In regrowing kitchen scraps or planting herbs and small houseplants, you may want to consider window sills as a growing location that won’t take up much of your space. Look for windows with sufficient light at home. Growing lights is also an option if needed. Use flower pots, seed trays, or...
In almost the entirety of 2020, there has been a surge in the numbers of urban gardeners throughout the country due to the increased amount of time that people spend indoors to keep themselves safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through urban gardening, people in the metro have a sustainable...
Teresita C. Palaganas, 56, is a former accountant who resigned to manage their family business in the motorcycle parts industry. After leaving her job and embarking on a new journey, she also found herself rekindling a long-lost interest in gardening. Palaganas is the woman behind the 307 Garden in...
Nicole Obligacion, 30, is an urban gardener in a condominium with an L-shaped balcony measuring 36 feet long and two feet wide. She does not only tend ornamentals, but also focuses on growing food in pots and raised garden beds. In the first part of this series , you’ll know the story...
A parcel of land can mean countless opportunities, may it be for commercial or residential purposes. For a couple named Cristina and Carlo Guerrero, a biologist and visual artist respectively, an idle family property is something that they can transform into a beautiful creation. From an...
By now, most of us have already engaged or have become interested in urban gardening which is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around urban areas. More than being a source of food for households and communities, urban gardening also has benefits in augmenting...
Despite already being a trend as well as a proposed solution to curb both hunger and malnutrition, there has been a rising interest in urban gardening recently particularly due to the nationwide imposed community quarantine which kept people inside the safety of their own homes. With more...
In time of COVID-19 where most of our lives are spent indoors, we get to do the things that we have been wanting to do for so long or the things we haven’t even thought of doing before. “Since it's a Saturday, sharing with you some household tips which work for us.” This is what Vice...
Many people practice gardening not only as a hobby, but as a form of therapy, too. This is the same rationale of Adrian Vincent Alipio, 31, a medical doctor and diplomate of Philippine College of Physicians, who started tending plants in 2015 to pursue a therapeutic hobby. “Life in the...
Park Ji Hyo, Yoo Jeong-yeon, and Sana Minatozaki, three members of the nine-strong South Korean girl group TWICE took a quick break from performing as they tried a new hobby — gardening. A series entitled JEONGSAJI’s (Jeongyeon, Sana, and Jihyo’s) home gardening was recently introduced on...
Nowadays, the majority of us spend most of our lives indoors. And with the ongoing health crisis, it is important to make sure that the air that we breathe at home is also safe. A plant mom One such person who keeps her home’s air quality clean and healthy is Solenn Heussaff, an actress, model,...
BAGUIO CITY – The Summer Capital’s on-going survival garden program should be ramped up to the next level into “urban food forests” that could possibly supplement the food needs of the entire community. City Planning and Development Office chief Donna Tabangin suggested the new project...
