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UPD’s Bonsai Garden

The garden is now open for public viewing.

The public may now enjoy the breathtaking view of UPD’s Philippine Bonsai Garden free of charge.

A collection of indigenous species, the Bonsai Garden is located on Delos Santos Street, adjacent to the Philippine Association of University Women’s (PAUW) Children’s Playground. It was officially opened to the public on December 16, 2002.

The 5,000 sq.m. garden is a collection of over 200 bonsai trees onated by Modesto Manglicmot, former president of the Philippine Bonsai Society and the Philippine Horticultural Society.

Of the collection, 98 percent are Philippine species and more than 50 percent have won awards, with 25 pieces belonging to the top 10 winners in various Bonsai competitions. In addition, two trees have won as Best Bonsai in Show and three as Best Plant in Show in the Philippine Horticultural Annual Exhibit.

Manglicmot donated 175 pieces of indigenous plants following a memorandum of agreement with UP on April 4, 2000. His collection was previously located at the Manila Seedling Bank Garden Center at Agham Road corner Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. As part of the agreement, Manglicmot requested to care for the trees himself since he was still physically capable of maintaining the plants. Since then, he added a number of indigenous plants to the collection. Lately however, he is thinking about organizing a group to continue to care for and develop his collection and to submit such a proposal to the UPD administration.

In addition to the plants, Manglicmot has constructed two function rooms and a restroom in the garden, thus turning the site into an ideal venue for banquets, parties and big receptions like weddings, book launches, conferences, etc. One room can accommodate about 80 persons while the other, about 150.

Visits to the garden and its use for receptions and similar activities is free of charge, but Manglicmot hopes generous visitors would donate to the Garden’s conservation.

“Sa mga donation at fund raising activities na lang ng aking foundation ako magre-rely para sa development at maintenance nitong Garden. ‘Yung entrance, libre na especially sa mga estudyante. I am expecting in the future that not only UP students would come here but also students from outside Metro Manila,” Manglicmot said.

In fact, Manglicmot constructed the function rooms from funds donated to the garden.

On February 16 at 10 a.m. the Bonsai Garden will be the venue to launch the book Southeast Asian Art and Culture: Ideas, Form and Societies. Prior to the launch, a lecture on Southeast Asian Art will be delivered by Professors Felipe Mendoza De Leon and Aurora Roxas-Lim, who were involved in the writing and production of the book, which is jointly published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and ASEAN.

For inquiries and reservations regarding the Bonsai Garden, contact Mang Mody at 09187153323. Interested parties are advised to make reservations two months ahead.

—Haidee C. Pineda