Philippines: Manila resident’s rooftop garden feeds both body and soul
The pandemic has forced many people to see how fragile the current food system is.
By Yvette Tan
Manilla Bulletin
Feb 21, 2022
Excerpt:
“When I got COVID in late August to mid-September (2021) and was in home isolation, the rooftop garden was my salvation. I stayed in my room for almost a month. When I was given the go-signal to visit our rooftop garden for at least 30 mins everyday, it really helped that there’s a little patch of nature in our house. It inspires and enlightens me to see plants growing.”
Abella’s regenerative lifestyle journey is meticulously documented in her social media account, which is currentlyset to private. The lessons she has learned from this journey far exceeds planting and harvesting.
“I take inspiration from nature. Nature is healing for me. Nature is my teacher. When I see the flowers, they can just be. I can take a lesson or two from the flowers,” she says.
“When I tend to the garden, it’s really like me looking at my inner garden. When I have to do some weeding or mulching for protecting plants, I reflect back and I also need to protect some things like my boundaries. It’s really the internal lessons that I glean from doing the external work of gardening.”
