THE PULSE OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY SINCE 1987 SEPTEMBER 20 - OCTOBER 5, 2020 | VOL 34 NO 18 BOUNTIFUL HARVEST at Masagana Flower Farm While many of us got engrossed in "pandemic gardening" while being stuck at home, a kababayan in La Broquerie, Manitoba had an entire flower farm to cultivate during the summer season. Lourdes Casañares-Still is a flower grower in Southeast Manitoba who is also the founder and co-owner of Masagana Flower Farm and Studio, a seasonal fresh cut flower farm presenting its clients and guests with freshly harvested, local blooms so that they can live a flower-filled life. Casañares-Still has been running the farm for 2 years now and like many local business owners, she too was affected by the COVID -19 pandemic. "It started out challenging because I couldn’t hire help without having the COVID precautions in place at the farm, like an outhouse that my staff could use instead of coming into the house," Casañares-Still shared. Though there were not a lot of events like weddings that she catered to this summer, Lourdes was busy with other business opportunities. "I fulfilled a few 8-weeks flower subscriptions, hosted garden tours and u-pick flower days at the farm, flower pop-up event at the city and just recently, participated at a weekend outdoor market." She added that It was a full summer and felt supported by the community. AT HOME WITH GARDENING.. | 2, 4► Photo courtesy: Lourdes Casañares-Still FilipinoJournal.com Masagana Flower Farm and Studio KF's 20 Filipinos to Watch Congratulations, Jean Guiang-Santoro! 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She started Master Gardener -in - Casañares-Still said that gardening Training program with the University has taught her how to live through of Saskatchewan and Florets Farms the seasons. Gardening in the north Sawmill Collective Online Workshop. Later she moved is different from the tropic like her with her husband to the country and native land, Philippines, but as she CWKCreative founded Masagana Flower Farm. learn more about perennial plants, Ask her what is behind the name the more that she feels at home on of their business, Casañares- Still the prairies. Though she had heard shared, "My love for this word as many times that the flat fields in the my business name is two-fold. First, Prairies are boring, she said that it's it represents my Filipino heritage because some people are just looking and; second, it recognizes what I at it superficially. have been given. It is also a mindset. continued on page 4 ► Manitoba grown flower bouquets Edible Pansies Botanically dyed bandanas First booth as a vendor for Manitoba Fibre Fest at longwayhomeastead Indigo Plant start Photo courtesy: Lourdes Casañares-Still / Masagana Flower Farm and Studio All photos & articles available online! 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