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Fresh From The Flower Farm
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Afternoon on a Hill”
There is paradise behind a pair of gray gates, along a dusty and bumpy road somewhere in Tagaytay. Fortunately, the gates were opened to us one sunny afternoon, thanks to the cheerful and accommodating Ms. Anna delos Reyes, and we were treated to a tour of the farm with the very able Ess as our guide (Ess is a certified agriculturist from the Central University in Baguio, so expect to learn a lot on the tour if he’s leading it!).
The tour started off with a bit of history as we learned that the farm started in 1984, beginning as a passion which soon ventured into an enterprise. Today The Flower Farm sits on approximately 7 hectares of land, with about 15 greenhouses dedicated to chrysanthemums, gerberas and various greenery.
The rolling landscapes are punctuated with colorful blossoms, and even if the pocket gardens are well laid-out, you can still get lost in them, figuratively speaking, of course! Imagine yourself surrounded by green, leafy plants, tall enough to blot out the sun, yet spaced just so, to allow the rays to shine through here and there, accentuating bandera española, datura insignis (Angel’s Trumpet) and Justicia flowers.
After navigating the maze of flowers, we emerged on a hilltop overlooking a man-made “lake”, home to their tilapia, and an arbor which led us to a charming gazebo where we could sit and take in the scenery. Here, the hillsides were dotted with impatiens, bougainvillea, milfores (hydrangea) and lantana.
From the gazebo, we visited their “orchidarium” which housed several beautiful orchid species. After that visual feast, our olfactory senses were tickled at the next stop—the herb garden which housed healthy families of mint, lavender, basil, dill, and rosemary.
Much more than growing flowers for their flower shops, arrangements and decorations, The Flower Farm is also open to corporate and private events. Imagine getting married among such beautiful flowers! Or consider what a refreshing change of pace the green surroundings can provide for team building and seminars. They also conduct group tours—a perfect vehicle for education and enlightenment as students and other interested parties can learn about nature, plants, flowers and gardens (we know we sure did!). Various plants, flowers, and herbs are also available for sale.
It was late in the afternoon when we finished the walk-through. The sun was hanging low, shining just right in the sky, and the balmy breeze of Tagaytay whispering on our faces. We left feeling richer than we had started, for we were treated to such a visual feast, and nuggets of (plant) wisdom.
We can’t get enough of these flowers! So we’re sharing them here, together with inspiring verses to bring out the hopeless romantic in you (and, maybe, your green thumb!), just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. ~The Koran
Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers? ~Maurice Maeterlinck
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Audra Foveo
Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844
Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Hamatreya”
Coincidentally, The Flower Farm will be holding its second “Country Fair” on February 9 and 10, from 9AM to 5PM, where you can enjoy The Flower Farm’s spectacular blooms, one-of-a-kind bazaar, and the company of art lovers and foodies. You can read more details about it here or call 815-6664 or 65 for more information.
The Flower Farm is located at Barrio Guinhawa, Tagaytay City. (Turn right on Maglabe Drive from Aguinaldo Highway; watch out for the tall signpost on the corner with various green signs for Tagaytay establishments, right before the radar compound.)
Tours are welcome on a by-appointment-only basis. Please call 815-6665, 840-3914 to 15 for school for group/school tours.
Rates are P75 for students, P100 for adults.
The Flower Farm is open from 8AM to 5PM daily.
For a vicinity map and other information, please visit their website at www.theflowerfarm.com
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Nice place! I hope they have a place where you can eat so that while eating you have a chance to appreciate your surroundings better.
Just scanning over makes you feel relaxed a bit. I dream of owning a farm/resthouse in Tagaytay someday. Dreams are free and if you dream make it big! Miracles do happen.
