Forest Wood Garden

Two Golds for the Philippines. Proud of the Filipino !!! Mabuhay!🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Malapit na ang harvest season !

Ayon sa balita halos 1,000 aircon ang nabebenta araw - araw. Siguro dahil sa kakaibang init . Panahon na para magtanim tayo ng 1,000 puno din araw - araw. Ito yun natural aircon natin.

Umulan din ba sa lugar nyo?

When you visit people, no matter how close you are to them, be sensitive and don’t do any of these things:

–Don’t walk into their house with your shoe unless they asked you to do so. It’s always more respectful to remove your shoes at the doorstep especially if you didn’t come with a car(if you must enter with your shoe, make sure you use the doormat correctly)

–Don’t sit on the one-sitter sofa. In most houses, the one-sitter Sofa is usually the favorite of the owner of the house. Instead, sit on the 3 sitters' sofa. 3 sitters are for everyone.

–Mind your leg. It’s very annoying to march on the sits of your host. Some of you are used to carelessly putting your foot on whatever chair you are sitting on. This is the most important of them all. Keep your foot on the floor or top of your other leg. If you don’t comport yourself, don’t feel embarrassed if your host tells you to bring down your foot. If everyone marches on the chair that way, you would be the first to tell how dirty your host's sofas are.

–When they offer you bottled water, ask for a cup if you know that you won’t be able to finish the full bottle. If you drank directly from the bottle, ensure you leave with the remaining water. Don’t open, kiss, and leave the rest behind. No one would drink it and your host won’t be happy throwing it away. This one annoys me the most. I hate wasting water and food and it’s not about the money. Some people don’t have good water to drink or food to eat.

–If your host is a bachelor and you have access to his kitchen. Whatever you dirty in the kitchen, clean it up. Don’t mess up his kitchen and leave it behind like that. Who’s going to clean it?

–Whatever you touch, ensure you keep it the way it was. I don’t like my house being disorganized. Everything has its place. Don’t get over-familiar with your host and disrespect his or her house. Make your host want to have you around longer than wish you should leave immediately. This is one of the reasons why I leave alone. I don’t want to come in and see the pillows of my chairs on the floor or the books on my bookshelf turned upside down. At least, not until I get married and have kids.

–Lastly, don’t make videos in people's private houses without their permission. A guy that used to leave with me would wake up early in the morning and start video calls with people I don't know and even capture me on boxers. Ha! He would walk from one end of the house to another with his camera trying to impress his girls. Such madness.

Be sensitive. Be mindful. Be composed. Don’t walk into people’s houses and forget yourself. Feel at home doesn’t mean you should become a masquerade.

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Madami kaming puno!!

Congrats!!

ART WORKSHOP 🎨🖌️
DRAW & PAINT with us this summer! 🌞😍

Join our SUMMER ART CLASS 2024 ✏️

We have April, May, June, & July Classes :)

Feel free to choose your schedule. We have FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE for students who still have on-going classes or adults who are working. 🫰💕

Register early and get some freebies. 😉
Send us message.

📱 0936-161-8221 / 0975-588-2105

You may also visit us at PENCILS UP ART STUDIO (G Square Building, before ACLC school, near San Pablo Cathedral).

Seeyouuu! ❤️🎨🌞

Bukod sa mahuhusay magluto ang mga taga San Pablo ay maganda din ang tanawin sa amin .

FARM TOURISM!

Dearest our ka-tropang Ylaya,
We would like you to experience personalized services at Ylaya, we thoroughly prepared for each guest so we discouraged walk-ins to serve you better. ❤️

CULINARY ADVENTURE!

REGISTER NOW!!!

It's 2024 and our ARTventure begins! 🎨✨
We're thrilled to announce that we are launching once again FARM ARTventure this Feb ❤️

Create with NATURE through this 1-DAY ART CLASS on Feb 9 (Friday/holiday) or Feb 10 (Saturday). NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. :)
Everyone is welcome 🎨🖌️✨

Register to join our activity in partnership with Ylaya at Sta Elena. :)

We've prepared outdoor art class experience for all ages. Families, friends, couples, kids, everyone can join us here. ❤️

🖌️Hassle-free, we provide all materials for you including canvas and paints
🖌️You can bond with family, food can be served too thru Ylaya at Sta Elena
🖌️Flexible schedules, two timeslots provided each day
🖌️Guided by friendly artists, experience not required

Give us a call at 0936-161-8221/ 0939-938-7131 🌷

See you! 💕

BAKIT YLAYA at Sta.Elena ang pangalan ?

