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Green plastic garden furniture, Czech Republic, 2009. The most commonly sold types of patio sets are made of plastic, wood, aluminium, wicker, and wrought iron. Wooden garden furniture can suffer through exposure to the elements and therefore needs to be periodically treated. [7] Teak is a commonly used
Logo of the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines. Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP) is a non-stock, non-profit trade association of furniture manufacturers, suppliers and service providers in the Philippines. The association was established in September 1966 and incorporated in 1967. It operates the annual ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 04:31, 19 March 2017: 3,648 × 2,736 (3.57 MB): Patrickroque01 (talk | contribs) {{Information |Description = Sunken Garden Gazeboo at the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City |Source = Taken using my own camera with model DSC-HX5V |Date = 2015-01-22 |Author = Patrick Roque |o...
Garden design is the process of creating plans for the layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Gardens may be designed by garden owners themselves, or by professionals. Professional garden designers tend to be trained in principles of design and horticulture, and have a knowledge and experience of using plants.
Botanical gardens in Philippines have collections consisting entirely of Philippines native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in many provinces, municipalities, and cities of Philippines, some administered by local governments and some are privately owned.
When the Philippines gained independence in 1948, the nursery was turned over to the university by the U.S. government and the arboretum was established. The administration of the arboretum was officially transferred to the University of the Philippines Diliman from the Reforestation Administration of the Department of Agriculture in 1962. [2]
The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden first opened to the public on July 25, 1959, during the tenure of Manila Mayor Arsenio Lacson. [3] [4] The zoo, also known colloquially as Manila Zoo, underwent construction for one year and cost more than ₱1 million to create. Its inauguration was attended by First Lady Leonila Garcia. [5]
The Japanese dry garden (枯山水, karesansui) or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in ...