering and shade trees, fruit trees,  and the colorful plant hybrids. 

The show’s organizers have scheduled a series of lectures which begin today when May Tolentino and Wally Suarez give lectures on the Philippine Hoya and the Philippine Pitcher plants, respectively.

Surrounding the exhibit are commercial stalls selling various garden plants, orchids, bonsai, bromeliads, fruit trees, cacti, and an assortment of garden accessories.  So do not forget your camera when you visit the show, and learn more about our Philippine native plants!

The show goes on until February 7. For details on the schedule of lectures, please contact the PHSI secretariat at Tel. 377-0234 or 506-2769.