Ylaya at Sta.Elena! Kalimitan itinatanong nila bakit Ylaya at Sta. Elena ang pangalan. During Covid 19 pandemic noon 2020 na nagclosed almost lahat ng mga establishments at isa na ang sa amin. Nagdecide ang mommy at daddy ko with me na i concept na lang yun maliit na bukid namin na maging private family farm para sa amin at sa ilan friends & relatives.

Pero madami talagang nagiinquire at nagtatanong about us. Most especially sa mga authentic at unique na lutuin ng daddy ko na si kusinero de bukid Joel . Talagang hinahanap at pinaguusapan ang kanyang simpleng lutuing pangbukid . So ,we decided to open yun small private family farm namin na ang business name ay Ylaya at Sta. Elena Integrated Farm. Syanga pala yun sister ko na si Hanna ang nakaisip ng name na ito.

Alam nyo ba kung bakit Ylaya ang naisip ng sister ko ipangalan sa small farm namin.? Ito yun kwento, yun lugar namin ay kilala na sa tawag na ilaya na ang ibig sabihin ay interior o sa tagalog ay looban. Bata pa yun magulang ng aking lolo at lola ay tinatawag nang syang ILAYA. Ang dako na lugar na yun na paanan ng bundok ng San Cristobal. . At ito ay matatagpuan sa baranggay Sta. Elena. Bata o matanda ay kilalang kilala na sa tawag na ILAYA yun dako na yun. Kaya naisip ng sister ko na bigyan ng mukha o character o ng personality ang pangalang ILAYA. kaya pag sinabi nyo na ngayon ILAYA O YLAYA at Sta. Elena ay yun aming farm na yun. It's a private unique family farm na willing to share our kitchen, our food, & our farm story. Pero higit ito sa kwentong pagkain, kwentong kusina at kwentong bukid. Dahil ang mahalaga ay kung ano ba yun natutunan natin at naging karanasan sa pagpasyal nyo sa maliit at simpleng bukid namin. Ito yun para lang kayong dumalaw sa isa nyong kamaganak kaya lang ang pagkakaiba ay maraming kwento at may bayad. 😊

Madaming kwento tungkol sa lugar na ito. Mula sa panahon pa ng hapon . Mula sa pagkabata ng aking mommy. Kung saan ay nagbabalsa sila at sumasakay sa bakid ng kabayo na kasama ang akin tita( na ngayon ay nasa Amerika na) pag pumupunta sila sa ilaya at hanggang sa nagdalaga siya ,kung saan ay nagsasamasama sila ng aking mga tita kapag nagpapaniyog. Sakaysakay sila ng kariton na may dala pang songhits at nagaawitan.

Masayang balikan ang kwentong ito. Kwentong ILAYA O YLAYA. Kwento ng buhay sa bukid, kwento ng pagmamahal at kwento ng pamilya. Nakaka miss yun buhay sa probinsya. Sarap balikan ang mga lutuin noon at ngayon. Ngayon ay higit na mas masarap balikbalikan ang lutuin sa bukid sa Ylaya na laging inihahanda ng aking ama para sa aming mga bumibisita na mga panauhing na nanggagaling pa sa ibat ibang sulok ng Pilipinas at mundo. Masarap ipagmalaki ang katutubong lutuin PINOY dito sa YLAYA AT STA. ELENA sa Lunsod ng SAN PABLO !! Kaya Tara na sa SAN PABLO at ng makadaupang palad natin ang aking tatay na si KUSINERO DE BUKID na madaming kwento ng PAGIBIG hindi lang sa pagluluto kundi pati din sa PUSO!! - Ito po ang inyong lingkod si BINATANG BUKID.

DM US FOR RESERVATIONS!

VIEW OF BUNOT LAKE!

Bunot lake is one of 7 lakes in San Pablo City!

CONGRATS!!!

ALAM N'YO BA?

Alam nyo ba ang mga lutuin pagkain natin ay kasama sa librong ito. Tama po ang ating kababayan na si kusinero de bukid Joel Frago ng San Pablo City ay bahagi ng kwentong pagkain na isinulat ni Ms Clang Garcia.

Ms. Clang Garcia , a renowned Philippine culinary heritage tourism advocate , culinary heritage explorer, Gourmant awardee , & TV host.

CONGRATS MS. CLANG!! CONGRATS PILIPINAS!!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

YEAR 2024!

In this New Year, let us be grateful for the small miracles, the answered prayers, and the opportunities God has given us. Wishing you a year filled with gratitude and blessings!

Everyone loves filling their garden and home with ornamental plants that exude festive vibes during Christmas.