Visit the San Vicente Botanical Garden
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Heritage Zone of the North (RA 11645)
Dr Abe V Rotor
A chandelier made from wood remnants of termite hangs before
a mural of nature, pristine and unspoiled.
Left: Nanny (Yaya) is remembered with respect and dignity: Our Lady of
Fatima appears to young Bernadette with a new message to today's youth.
Left: Apo Baket (Old Woman), keeper of time-honored tradition and
values; Right: first president of the short-lived first republic of the
Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo, avowed lover of nature.
Relics: a coed poses before wrought iron grills and heritage burnay
(earthen jar) reliving the glory and pride of the past at the art gallery
and botanical garden.
Guests pose with author (3rd from left) after a guided tour in the garden;
national hero Jose Rizal is depicted biologist and naturalist while he was
on exile at Dapitan.
Heritage trees of three generations make a home to children in
their leisure and in expressing in-born talents; the abode of birds,
insects, lichen, gecko lizard, bats and many other creatures.
A community of heritage trees comprises a unique ecosystem
akin to that of a rainforest..
Nature's art: indigenous art of nature is found all around us, each piece
of art resembling a figure naturally sculped on wood, clay or rock,
fossilized or in the form of driftwood or stone, awaiting to be discovered
by naturalist-artists and nature enthusiasts.
Why leave a wall empty and dull? Re-create nature; make the wall a watershed,
habitat of many forms of life. Add a flock of white doves carrying the message
of peace. Tired? Take a break by a waterfall - not the water but the imagined
scenario that gives the feeling of joy, peace and reverence to life.
Never a prison this colonial grill impresses, but a revered and harmonious piece
of art made by nature and man - boundary of man's sacred home and nature, boundless and free.
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