Hi Jamie,
Many thanks for this wonderful set of pictures and stories about The Flower Farm Corporation. Its a great presentation. I would like to use this for our client introductions if you do not mind. By the way, let Madeline know that we do have tables and chairs to use during the Country Fair.
best regards,
Timmy
i hope you could include a map going to your farm. ^_^
Hi,
Thank you for your post about Flower Farm. My fiance and I are getting married on Jan. 3, 2009 so far we don’t have a reception venue yet. Would you mind giving me who should I contact with regards to holding a wedding reception at the farm?
Thanks in advance.
Tina
Hi! I love the place. Very peaceful and serene. I am currently looking for a venue for a reception and I am interested in doing it in your farm. It’s like a dream come true for me as soon as I set eyes on the place. But I heard you are fixing it still for such purpose. Do you have an idea when it will be available for market? My wedding is still on March 2009. Is that a doable date?
hi!
thanks for the post. i’m really looking for a local supplier in tagaytay for my wedding. after so many months of web browsing i know that i’ll be closing a business deal with The Flower Farm.God Bless :-)
tina, sabrina, and junelei,
hope you’ve already worked out the details with the flower farm… we’ll be in touch directly to facilitate the process if you haven’t contacted them yet. :)
rye,
we’ll post a location map soon. watch for it! :)
hi, i’ve been browsing the net for days searching for different activities which me and my boyfriend could do this aug18 since it’s our 4th anniversary.
i just have some queries though, i’m having some trouble sending it through their site. anyways, would it be possible that a map or link to a map be posted?i’m not very familiar with the exact location of the place, probably a landmark would do..
do you think they give tours on weekdays, since 18th is a monday..
hope that they could also allow us to take a tour in the farm even if it’s just the two us.
thanks a bunch!!:D
*sigh* I just called them and they said they’re only open for visits during weekdays (Mon-Fri), from 8AM to 5PM.
Admission is now Php112 (this includes a 45-minute tour) and the minimum is 5 people per group.
I guess I can’t go there on the weekend after all. :(
mganda poh jejeje..
at nice people..
marami aq natutunan in dis place
ang ganda!! pwede kyang mging subject ng thesis nmin??!!
jelai,
you may call the numbers listed above to ask them about working with them for your thesis. they’re very accommodating, so you shouldn’t have a problem talking to them.
distant origin,
thanks for the update!
i don’t know if they’ll whack me for this, but my sister and i pop by occasionally unannounced… we just buy potted herbs, which they allow us to do. however, i guess taking a tour is a different story.
cat,
i don’t have a map to the place right now, but here are directions in the meantime: from the tagaytay rotonda, take the aguinaldo highway heading towards batangas.
a couple hundred meters after the mendez crossing, you’ll see a small road leading off to the right side marked by a high green post with various signs to places like flower farm, hacienda isabella, etc. (if you pass the two satellite dishes on the hill, you’ve gone too far; turn around and turn left at the first road after the sat dishes.)
turn right at this road and just keep going until you see a property on the left bounded by a high wall and a gray gate. there’s a flower farm sign so you won’t miss it.
we’ll put up a tagaytay map soon for easy reference. :)
folks with inquiries for weddings and other events,
please call the manila office of flower farm for inquiries. the number is listed above.
other numbers to their branches, just in case:
Legaspi Village, Makati
815-6665
815-6667 to 68
Glorietta Mall, Makati
752-7206
Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa
809-4609
809-4612
Ortigas
635-0093
633-7549
no idea at all what is the exact location i want to visit the place. do you have coffee there. is there entrance fee.how much
I would like to inquire re: floral package arrangements for a wedding in April 2009 in Tagaytay.
Kindly email me available packages so I can review prior to discussion.
Thanks a lot! =)
Hi Trina!
They have a website (http://www.theflowerfarm.com/) where you can find flower packages… there’s no info on the site about booking the farm itself for events though, so you’ll have to call them for details. The numbers are listed above. :)
Clark,
They have a vicinity map on their site, click here to view it.
hi.meron po ba jan na binebentang lavender plant?
kailangan po kxe sa thesis namin.
knno po kmi pwdng mgtext?pkiemail nlng po ako: jamella_99emina@yahoo.com
tnx.para po mapuntahan nmn agad.tnx.
