Bahong Rose Garden: Rose Capital of the Philippines (La Trinidad Benguet)

I've been to Baguio City numerous times and yet, there's are still places around the Benguet area where I still have not visited and one of those it the Bahong Rose Garden or Flower Farm.

Barangay Bahong is found north east of the very popular tourist destination La Trinidad Strawberry Farm.   It is around 4 kilometers away from La Trinidad Municipal Hall.  From the main road, we followed the sign leading to a narrower road.  The steep and muddy road that offered a beautiful valley-side scenery led us to the small town of Barangay Bahong which comprises of 5 sitios: Sadag, Central Bahong, Anoding, Ma-e and Tomay.

But, turns out Bahong Rose Garden or Flower Farm is empty when we visited.  I can only think of 2 reasons why that would be so.  First, is because it is more challenging to reach by commute.  It is not even found on Google Maps. And second, we went there on a late afternoon in May.  While, the peak of the flower season is from November to March.  This is where 80% of the flowers from Manila are from.  So I can only imagine thousands of flowers blooming here during the flower season.

The caretaker was so nice to tour us around.  I think the land mass is so big but we were only shown a few areas where there are flowers.  At first, we couldn't spot any roses.

But as we went further, we look at what we saw.  Roses are usually red but here they come in various hues. 

I rarely see yellow roses...

and white ones.

I found the pink ones lovely too. 

But, it wasn't just the roses that made me and my companions smile. 

It was the first time in my life that I have seen flower fields.  It's so beautiful!  My friends and I couldn't help play around in the field.

Of course, we took a lot of photographs of ourselves being surrounded by the flowers.

Some of them have already bloomed.

While some of the buds are yet to bloom.

Overall, we Travel Tripsters enjoyed the fun brought by the natural beauty of nature at Bahong Rose Garden.

Tip: As of 2016, there is now an ordinance requiring tourists to register at the Barangay Bahong Tourism Office to pay for an environmental fee of 20 php/head (local) and 50 php/head (foreigner) and tour guide fee (for a maximum of 10 persons) of  200 php/ tour guide (local) and 300 php/tour guide (foreigner).
 

Bahong Rose Garden or Bahong Flower Farm
Address	Barangay Bahong La Trinidad Benguet
Budget Per Person	20-50 php/head + guide fee 200-300 per tour guide (maximum of 10 persons)	Bahong Rose Garden Map
Payment Options	Cash
Operating Hours	Monday to Sunday: (even holidays) 7 am-3pm
Reservation Required	No
Contact	(63947) 821-4555

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Baguio City Orchidarium

The Baguio City Orchidarium is the place for fresh plants that are sold at an affordable price.  We, Travel Tripsters,  love plants.  We got to visit the Baguio City Orchidarium during our visit to Baguio City last October.  We're glad to revisit it again during the Baguio Bliss 2012 event.

The wide variety of plants never ceased to fascinate us.  All of us were talking about buying a plant in the morning on our way home to Manila.

We asked around for the prices of the plants.  We were all so happy to hear that the plants were so cheap. A beautiful marigold plant costs only 10 php.

Marigold 

However during the morning, we woke up late because of the our pampering at Spa de Soleil.  (see previous entry)  We didn't get to buy any plants which was lucky because we had a lot to bring home and the van was so full of plants and pasalubongs.  Perhaps, we shall buy next time when we have our own vehicles.  Our companions who bought in the morning also told us that the price during the mornings is more expensive that the ones we were told the afternoon before.

Whether you will be buying plants or not, a visit to the Baguio City Orchidarium is always a pleasurable experience.  The various plants that Baguio City offers can all be seen at the Baguio City Orchidarium. 

Baguio City Orchidarium		Baguio City Orchidarium Map
Price Per Person	Depends
Payment Options	Cash
Business Hours	7am-6pm
Reservation Required
Contact
Other
Address
Shanum St., Baguio City, Philippines
Transportation to Attraction
Taxi, Jeepney

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