The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for July 2019 is the “banaba” or scientifically known as Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. It belongs to family Lythraceae. It is native to tropical Southern Asia but usually grown in South and East Asia like Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Southern China, and …
Around twenty (20) students from Los Baños National High School (LBNHS) participated in the “Earth Warriors for Biodiversity” last 18 June 2019 held in the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve ASEAN Heritage Park (MMFR AHP). Earth Warriors of Biodiversity is a project of the Australian Alumni Association in UPLB that seeks …
Last 28 June 2019, the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) and the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) soft launched its newest theme garden, the Butterfly Garden. The garden was previously an aviary according to For. Leilani A. Castillo, Head of the Forests and Watershed Division (FWD) Unit of MCME who …
On a holiday, 12 June 2019, two (2) partners in Tree Planting and Nurturing Project (TPN) conducted their activity in Mount Makiling Forest Reserve ASEAN Heritage Park (MMFR AHP). The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) of Los Baños, Laguna conducted nurturing activity at their adopted site in MMFR …
On 28 May 2019, European Ambassadors had a short visit in the Makiling Botanic Gardens. The Head of the Delegation is H.E. Franz Jessen with H.E. Jozsef Bencze, Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines; Mrs. Amaya Fuentes-Milani, Ambassador of Embassy of Hungary; Mr. Kairul Hazwan, Deputy Head of …
On March 2019, two birds found dead inside the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG). The Besra hawk and Scops owl. The Accipiter virgatus (Besra) is a species of bird which belongs to the family Accipitridae. It is a widespread resident breeder in thick forests all over southern Asia. It nests in …