Living in the
city has always had its perks. From the bustling economy, a wide range of
shopping malls to choose from to the sleepless rendezvous. But once in a while,
you’d be telling yourself that you’d need a breather! With the countless room
for opportunities, the metro has its dark, looming side, air pollution that
is! So how can you escape this
impending health hazard? With plants of course! Plants have this powerful
ability to cleanse our air off the harmful substances, particularly carbon
dioxide. The more plants the better of course!
Apart from cleaning the air that we breathe in , plants also lend a very calming and refreshing ambience. Studies show that indulging your
peepers in anything green is a form of relaxation.
Since we are in
the metro spawned by massive buildings and edifices how can we go about
introducing more greeneries into our homes and environment? The Philippine Horticultural Society Inc or
PHSI is a non-profit organization of
plant lovers whose advocacy is to spread
, once again, the enthusiasm for plants . Some of the organization’s
mission is to promote the preservation and conservation of native plant
species, to promote awareness and appreciation of plant life and to promote
affiliation with international plant communities. With the efforts of the PHSI, the metro will hopefully
breathe fresher air again. It can always begin in our own homes
and communities! In line with this
advocacy, the PHSI will be holding a “grand greenery event ” on February 2018!
On
Feb 2-11, a massive greenery festival will showcase our own endemic, and hybrid
plants. Celebrated annually, the Horikultura Filipina 2018 will also showcase several gardening and
horticultural practices in manila. If you are aching to grow out your own
garden in your homes but don’t know how, this is the perfect event for you! As
per the organization, you need not be a plant expert or one with the so called
“green thumb “to cultivate your own garden. You just need to know the basic knows and how’s. This is one of the goals of the
organization, to make gardening and cultivation of plants accessible to
everyone! To keep up the excitement, we’ve heard that they are also going to
showcase some plant species that may cost up to 2 M pesos ( eyes popping!) So set your calendars for one of the
country’s widest greenery festival, the
HORTIKULTURA 2018.
Activities to expect at HORTIKULTURA 2018
TRADE
FAIR, ORNAMENTAL POTTED PLANTS COMPETITION, STREET DANCING, INSTALLATION ART,
PHOTO EXHIBIT OF PHILIPPINE ORCHID SPECIES, BONSAI EXHIBIT, TERRARIUM, AQUA SCAPE
VIVARIUM EXHIBIT, GARDEN TOUR, DAILY RAFFLE, ACOUSTIC NIGHTS, DAILY LECTURE AND
WORKSHOP,ORCHIDS ASEPTIC CULTURE EXHIBIT, DAILY RAFFLE.
For more information, you can visit their Facebook page, Philippine Horticultural Society Inc.
