Aroids Festival 2020 at Resort’s World

Aroids Festival 2020 gala night opening was magnificent showcasing several rare varieties, cultivars and different kinds of plants that were on display.

Newport plaza area

The Newport mall plaza was transformed into a mini garden oasis with hundreds of beautiful plants and supplies.

The festival was cooperation with Resort’s World and Newport Mall management in Pasay City.

Mr. Boyet Ganigan, Mr. Emil Yap III among others

There will be stalls selling hard to find plants, pots, potting media, fertilizers, lectures during the duration of the show.

A premium -Anthuriums and Philodendron

Aroids Festival Gala Night 2020

Alcantarea imperialis, Alcantarea imperialis “maroon” and Alcantarea odorata and other bromeliad family on display along with Christmas tree at Newport plaza mall

Plantitos, plantitas,halamoms, plantiquarians and plant enthusiasts would be happy to know that the aroids festival 2020 is one of the biggest aroid and plant show organized since the lock down.

huperzia and tassel ferns

Hard to find and anthurium, aroids, philodendrons, bromeliads, huperzia

Celebrities

Among the long list of celebrity personalities who attended the gala night on November 21 were Plant Daddy of Cebu, Direct Tots, Mr. Emil Yap III of Manila Bulletin, Ms. Gretchen Fullido, Mr. Troy and Aubrey Miles Montero among others.

The festival will run until November 30, 2020 from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm and is open to the general public.

Note: photos courtesy of Mr. Lebon Ong and Director Tots

Toy Convention 2014 : Epic Launching and Exhibition

Newport Plaza , Newport Mall – Pasay City – Philippines

Newport Plaza

Hundreds of people attending the press conference and epic launching. This is indeed one of the biggest gathering of pop-culture enthusiasts, toy collectors and cosplayers converge at the country’s one-stop, nonstop tourism destination , the Resorts World – Manila .

press conference

Exhibitors included Toy Kingdom, Arigatoys , Big Toys Toy Store, Filars, Pacific Licensing, War Gaming and Cherry Credits.

cosplayers

This year’s TOYCON will highlight the 75th Anniversary of DC Comics’ caped Crusader, Batman with a huge Batman display area, a life size Batpod, a kids’ activity area, exciting new Batman merchandise, and a gallery of art and collectibles of the Dark Knight Detective.

Pinoy Sixth Scale Club exhibits

 Aside from the big toy companies , cosplay event . There will be wonderful exhibits, product launching and limited collectibles items during the exposition.

Maleficent- cosplayer

There were several cosplayers  which attended in press conference. It also serves as a teaser for the event proper .  One of the invited online site writer had dubbed Newport Mall as ” THE Event Launching Site for Toy Convention ”  I must agree with the observation,  It was a crowd drawer and eager guests which also includes foreign expats are very happy taking photos with the cos-players and the main exhibit area located at the ground floor level.

poster of the event

The year’s highlights include the much-anticipated movies, Transformer:Age of Extinction, Jupiter Ascending, Guardians of the Galaxy and Rurouni Kenshin movie 2.

 13th Philippine TOYCON
June 20-21-22, 2014
Megatrade Halls 1-2-3, SM Megamall
Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
10am-9pm
Ticket price: PHP 130 per day 

Please try to visit the website: http://www.toyconph.com/