Jamella,
You can contact The Flower Farm through any of their offices or through their website. The numbers are listed above.
please send me a vicinity map of the flower farm. i am currently accessing the site but is inaccessible. me and my friends plan to go there one weekend. thanks!
so! very beautiful & it is perfect…Grabe! alL grade 6 pupiLs in ST. MARK INSTITUTE enjoy & have fun in that pLace…kaso nga lng bitin ehh…and ndi nmin nalibot lhat ng iyon kcee maLawak un…but its still okeeii…sna makapuntah uLit kmee dyn…
sa mga susunod na pupunta dun…be ready in ur hat because it was so hot…siksikan kcee ehh…& we’re so many pupiLs went there…so just have fun there…because alL of the fLowers,pLants,herbaLs are so perfect…smells good…& many more…tc n lng poh keu dun aLwaiyxx…kainis nga ehh…sa mga tchrs. ang gnda ng binigay kcee mg flowers whiLe alL of us students gave us onLy a 1 pLant of a herbaL…
soo
whatever!
geh…na poh…
buhbye!
thanks a Lot& so much..
2 alL
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:)
My family and I visited your farm last Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 at around 9:00am, but we were denied entry at the gate. The caretaker said you don’t accept walk in anymore. He said we had to ask permission from your office at Makati, such a hassle since we were already there. We were disappointed because we were looking forward to seeing your place which looked good in the web. Hope you inform the public since its a long way. We came from Fairview, Q.C
Hi Pia!
Yes, they only accommodate tours by appointment. I hope you were able to enjoy the other sights of Tagaytay anyway. You can contact them through the contact numbers listed above to schedule a tour. Also, you might want to browse through the other comments above, there are other bits of useful information provided by our readers. Thanks!
please, if you have prices for cut flowers.please send me at my e-mail..i need wholesale..i have a big event come march 28..thanks asap..or your info please..looking forward to doing biz w/ you
greetings of peace & joy in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
i just want to inquire if you have wholesale flowers.
thank you and God bless!
Hello po okey lang po b dalawa lang kami ng husband ko ?gusto ko po kc pumunta dyan sa sunday.pwed po b bumili ng halamn?
Email nyo nalng po ako.erlie_paylan@yahoo.com.after namin baka mga friend ko nman.thanx po.magkano po ntrance?
I dont get it why people would post comments in this article, addressing you of flower arrangements, tour visits, or specifics for Flowerfarm when you’ve already placed the contact numbers and website of Flowerfarm.
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You did a wonderful write up for Flowerfarm! Kudos!
Greetings!
I really enjoy my trip to the FLOWER FARM..Thank you very much to MS MARA our guide who is very accomodating.(same goes with the rest of the staff of FLOWER FARM!)
MORE POWER…God Bless!
Amazing!!!so wonderful…
i love it! gusto ko makarating dyan promiz!pagngkapera aq pu2nta kame nina daisy dyan!
It’s a great place!!! I went there with my classmates on a field trip. The plants and flowers were SO pretty! They even gave away some young gerberas for us to take home. The people there were very nice and the tours are very educational.
Hi when i saw the pictures i was captured by the beautiful photos and sceneries…sakto po kasi naghahanap ako ng isang tourist spot na ipepresent nmin sa subject nmin sa tour guide..sana puedena khit 2 person lang ang pmasok…
Good day! May I kindly request for a list and a few photos of your available wedding packages. Many thanks!
hi po…. may next event pa po ba na gaganapin diyan? mas enjoy kasing pumunta diyan kung may events kasi maraming pagkakaaliwan. thanks.
pwede ba anim lang kami pupunta dyan. gusto sana namin pero anim lang kami. Pls. e-mail me @ marieann_aum@yahoo.com. tnx po.