A comely lass dressed in the indigenous “baro at saya” strikes an adorable pose amid a green patch of okra at the the eight-hectare Hardin ng Lunas agricultural project of the Philippine Army Armor Division in Camp O’Donnell, Capas, Tarlac. The undertaking, also dubbed “Water-is-Life Project,” is spearheaded by the Tarlac Heritage Foundation to show case a variety of vegetables, fruit-bearing and non-fruit-bearing trees, as well as a bamboo grove. The garden also features livestock dispersal, tilapia pond, and a playground for children of visiting families of Army soldiers. Foundation co-founder Isabel Cojuangco-Suntay says the project aims to develop idle camp lands into productive state property for the benefits of the troops and their dependents.
