Sa layuning higit pang mapaunlad ang kamalayan sa paghahanda ng mga pataniman ng mga gulay at halaman-gamot na ang ginagamit ay mga panustos na organiko, si Joel Frago (ika-2 mula sa kanan) ng Forest Wood Garden sa Barangay Santa Elena, Lunsod ng San Pablo, ay lumahok sa 7th National Organic Agriculture Conference na ginanap sa Queen Margarette Hotel sa Lucena City noong nakaraang Nobyembre 16 – 17, 2010. Kuha ang larawan bago buksan ang dalawang araw na panayam/pagsasanay at kasama niya sina Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Quezon Governor David C. Suarez, at Agriculture Secretary Proceso Jaraza Alcala. (Ruben E. Taningco)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a...
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