Tierra Maria Estates in the Media Contents: ChinChin's Orchard Haven
Chinchin Gutierrez Endorses Tierra Maria Estates
OFWs Invest at Tierra Maria
Tierra Maria Estates: The leisure farmer’s new address
Building a spiritually uplifting community in Lipa City Tierra Maria promotes organic vegetable garden Chin-Chin's Orchard Haven by Winchelle Nacague of Manila Standard Today If the hustle and bustle of city living is taking its toll on you, waking up in a pollution-free, serene and tranquil house with an orchard for a backyard ripe with fruit-bearing trees and lush flowers would definitely give your mind, body and soul the respite it needs. Add to that a cooler climate due to its higher elevation, allowing it to stay breezy throughout the year. This is what Tierra Maria Estates offers, an alternative concept of living in a rural setting but within reach of the metropolis. A fully developed 33-hectare community with an exclusive neighborhood, Tierra Maria Estates takes you far away from the busyness of city life. Being only and hour-and-a-half away from Manila, it is close to schools, hospitals, churches and malls, as well as among others, the Spa at San Benito, Taal Lake, Tagaytay Resorts, Hidden Valley and Villa Escudero.
Actress Chin Chin Gutierrez was formally launched as endorser and spokesperson for Tierra Maria, a unique real estate development in Lipa City. "I used to believe that the earth could replenish and heal itself," Gutierrez says in retrospect. She states "It is actually the environment that needs our help to preserve its future." Cited by Time Magazine as one of the Asian heroes for the environment, "Chin Chin is the perfect endorser," says Antonio Montinola, President of Mary's Garden Realty. As the developer of Tierra Maria Estates, Montinola is also a firm believer in protecting the environment, ensuring that the precious natural topographical features are kept intact and the innate charm of the area is maintained to create an orchard-like ambiance.
The new spokesperson has long-range plans for Tierra Maria Estates and its current and future residents. Gutierrez has her own property in Tierra Maria Estates and hopes to advocate ecological soundness through a series of environmental protection lectures to residents and potential residents of the residential farm subdivision. Finding a true home in the relaxing countryside is a dream-come-true for Chin-Chin, and Tierra Maria Estates has something extraordinary, and unique to offer. "Finally, country-side living that refreshes the body and soul," Chin-Chin enthused.
Another fact about Tierra Maria Estates spokesperson Chin-Chin Gutierrez is her spiritual nature. A long time Marian devotee, Chin-Chin finds a home that is aptly named "Tierra Maria" loosely translated in English as "The Land of Mary" that resonates with her calm devotion. Found within the heart of Lipa City, the Philippines' "Little Rome", Tierra Maria Estates is near the famous city's landmarks such as the magnificent San Sebastian Church, also known as the Lipa Cathedral, the Obviar Museum dedicated to the first bishop of Lipa City who is set to be canonized, and the world-famous Mt. Carmel Church which houses the Carmelite Convent of Lipa City. This convent of the contemplative Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was the site of a mysterious "shower of petals" to a visionary nun after World War II.
Inside the confines of the naturally flora and fauna-rich Tierra Maria Estates, families can enjoy activities such as trekking, fruit-picking, bird-watching, swimming, badminton and picnics in the lush environs of the farming subdivision. The nicely-paved roads of Tierra Maria Estates followed the inherent contours of the land and complemented the natural beauty of its surroundings filled with fully grown acacia, mahogany, coffee and fruit-bearing trees such as coconut, langka, dalandan, and lanzones, as well as a variety of flowers.
Palafox Associates was commissioned by Tierra Maria Estates as design consultant for the community facilities, parks and landscape of all common areas. According to Palafox Associates, they created a community with a small town atmosphere, one that has a central hub to encourage strolling, people and neighborhood interaction.
Tierra Maria Estates offers large lots ranging in size from 750 to 1,200 sqm at a very affordable price range. By using just a quarter of the total lot area, there is more than enough space to indulge in backyard farming. Whether it be organic gardening, high-value crop cultivation, flower or ornamental plant growing or aquaculture. With only 320 lots, Tierra Maria assures an intimate community close to nature and away from stressful city life.
Although the property is located in a premium area, the lots are affordably priced at P1,800 to P2,300 per square meter. Easy payment schemes are available. One may choose to pay an installment for 2 years at 0 percent interest or 3 to 5 years at a fixed rate of 12 percent per year. In addition, all lots are individually titled and ready for occupancy with water, electricity, phone lines and 24-hour security available in Phases I, II and III.
