Through the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB), Department of Environment and Natural Resource Secretary Fulgencio S. Factoran, Jr. has granted to Bernardo O. Dizon the use of some 500 square meters for the experimental demonstration garden at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center (NAPWC) in Quezon City.

     The demo garden "will not only serve as an added attraction to promenaders but will also serve as a showcase experimental fruit garden particularly to farmers, orchard owners and interested backyard growers visiting the park," PAWB Director Samuel R. Penafiel said.

     Dizon, who will establish, maintain and operate the demonstration garden, is an agricultural scientist and principal proponent of the use of modern technology - primarily multiple rootstock - in the propagation, culture and growing of fruit trees.

     Free lectures and demonstration on the application of the rootstock techniques will be provided by Dizon to orchard farmers who will visit the NAPWC park.

     According to Dizon, this unique feature of the NAPWC park, the show window all of the parks in the country, envisions:

     To have a demonstration center that is readily accessible to the farmers, orchard owners and interested backyard growers for their technological requirement in growing fruit and hardwood trees:

     To show and teach the farmers, through actual planting, the modern techniques of culturing traditional (like mango) and non-traditional fruit trees (such as lychees, oranges, rambutan, durian, etc) which are potential dollar savers/earners:

     To disprove the wrong notions that non-traditional fruit tree like lychees, oranges, rambutan, durian, etc, cannot be grown in Quezon City or elsewhere in the country.

     To serve as a plant and technology exchange center on local and imported fruit trees.

     Dizon, backed by more than 30 years in the culture of fruit trees, grapes and citrus, believes by showing our farmers the proper plant technology will gave the way in opening the minds of both government and private individuals into engaging in the local culture of fruit tree for their fruits instead of importing them, which has helped deplete our precious dollar reserves.