Tag: #urban gardening

  • SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang
    Business

    SMC builds urban farm at its head office

    San Miguel Corporation (SMC) wants its staff to become food self-sufficient and is even willing to convert certain spaces in its head office to small urban farms.

  • Photo by Severin Candrian on Unsplash.
    Agriculture

    Propagating calathea plants  

    A popular houseplant right now is the calathea. They are grown for their distinct and attractive foliage that comes in many shapes, patterns, and sizes. Calathea varieties mostly require regular watering, humidity, and shade. Given that their demands are provided, anyone can propagate calathea.

  • Annalyn Opada-Rampe, a housewife and a part-time sales worker, takes pride in producing Philippine crops despite being away from the country.
    Agriculture

    Filipina in France grows Philippine vegetables in her overseas garden   

    Growing up in Davao, Rampe is a witness to her grandparents’ hard work in the field. Knowing how plants grow initiated Rampe’s love and interest in food production. This is something that Rampe still carries today, even though she's thousands of miles away.

  • Nicole Obligacion's first corn harvest back in 2015.
    Agriculture

    Growing corn in the city: Here’s how a gardener does it

    Corn plants are typically grown in the fields. They are planted in rows that are usually two to three feet away from each other. But in the case of Nicole Obligacion, an urban gardener from Pasig, she grows them in raised beds on her balcony.

  • Ramon Isla, a businessman who is also an urban gardener, holding his trimmed giant golden pothos with leaves that measure about three feet long.
    Agriculture

    Parañaque hobbyist grows giant golden pothos in his flourishing backyard garden

    Many gardeners turn their homes into a green space with the intention to make their pads cozy in the most natural way. For businessman Ramon Isla, 33, a dream to live in a place that mimics nature and its calmness was the main reason he began cultivating plants, including his giant golden pothos (Epipremnum aureum).

  • De Jesus says that her secret to growing sweet tamarind in a container is applying natural fertilizer, which she personally produces at home.
    Agriculture

    Caloocan housewife grows fruit-bearing trees in containers 

    Small space didn’t hinder Imelda De Jesus, an urban gardener from Caloocan City, from pursuing her love for plants. What sets her garden apart from others is that she grows not only the herbs and veggies that we commonly see in home gardens, but also fruit-bearing trees that she mostly grafted and planted in containers.