Back to Top ChinChin Guitierrez Endorses Tierra Maria Estates 
Actress and environmental advocate ChinChin Gutierrez recently signed as endorser of Tierra Maria Estates (TME), a fully-developed, 33-hectare residential farm subdivision in Lipa City. Tierra Maria Estates is the only residential development actively endorsing sound environmental practices. Ms. Gutierrez is the perfect endorser as she was cited by the Time Magazine as one of the Asian heroes for the environment. Tierra Maria Estates has an orchard-like ambience filled with mature, fruit bearing trees and many varieties of plants. It offers an alternative concept of living in a rural setting but within reach of the metropolis. Photo shows ChinChin Gutierrez signing the endorsement contract with Antonio Montinola, President of Mary’s Garden Realty, developer of TME (right) and Francis Jalbuena, TME’s Marketing Manager . Back to Top
OFWs invest at Tierra Maria Estates “I was looking for a farm subdivision lot where my parents, who are now in the US, can retire. I narrowed my choices to several projects but eventually decided to go for Tierra Maria Estates because it offers the greatest value for my money,” said Brian Nicolas, an IT analyst based in Japan, and one of the OFW lot owners at Tierra Maria Estates. He added that the combination of great location, amenities and affordability is something no other similar developments can match. Tierra Maria Estates is a 33-hectare residential farm subdivision in Lipa City offering a new concept in healthy and spiritual living amidst a tranquil and unspoiled environment. It has exceptionally lush vegetation, with mature, fully-grown trees such as acacia, mahogany, coffee and fruit trees (like coconut, langka, dalandan, lanzones, etc) and many varieties of flowers. Mary’s Garden Realty, the developer, has ensured that these precious natural topographical features are kept intact and the innate charm of the area is maintained to create an orchard like ambience. To date, OFW (including Filipinos married to foreigners) comprise 60% of the total lot buyers at Tierra Maria. More and more OFWs are now putting their money in real estate properties for the investment value they get from it. Many of them also invest in these properties to have a tangible proof of their hard work and have a place they can stay when they retire. Another OFW who was charmed by the property is Marilou Penalba, a company nurse of Chevron Texaco Company in Kuwait. “It is a rural life within a city. Everything you need is available,” she said. “The climate is cool even during summer. It is a place to commune with nature and a very romantic hideaway for couples who plan to get away from the busy city life.” Her other important considerations were the availability of exclusive schools where her children can attend, as well as, Tierra Maria’s proximity to hospitals, malls and church. There are currently two major malls in Lipa- Robinson’s and SM. Spiritual havens such as the Lipa Cathedral, the Carmelite Church and Monastery and several retreat houses also abound in Lipa. Other places of interest nearby are 3 golf courses, the Spa at San Benito, Taal Lake, Tagaytay Resorts, Hidden Valley and Villa Escudero among others. Ms. Lolita L. Andersson, a Filipina nurse in Sweden married to a Swedish national, also beams with pride with her lot at Tierra Maria Estates. She said she bought a TME lot because she wants to retire in the Philippines to be with her children and grandchildren. "I want to build my own house or duplex in that lot for my children," she said. Tierra Maria Estates introduces a new concept in healthy and spiritual living amidst a tranquil and unspoiled environment and provides spacious living conditions ranging in size from 750 to 1200 sqm lots within an intimate community of 320 land and home owners. With Palafox Associates as design consultants, the property is equipped with features and amenities such as the Meditation Gardens and Marian Park, jogging path, areas for camping, children’s playground, and a clubhouse with adult and kiddie pools. Back to Top
Tierra Maria Estates
The leisure farmer’s new address Sunday, October 01, 2006
Manila Times How would you like to retire in a farm subdivision, where the air is fresh and clean, the weather is cool, the surroundings are dotted with fully grown trees and wildflowers, and soil is ready for planting? In truth, not only retirees and balikbayans are yearning to make a home in such a place, said Christine M. Rayos of the family real estate firm Mary’s Garden Realty Corp. “Even young executives want to live close to nature. We are getting a lot of calls from younger buyers.” The growing market for relaxation-seeking urbanites has prompted Montinola’s firm, headed by her father Antonio J. Montinola, to offer a farming subdivision that will cater to a broader market segment. At 33 hectares, the Tierra Maria Estates in Lipa City, Batangas, is for both young families and the nature-seeking retirees and balikbayans. To ensure a peaceful, more intimate community, it offers only 328 lots, at 750 to 1,200 square meters. “The idea is to provide space to leisure farmers within their lots,” said Antonio Montinola. “They can build a house in one fourth of the total land area and make the most of the rest, like engage in backyard farming and aquaculture.” Most of the vegetation in Tierra Maria consists of lush, mature fruit-bearing trees that were retained to preserve the land’s ecosystem, and for the residents to enjoy. The environment-conscious Montinola added: “Before you can cut any tree in your lot, you will need the developer’s permission first.”
