A rustic homegarden in Victoria, Laguna where various species of trees and plants thrive. Opened in
10/01/2026
Plant Sale Alert!!!
READ: Save the date! Release of local Propagations will be on January 17,2026 (sat) and Onwards!!! Gate opens at 7am.
Please SEND US A MESSAGE in the page if you intend to come on that day so we can LIST YOUR NAMES for queueing at the gate. Thanks😊😉😀
***NOTE: The homegarden will be CLOSED starting Jan 10-16 so we can prepare the plants for the release. Sorry we don't ship plants as we prefer garden pickup.☺️😅
Prices will be available on the release day (Jan 17 and onwards).
ALL local propagations! Lots of lush and giant plants as well since we were not able to release plants since august. See you!😃😄
Location: Victoria, Laguna (waze or google pin Rustic Homegarden)
We Keep Growing!😉
07/01/2026
Pasilip muna. We will be announcing the release date as soon as we are done arranging the plants.
Thanks for your patience😊☺️
We keep growing
02/01/2026
Anthurium CLASSICS hybridized in the Philippines -
— A. ‘Manila’s Pride’ (A. faustomirandae x luxurian) by Ed Ladores and
— A. ‘King Phillip’ (A. crystallinum x A. hookeri) by Fernando ‘Nanding’ Aurigue.
We Keep Growing!!
02/01/2026
2026 Thriving and Surviving.
We have been in the ornamental plant industry for more than 40 years.
This is our story.
20/12/2025
R. megasperma propagations are turning out great! Watch out for the next plant sale date.
Because we keep growing!
16/12/2025
We are still preparing the propagations to ensure that good quality plants are to be released in our next plant sale.
No date yet as we are still quite busy as of the moment.
Because We Keep Growing!
14/12/2025
We are still busy grooming these Philodendron SP columbia for release soon.
Because we keep growing.
12/12/2025
These propagations are turning out great!!!
Still preparing for the next plant sale.
Because we keep growing!!!
01/08/2025
29/07/2025
Sa wakas humupa na ang baha at ulan!
Plant Sale Alert!!!
READ: Save the date! Release of local Propagations will be on Aug.2, 2025 (sat) and Onwards!!! Gate opens at 7am.
Please SEND US A MESSAGE if you intend to come on that day so we can LIST YOUR NAMES for queueing at the gate. Thanks😊😉😀
***NOTE: The homegarden will be CLOSED starting July 29-Aug1 so we can prepare the plants for the release. Sorry we don't ship plants as we prefer garden pickup.☺️😅
Prices will be available on the release day (Aug 2 and onwards).
ALL local propagations! Lots of lush and giant plants as well since we were not able to release plants last April. See you!😃😄
Location: Victoria, Laguna (waze or google pin Rustic Homegarden)
We Keep Growing!😉
25/07/2025
Dahil sa epekto ng Habagat at ilang bagyo, CANCELLED po muna ang plant sale na dapat gaganapin sa sabado (july 26). Mag aannounce nalang po ulit ng bagong schedule.
Salamat po sa pang unawa.
*** magkakaruon nalang po ulit ng bagong palista ng names pra sa bagong schedule.
Salamat po.
Dahil sa epekto ng Habagat at ilang bagyo, CANCELLED po muna ang plant sale na dapat gaganapin sa sabado (july 26). Mag aannounce nalang po ulit ng bagong schedule.
Salamat po sa pang unawa.
*** magkakaruon nalang po ulit ng bagong palista ng names pra sa bagong schedule.
Salamat po.
23/07/2025
Dahil sa epekto ng Habagat at ilang bagyo, CANCELLED po muna ang plant sale na dapat gaganapin sa sabado (july 26). Mag aannounce nalang po ulit ng bagong schedule.
Salamat po sa pang unawa.
*** magkakaruon nalang po ulit ng bagong palista ng names pra sa bagong schedule.
Salamat po.
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Natividad family matriarch - Sweny, started backyard gardening in their home at Los Banos, Laguna in the late ’70s. This hobby was supported by the patriarch - Warlito, who was a lawyer/forester at the Forest Research Institute or FoRI (now Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau - ERDB). Sweny started with only 10 pots of Anthurium ‘Kaumana Red’ and single-handedly grew thousands of anthuriums in less than two years. What started as a hobby turned into a full-fledged business when anthurium flowers became popular amongst plant enthusiasts. With the success of the anthurium garden, the family decided to invest more in the business and decided to purchase land in Victoria, Laguna. The land was intended to be the new home of the growing Natividad family aside from the increasing anthurium plants that have become too many for the backyard in Los Banos.
But sometimes things don’t always go according to plan. When the family moved to Victoria, Laguna, the anthuriums that thrived at the higher elevation of Los Banos, did very poorly in the low-lying elevation of their new home. The anthuriums didn’t flower as much and their overall growth somewhat stunted at the new location. And as the Natividad family was just learning about the ornamental plant trade, was that plant popularity and demand waxes and wanes. The demand and popularity of flowering anthuriums started to decline towards the ’90s.
When flowering anthuriums took a backseat after several seasons of fame in the plant trade, orchids emerged as the new plant favorite. At the encouragement of fellow plant grower - Remy Rudis (of Paradise Orchids), Sweny invested in several community pots of orchids and began the transition of the homegarden from growing anthuriums to orchids. Then leading expert on orchids and considered the mother of Philippine Orchidology - Dr. Helen Valmayor, conducted Orchid Culture training courses which Sweny eagerly attended, to learn more about orchid growing and its trade. As fate would have it, the new location was also the perfect place to grow the semi-terete vanda orchids and soon thrived well in the direct, bright sun. In another few years, the family’s backyard garden has orchid flowers blooming everywhere again.
Encouragement from her mentor - Dr. Valmayor’s, prompted Sweny to join the Biannual Flower and Garden Show at the University of the Philippines - Los Banos. She didn’t want to join initially and took her time to just grow and nurture the orchids in the nursery until she felt that the orchids and herself included was ready. In these exhibitions, her plant propagations primarily orchids, garnered numerous awards and accolades. Sweny’s Orchid Farm became a household name for growing semi-terete vandas and phalenopsis in the ornamental plant community.
Aside from the orchid garden and nursery, the rustic ambiance family home also became venue and shot location to several movies and telenovelas. Movies - ‘Sana Dalawa and Puso ko’ (starring Alice Dixson, Dina Bonnevie, and Rustom Padilla) and ‘Nang Iniwan mo Ako’ (starring Sharon Cuneta, Albert Martinez, and Matthew Mendoza) are just a few classic Filipino movies filmed in the Natividad family’s rustic homegarden.
Like plants evolving in the wild, Sweny’s Orchid Farm has evolved steadfast through the decades to become Rustic Homegarden today. The homegarden has come a long way from the startup pots of Anthuriums, and the community pots of orchids that taught us to adapt and be resilient to the seasons of the ornamental plant industry. For a time, the homegarden was also nursery to palms and bamboos and will continue to evolve otherwise.
Our vision is steadfast in caring and nurturing more plants in the coming years, maybe decades more ahead as the younger generation of the Natividad family takes on the challenge to continue the tradition of being steward of plants in our little Rustic Homegarden.
