Field Trip for My Inner Gardener: Horticulture 2012

I found the announcement of the Philippine Horticultural Society in Facebook this morning. I have never been to any of the society's events but I have always noted them in my calendar throughout the years. These are the activities at the fair, listed in a member's blog:

January 27 Friday
2pm: WORLD FLOWER COUNCIL
New Trends in Flower Arranging

January 28 Saturday
10am: Dean. ANTONIO MATEO
Rain Water Harvesting
2pm: TERESA SANIANO
Pagawa ng Natural na Pataba

January 29 Sunday
10am: WALLY SUAREZ
The Gigantic, Weird and Sinister World of the Amorphophallus
2pm: ZAC SARIAN
Money making Opportunities in Fruit Trees/ Exotic Fruit Trees in Containers

January 30 Monday
2pm: PATRICK GOZON
Creative Landscaping

January 31 Tuesday
2pm: DAVID BALILLA
Urban Gardening (Domestic Scale)

February 1 Wednesday
2pm: FRED SALUD
Vertical Landscaping Using Bromeliads
(Including Care and Propagation)

February 2 Thursday
2pm: PHIL. BONSAI SOCIETY, INC.
Creative Bonsai Techniques

February 3 Friday
2pm: CV LAZARO
Modern Techniques in Orchid Growing

February 4 Saturday
10am: VANGIE GO
Buri Palm and Its Uses
2pm: FELY GUPIT
Saikei (Bonsai in a Tray Landscaping)
Suiseki (Natural Stone Appreciation)

February 5 Sunday
10am: NORMA VILLANUEVA
New Trends in Gardening
2pm: METT METILLA
Mobile Indoor Gardening for Healthy Living

Outstanding Landscape Exhibits by Multi-Awarded Artists

VISIONS by Yuyung La’O

TAWHAY by Boyet Ganigan and Dr. Jaye Silvestre (Aroid and Arid)

Fred Salud

KEEPING COOL w/ MOSSES &

SELAGINELLA by Serapion Metilla and Dr. Romeo Gutierrez

KING LOUIS by Francis Gener

WINDOWS OF PARADISE by Noel Vincent “Botchie” Canicula

George Mendoza

Philippine Bonsai Society, Inc.

Natural Stone Society of the Philippines

GALLERY OF PLANTS & EXOTIC STONES by Lardy Abundo, Tess Baldonado and Marilois Estrella

World Flower Council

Philippine Native Plant Conservation

Society, Inc.

Cactus and Succulent Society of the Philippines, Inc. by Jess Bimbo Vergara

Community Booth

PLANT ARTS FOR INDOOR GARDENING by Mett’s Plant Arts

Arch. Patricia Regalado — Fern Study Group and Aroid Study Group Community Booth

Horticulture is a course I would have wanted to enroll in in college had I known it existed. It is still a course I would want to enroll in should I decide to go back to school. For now, the fair will do. Yey!