New Baguio attraction inspired by world's best gardens

Carl Taawan

<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden5.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden6.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden8.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden11.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden13.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden14.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden15.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden16.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden19.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/04/10/041017_garden23.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><div> </div><cite>Photo by Carl Taawan</cite></div></div></div><p>BAGUIO -- Hidden in the Benguet mountains is an outdoor &quot;green living room&quot; featuring 24 beautiful landscaped gardens inspired by the world&#x27;s best.</p><p>Each garden at the 3-hectare mountain resort Mount Costa has a story to tell from the origin of life at the Inca Garden to the romance of Romeo and Juliet in the garden named after the ill-fated lovers.</p><p>There&#x27;s a Zen Garden for those looking for place to contemplate and meditate. But the favorite of many visitors here is the Mirror Garden where they can take creative selfies.</p><p>“This is a place where one can take all the time they need to stroll and reflect,” said park designer Pat Acosta.</p><p>With 5,500 meters of walking trails, Mount Costa also boasts clean, crisp and fresh mountain air and tranquil surroundings for a glimpse of what Baguio used to be.</p><p>Aside from award-winning flowers from All America Selections, materials from rocks, twigs, sand, cement and pebbles to even strings and mirrors were artistically used to create the various gardens.</p><p>But while the aim of Mount Costa is for Filipinos &quot;to get a taste of the best gardens in the world,&quot; Acosta said some landscape designs are actually original like the Spectrum Garden, which was designed by her daughter Vita who graduated with a degree in Fine Arts.</p><p>Acosta, a horticulturist, said this family property along the Pico-Lamtang Road in La Trinidad was bought in 1978 by their parents, Col. Voltaire Acosta and Cleotilde, to be developed as a strawberry farm. However, due to a virus that plagued the farm, this was discontinued.</p><p>It was sometime in 2015 when the Acostas, who are cousins of comedian and author Gary Lising, came up with idea of a<br/>&quot;green living room,&quot; which they feel will become a game-changer in the tourism landscape of the Cordillera.</p><p>“Mount Costa serves as Voltaire and Cleotilde’s legacy,” said Acosta.</p><p>The family hoped that the resort, which is located 30 minutes from Baguio, will bloom like the flowers of the Panagbenga Festival.</p><p>At the moment, only half of it is developed but the family is planning to expand with more garden designs.</p><p>Mount Costa, which has a soft opening entrance fee of P350, also has amenities like park benches, a playground, clean toilets, food kiosks and picnic tables. With the exception of baby food, food and beverages brought from outside are not allowed inside the gardens.</p><p>The grand launch of Mount Costa is scheduled in May.</p>

<p>Hidden in the Benguet mountains is an outdoor "green living room" featuring 24 beautiful landscaped gardens inspired by the world's best.</p>

Hidden in the Benguet mountains is an outdoor "green living room" featuring 24 beautiful landscaped gardens inspired by the world's best.

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New Baguio attraction inspired by world's best gardens

New Baguio attraction inspired by world's best gardens

Carl Taawan

Published Apr 10, 2017 08:37 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 10, 2017 08:38 AM PHT

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