It was sunny day on May 29 when we visited the soft opening of Arid and Aroids ( AA) Living gallery in Cavite. Traffic was moderate along Mindanao Avenue exit within Barangay Talipapa, Novaliches, Quezon City.
It took us a little over 2 hours traversing the newly opened Metro Manila skyway en route to the province.
This is one of the three known farm location of Arid and Aroids, San Rafael in Bulacan and in Quezon province.
l-r Dr. Jae Silvestre, Mr. Boyet Ganigan and Mayor Socorro ” Corie” Rosario Poblete of Silang , Cavite province
Arid and Aroids Living Gallery
Arid and Aroid Living Gallery entrance
Arid and Aroids Living Gallery is like a living botanic collection of over 30 years by the dynamic tandem of Mr. Boyet Ganigan, Dr. Jae Silvestre and their families. The rare plants is collected from all over the world and meticulously propagated under their farms.
A lot of their plants are award winning collection and highly coveted by many collectors not just in the country but the rest of the world.
The last time we have visited the farm was for the Christmas salu-salo way back in 2019. The 1 hectare location is slowly being developed into world class attraction ideal venue location for pre-wedding nuptial photo, wedding location, intimate parties, outdoor garden setting, corporate events, product launching, debut among others.
The natural contour and landscape setting makes it different from other venue places in the province.
One of the invited guest suggested at they can also open a bar or an art gallery of paintings. There are also in house promo and raffle draw for those guests and buyers. The overall mood was festive but subtle due to the covid 2019 restrictions under general community quarantine with restrictions at National Capital Region plus Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna area.
Celebrity Guests
Mr. Troy Montero and Ms. Aubrey Miles
Mayor Socorro ” Corrie” Rosario Poblete, Vice Mayor Aidel Paul G. Belamide, some councilors and barangay officials were the special guests of honor.
We also happen to see the well known social media and fellow blogger Plant Chaser ( Atty. Bom Gomez) who went together with his daughter.
Mr. Troy Montero and Ms. Aubrey Santos Sandel, Ms. Gretchen Fullido, Mr. Emilio Yap III of Manila Bulletin were among the special guests during the soft opening.
Mr. Boyet Ganigan along with Mr. Emil Yap III and companion during the soft opening
Since strict protocol and health guidelines were in place, there were few on the guest lists. But this is very promising, The place is located within 20 kilometers from Tagaytay City.
La Dexie’s Catering Services
The guests, buyers and friends of Arid and Aroid were treated to a whole day of fun, camaraderie and food. The lunch meal were catered by La Dexie’s Catering Service from Cainta, Rizal province.
#10 Corona Street, Brookside Hills Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal province
Contact : 0920-919-2033 / Landline 8655-5867 or 8656-3894
AA Living Gallery – Address Barangay Tartaria , Silang Cavite
Operations : Everyday 8:00am to 5:00pm by appointment
Filed under: agriculture, Place | Tagged: Arid and Aroids, Barangay Talipapa, Barangay Tartaria, Bulacan, Cainta, Cavite, farm, La Dexie's Catering Services, Mayor Socorro "Corie" Rosario Poblete, Mindanao Avenue exit, Novaliches, Plant Chaser, Quezon City, Rizal, Silang |
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