Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, April 8, 2010
TIE- Dye your Shirts!
The tie-dyed t-shirts getting dried under the sun.
Attendees learn to tie-dye their shirts using bignay wine.*Bignay wine comes from bignay fruit-- one of the local tropical fruits that can be found in the La Luna cluster of La Huerta Farms and Residences.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
unWINEd at La Huerta
The first pre-launch event of La Huerta was held at the site in Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna on March 7, 2010, Sunday. The event started at 10 am and ended at 4 pm.
The first part of the event was a lecture demonstration of local wine making, featuring bignay, one of our local fruit wines, which can be found in one of the four clusters of La Huerta; La Luna. La Luna farm lots houses coffee, cacao, and bignay. These crops are grown year-round, with their round canopies a relaxing sight along the road.
Dr. Erlinda Dizon, wine expert and director of the Food Science Cluster at the University of the Philippines Los Banos, demonstrated how to make wine out of bignay fruits.
According to Dr. Dizon, the process of local fruit wine making consists of the following: sorting and washing of the bignay fruits; followed by crushing and slicing; followed by dilution, blending, scooping, sugar adjustment, inoculation, and establishment of mother starter or culture. The most important process for wine making is fermentation, where the sugar is turned into alcohol.
Other local fruits can also be turned to wine like Atis, Tamarind, Banana, and Mangoes.
Bignay also has health benefits. It serves as an antioxidant, which help prevent certain cancers. It also helps cure anorexia or the lack of appetite. Bignay also acts as a mild tranquilizer to reduce anxiety and tension.
Bignay is also a source of blue dye. The second part of the program was wine dyeing. The guests learned how to tie-dye their t shirts using bignay wine. The process consists of tying knots on the tshirts using rubber bands to give them designs and then soaking them on bignay wine (with the addition of synthetic dye to retain color) for thirty minutes or more. The rubber bands are removed to reveal the design created. The t shirts are left under the sun to dry for at least two hours and then washed in cold water.
UnWINED at La Huerta is the first pre-launch event for La Huerta before the grand launch. Each event showcases the pride of each cluster of La Huerta. The second pre-launch event will be a coffee painting session with coffee painter, Sunshine Plata. Coffee can also be found in the La Luna cluster. The third pre-launch event will focus on ostriches and medicinal plants, which can be found in the El Sol and El Cielo clusters.
La Huerta Farms and Residences is the first leisure community development of Sta. Lucia Land, Inc. (SLLI) and its marketing arm, Orchard Property Marketing Corporation (OPMC). The 50-hectare land is owned by Lapanday Properties and is located in the heart of Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna. It is approximately 8 km, 20-minute drive from Batino Exit of South Luzon Expressway and is just ten minutes away from Tagaytay Highlands.
La Huerta emphasizes the benefits of enjoying a full and healthy lifestyle right in one’s own farm estate.
For more information, please contact Liza Crisanto at 470-3794 and at 0922-8665066.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Harvest the Fruits of Healthy Living
La Huerta Farms and Residences is the first leisure community development of Sta. Lucia Land, Inc. (SLLI) and its marketing arm, Orchard Property Marketing Corporation (OPMC). The 50-hectare land is owned by Lapanday Properties and is located in the heart of Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna. It is approximately 8 km, 20-minute drive from Batino Exit of South Luzon Expressway and is just ten minutes away from Tagaytay Highlands. The property covers three major barangays in the area--- Laguerta, Bunggo, and Burol.
La Huerta, translated as “The Orchard”, emphasizes the benefits of enjoying a full and healthy lifestyle right in one’s own farm estate.
La Huerta is divided into four garden communities:
El Sol—The Sun
Relaxing and therapeutic. The farm lots in The Sun house plants and trees that have been carefully selected specifically for their medicinal benefits as well as for their aesthetic appeal. Herbal plants are found in this cluster.
The main road is lined with Banaba trees, which are valued for their efficacy in controlling diabetes and serving as remedy for kidney and bladder problems. They also bloom beautifully and paint the landscape with pink to lavender hues. The other roads feature Lagundi trees, whose leaves are proven to cure cough and colds. There are also several other plants that are considered anti-oxidants.
La Luna ---The Moon
Mysterious and romantic. The farm lots in The Moon are filled with the sweet aroma of coffee, cacao, and bignay. These crops are grown year-round, with their round canopies a relaxing sight along the road.
Bignay is a small, red fruit used to make local wines. Cacao seeds are processed to be chocolates. Coffee beans are made into the aromatic, Kapeng Barako.
These crops are grown year-round, with their round canopies a relaxing sight along the roads. Residents who want to grow and process their own wine or coffee can acquire the proper training and technology from La Huerta’s resident wine experts.
El Cielo --- The Sky
Healthy and peaceful. The Sky is home to the largest bird in the world; the ostrich. An ostrich feeds on vegetables and other edible plants, which are abundant in this cluster. The Sky houses the ostrich farm and Pili nut farms.
The Sky also grows rows of organic vegetables and herb gardens, which are perfect ingredients for a healthy salad.
La Lluvia--- The Rain
Refreshing and invigorating. The Rain waters the palms and the flowering plants in this cluster. Various ornamental palms such as Madagascar and Lastanilla, blue and red palms, and Hawaiian, from seedlings to fully mature stages, surround the area and create a fresh, tropical ambience. These plants are being housed in the plant nursery, which was preserved specially to grow them.
Live and prosper in your own farm and enjoy the full life in nature’s embrace. At La Huerta, the fruits of healthy living are right into your hands.
Contact No: (632) 6354946. Contact person: Ms. Liza Crisanto.
Office Address: Unit 708-West Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Centre, Exchange Road Ortigas Center, Pasig City
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