'Hala-men', dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino, ngayong Sabado sa 'I-Witness'

Courtesy: The Green Minded Shop, Green Yard PH, Pinoy Plantito Neil

I-WITNESS
Howie Severino Team
December 11, 2021
HALA-MEN

Hindi na lang libangan ng mga misis ang paghahalaman.

Sa panahon ng pandemya, ilang plantito o "hala-men" ang sumikat sa Instagram at social media dahil sa pag-flex nila ng kanilang mga alaga tulad ng mga Philodendron at Alocasia.

Courtesy: The Green Minded Shop

Courtesy: Green Yard PH

Sa dami ng mga lockdown na ating naranasan, marami ang nakadiskubre ng saya sa pag-aalaga ng mga halaman.  Hindi lang ito bagong libangan kundi paraan para mapakalma ang isipan at mapagaan ang kalooban.  Nabago na ang stereotype dahil sa mga plantito o hala-men.

Courtesy: Green Yard PH

Naging isa na ring plantito si Howie Severino at hahanapin niya ang ibang hala-men tulad niya na magtuturo sa kaniya tungkol sa propagation o pagpaparami ng tanim, kung paano nila pinayabong ang kanilang online selling, at ang isyu ng pagkuha ng mga rare na halaman sa gubat.

Sasamahan ni Howie ang dalawang hala-men sa isang secret garden sa Antipolo kung saan matatagpuan ang daan-daang halaman na likas sa Pilipinas o Philippine native plants.

Huwag palalampasin ang dokumentaryong “Hala-men” ngayong Sabado sa I-Witness, December 11, 2021, 10:30pm sa GMA.#

ENGLISH VERSION

Gardening is no longer just your mother’s or grandmother’s hobby.

In the pandemic age, men have taken to ornamental plants by storm, filling Instagram and other online spaces with photos posing with their favorite Philodendrons.

They’re not only “lolos” but young bearded men, some proudly flexing bare-chested next to their Alocasias and giant ferns.

With many stuck at home with time on their hands, people of all genders are discovering the joys and therapeutic benefits of plants. Plantitos, or hala-men, have been among the most avid enthusiasts, demolishing old stereotypes.

Counting himself among the legion of recent converts to gardening, Howie Severino sets out to meet other hala-men. He learns about plant propagation, the boom in online selling, the plant capital of Silang, Cavite, and the issue of poaching rare plants from the wild.

Howie’s team accompanies two hala-men on a visit to an exquisite secret garden in Antipolo, which is reserved only for plants native to the Philippines.

“I-Witness: Hala-men” airs this Saturday, December 11, 2021, 10:30pm on GMA. #