Backyard farming thrives at Tagaytay Highlands’ The Grove

MANILA, Philippines — As the pandemic continues to take its toll on food supply, an increasingly popular trend nowadays among self-sufficient as well as enterprising Filipinos is growing their own food, which has become as essential as it is doable. At The Grove at Plantation Hills, one of the residential developments in Tagaytay Highlands, vegetable gardening has become a way of life for its homeowners.

In one of The Grove’s Orchard lots, a modern farm house ranging from 750 to 1,300 square meters, at least 65 percent of the space is dedicated to eco-farming and raising recreational livestock.

Similarly, the Garden lots ranging from 450 to 600 square meters also encourage homeowners, with the novice gardener in mind, to start with potted vegetables and herbs or a few raised beds and to even do vertical farming – thereby surrounding the home with greens. Simply remember that gardens thrive with weekly planting, weeding, thinning, and pruning as well as watering twice a day on hot and humid days.

With either lot type, there is simply enough space to eventually provide for a whole family’s daily supply of fresh produce: the greens in their salad, the tomatoes in their pasta sauce, and the tropical fruits for their dessert.

With 22 hectares of land area, The Grove at Plantation Hills provides future residents with the exclusive community’s leisure-residential-and-farming-concept-in-one, thoughtfully crafted to bring the genteel farmer’s lifestyle straight to their backyards. The enclave features expansive green spaces designed not just to admire nature from a distance but to live in it. There are tranquil ponds, pocket parks, a playground, a gazebo, and even a tree-lined perimeter path for residents’ leisurely strolls and respite from the flurry of gardening activities.

The Grove at Plantation Hills is kept safe for all its future residents and their guests by the community’s strict adherence to sanitation procedures and safety protocols that include disinfection, proper hand washing, wearing of face masks and face shields, and social distancing.

Tagaytay Highlands’ Property Management has also proven to be highly efficient in delivering quick crisis response during adverse natural and high-risk events.

A leisure development of the SM Group of Companies, Tagaytay Highlands is a private resort/network of themed residential communities where access to top-notch sports facilities and recreation amenities is part of the privilege and exclusive benefits of a Tagaytay Highlands member/homeowner, their families and their guests.