The La Salle Botanical Gardens

27/10/2025

26/10/2025

🌿 A proud milestone for the La Salle Botanical Gardens!

The conceptual design of LSBG—a collaboration between SGS Designs Landscape Architecture and Gross Max Landscape Architects (UK)—was honored with the Excellence Award in the Professional Conceptual Landscape Category at the Awards last night during the National Convention held at the Quezon City MICE.

This recognition comes at a perfect time — following our recent groundbreaking ceremony and with land development now in progress! 🌱✨ Congratulations to the project team and thank you to our partners for this inspiring collaboration. 💚

📸 Photos credited to L.Arch. Vic Dul-loog.

22/10/2025

Ready for tomorrow yet? 📆 🌏🌳
Our next SEABG TechTalk on the Global Conservation Consortium for Dipterocarps happens tomorrow, Oct 23rd at 3pm Singapore time!

📋 You can still register via Eventbrite here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dipterocarps-and-more-an-intro-to-the-global-conservation-consortia-tickets-1781343579599

💻 Tomorrow, be sure to have your Eventbrite account ready, with the email address you used to order your ticket. You may want to update your Zoom app as well for good measure!

See you all there!

📣 Title: “Dipterocarps and More: An Intro to the Global Conservation Consortia”
📆 October 23 (Thursday)
🕑 15:00-17:00 Singapore Time

Featuring discussions by:
👥 Dylan Fuller (Botanic Gardens Conservation International)
👥 Wen-Bin Yu (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden)
👥 Charles Cannon (Singapore Botanic Gardens)

Photo of dipterocarp fruits (c) Charles Cannon

17/10/2025

Plant Provenance aka plant passport: Why It Matters More Than Ever 🌿

When we think of provenance, we often associate it with art, tracing the history of ownership to verify authenticity. But did you know that plant provenance is just as crucial? With plant theft on the rise, tracking a plant’s origin has become essential.

Just like fine art, rare plants are now highly prized in the black-market trade, an illegal demand that is driving the removal of endangered species from their native ecosystems and sometimes even from the very gardens working to protect them.

By raising awareness and prioritising ethical sourcing, we can help safeguard these irreplaceable plants. 🌱

13/10/2025

10/10/2025

10/10/2025

08/10/2025

Come and SEA! 🌏 Our next SEABG TechTalk is all about the Global Conservation Consortia (GCCs). Working with dipterocarps or just interested in GCC networks? This TechTalk is for you! 🌳

📣 Title: “Dipterocarps and More: An Intro to the Global Conservation Consortia”
📆 October 23 (Thursday)
🕑 15:00-17:00 Singapore Time

Featuring discussions by:
👥 Dylan Fuller (Botanic Gardens Conservation International)
👥 Wen-Bin Yu (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden)
👥 Charles Cannon (Singapore Botanic Gardens)

📋 Registration:
This technical talk is specifically for SEABG Network members in Southeast Asia, but everyone is still welcome to attend. Register via Eventbrite here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dipterocarps-and-more-an-intro-to-the-global-conservation-consortia-tickets-1781343579599?aff=oddtdtcreator&lang=en-gb&status=30&locale=en_GB&view=listing&=&%3Blang=en-gb&%3Blocale=en_GB&%3Bstatus=30&%3Bview=listing

📧 If you are from a botanic garden/organisation in Southeast Asia that is interested to become a SEABG Network member, and you would like to receive regular news and updates from us, please contact us through either [email protected] or [email protected].

See you all on Oct 23rd!
Photo of dipterocarp fruits (c) Charles Cannon

05/10/2025

As cities across the country continue to embrace modern structures and corporate skylines, the La Salle Botanical Gardens (LSBG) at Alviera in Porac, Pampanga is taking root with a different vision—an advocacy for sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Set on a sprawling 50-hectare estate, the LSBG will feature research laboratories, seed banks, and eco-landscape innovations such as rain gardens and water harvesting systems.

Read the full article here: https://agriculture.com.ph/2025/10/03/a-new-pride-of-pampanga-universitys-botanical-gardens-breaks-ground/

01/10/2025

More moments from the groundbreaking ceremony at LSBG in Alviera Porac Pampanga last Sept 30! 🌿 A day of smiles, energy, meaningful connections and shared commitment — all rooted in hope for a greener future. 💚