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A Flowerful Visit to Manila Seedling Bank in Quezon City

On a lazy Saturday morning, a quick visit to the a "secret garden," a place tucked within a city oblivious to the wonderful collection of flowers, seedlings, saplings, and other landscaping materials made the day for Tutubi in search of some flower seedlings and a bonus photo opportunity.

The place, called Manila Seedling Bank, teems with various flowers, plants, trees, herbs and organic vegetables at unbelievable prices you never knew exist in the megalopolis.

Just sharing some pictures of flowers: hibiscus (gumamela), bromeliads and exotic orchids below:

a small pond of kiapo/kiyapo/kyapo from where Manila's Quiapo district was named after

What made Tutubi's day was a garden/store with his "cousin" photo below:

A few pictures taken sparingly during a visit that lasted just about an hour...
hope you enjoyed them!

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How to go to Manila Seedling Bank, Quezon City:

Commute: The place is just walking distance from MRT Quezon Avenue station. From Manila, jeepneys bound for Fairview/Philcoa pass by the place. Alight at the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue, and walk towards the pedestrian entrance. (There's no entrance fee)

Directions by car: entrance of private cars/taxis is located on Agham Road (near Office of the Ombudsman and Philippine Science High School (PSHS)). From EDSA Cubao, drive towards Monumento then turn right on Mindanao Avenue (Trinoma Mall), right again on North Avenue then another right on Agham Road. There you'll see the entrance to the place. There's no parking fee!

Photos taken using Canon EOS 300D 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 (go super kit lens!)

Tags: Gumamela, Hibiscus, Bromeliad, 菲律賓, 菲律宾, 필리핀, フィリピン, Filippine, Philippinen, Filipinas, Filippijnen, Paradise Philippines

Labels: Flowers, Metro Manila, Orchids, Quezon City

posted by backpacking philippines @ 9:48 PM,

15 Comments:

At Jan 27, 2008 12:44:00 AM, iRonnie said...: titobi i was there yesterday (sat) morning! baka nakasalubong na kita di ko pa alam. ahaha!
At Jan 27, 2008 5:52:00 AM, pieterbie said...: Love the orchid show :-)
At Jan 27, 2008 12:05:00 PM, kyels said...: Kit lens rock!

:P
At Jan 27, 2008 5:02:00 PM, tin-tin said...: i've been there before. and i was surprised when i saw the place. as you said, you would never expected something like that in the metropolis.. actually along quezon avenue. hehe ;p
At Jan 27, 2008 6:04:00 PM, tutubi philippines said...: ironnie, nakakita ka ba ng tutubi with a camera? :P

pieterbie, thanks

kyels, hopin' here to upgrade one of these days :)

tin-tin, it's at the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue but the vehicle entrance is on Agham Rd.
At Jan 28, 2008 5:45:00 AM, carlotta1924 said...: i'm not a fan of flowers that much but the ones you featured here are amazing. love that bromeliad. =)
At Jan 28, 2008 10:09:00 AM, Sidney said...: Gorgeous flowers!
Why change camera when you have such good results?
At Jan 28, 2008 11:28:00 AM, Nini said...: great shots!

orchids of joy,
o how they
come to earth
heaven does hush
within themselves

nini

tutubi, thanks 4 visiting my site again.
At Jan 28, 2008 4:09:00 PM, Mari said...: Love the flowers.

;-)
At Jan 28, 2008 5:42:00 PM, thess said...: I learned something new today, Kyapo pala tawag dyan? I buy that every summer for our pond...thanks for the info...

and lovely flower shots!
At Jan 29, 2008 12:08:00 PM, Luke said...: very nice shots!
Thanks for coming to my Wiley Willows Photoblog!
At May 20, 2008 11:02:00 AM, Anonymous said...: there's also the town of cuyapo, nueva ecija named after that waterplant :-)

papi
At May 29, 2011 1:28:00 AM, Anonymous said...: sampaguita/kampupot ang national flower natin pero wala ng kampupot...ito yun double petal na sampaguita
At May 30, 2011 10:21:00 AM, backpacking philippines said...: anonymous, there's really no such thing as national flower, only national anthem and national hero. probably de facto national flower but not de jure, if you get what i mean :(
At Dec 5, 2011 4:30:00 AM, Anonymous said...: what time does the manila seedling opens?

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