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Building a spiritually uplifting community in Lipa City
By Charles E. Buban
Inquirer
Last updated 11:36am (Mla time) 11/24/2006
IT WAS ANTONIO MONTINOLA’s devotion to the Virgin Mary that brought him to Lipa City in Batangas where he regularly visits the Carmelite Convent of Lipa, site of the mysterious “Shower of Petals” on a visionary nun in the 1950s. In one of these visits, he stumbled upon a pristine forested area that he soon developed into the city’s newest residential farm community. As president of Mary’s Garden Realty Corp., a Negros Occidental-based development firm, Montinola envisioned Tierra Maria Estates to be a farm estate community where residents could enjoy a healthy as well as spiritually uplifting lifestyle. “Tierra Maria Estates sits on a 33-hectare property of slightly rolling terrain filled with mature, fully grown acacia, mahogany, coffee, coconut, langka, dalandan, and lanzones as well as varieties of flowers. We decided to keep these natural features intact and as much as possible, do constructions around them,” Montinola said. Retaining natural beauty Montinola tapped the services of the country’s leading master planner, Palafox Associates, as design consultant for Tierra Maria Estates. “Architect Felino ‘Jun’ Palafox Jr. did a great job in retaining the natural beauty of the place, keeping intact the lush foliage, the fully grown fruit-bearing trees and created several landscaped parks that highlighted the property as a recreation and meditation haven,” Montinola said. Spaciousness would be one of the community’s major attractions: with lot cuts ranging from 750 sq m to 1,200 sq m (price ranging from over P1.3 million to P2.5 million). Montinola said only a quarter of the property would be allowed for the house. “The soil is so fertile that one can raise just about any crop, produce or flowering plants,” he attested. Marian Parks Perhaps what could differentiate Tierra Maria Estates from other farm estates would be the several Marian Parks and meditation gardens within the development. “The whole place is like a refuge and since Lipa City is dubbed the ‘Rome of the Philippines’ (a number of seminaries, convents, monasteries, retreat houses and a famous cathedral are located in it), we decided to bestow the place with the same ambiance,” he said. Tierra Maria Estates will offer only 328 lots so the residents will be able to enjoy the amenities to be offered. These include a clubhouse, pool and sports facilities, jogging path, camping areas, and a bird sanctuary. “It will be a complete farm estate community and I believe a lot of families and individuals would find the location quite attractive: located in Barangay Anilao, Lipa City, Batangas, which is easily reached via the South Luzon Expressway and the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (Star) Tollway. The place is exactly two kilometers from the Carmelite Church along the National Road (toward Padre Garcia),” Montinola said.
Back to Top | Tierra Maria promotes organic vegetable garden
GARDENING adds quality to the way you live, and might even add quantity to your life. Tierra Maria Estates, a 33-hectare residential farm subdivision in Lipa City, Batangas shares the benefits of organic gardening. Tierra Maria Estates has recently harvested organically-produced vegetables from its garden and encourages organic gardening as this has more benefits for the health and the environment. Organic gardening is growing vegetables and fruits using whatever nature provides. The benefits of organic gardening are: 1. Puts garbage to good use. One can easily make compost from garden and kitchen waste. Though this is a bit more time-consuming than buying prepared chemical pesticides and fertilizers, it certainly helps put garbage to good use and so what saves the environment. Decaying plants, wastes such as grass clippings, fallen leaves and vegetables scraps from the kitchen are the building blocks of compost, the ideal organic matter for your garden soil. 2. Chemical-free. Organic farming does not use chemicals that may have an adverse affect on your health. This is especially important when growing vegetables. Chemical companies tell us that the chemicals we use safe if used according to direction, but research links pesticide use to health problems ranging from mental impairment, cancer, hormonal imbalances and lowered sperm counts. 3. Presents erosion. Organic farming practices help prevent the loss of topsoil erosion. Organic fertilizer - compost - improves soil structure, texture, and aeration and increases the soil's water-holding capacity. 4. Cost saving. One does not need to buy costly chemical fertilizers and pesticides with organic gardening. Many organic recipes for the control of pest and disease come straight from the kitchen cupboard. 5. Grows healthier plants. A simple mulch of pine needles will help to suppress the growth of weeds and keeps moisture in, thus growing more robust vegetable and fruit bearing plants. In addition, organic vegetables have been proven to contain a higher concentration of nutrients. Another great benefit of organic gardening is that the foods you produce will have a longer shelf life and taste a whole lot better. Research has shown that without additives and other such elements, organic foods can be stored better and longer than foods with chemicals and processes. 6. Saves the environment. Poisons are often washed into our waterways, causing death to the native fish and polluting their habitat. Organic gardening practices help to keep the environment safe for future generations. 7. Healthier for the body. Most importantly, when you produce organic foods, you are producing all natural, safe, and much healthier foods. These foods will have a greater amount of nutrients and minerals within them than those grown with the help of commercial precuts. You are reducing your family's risk of ingesting harmful additives and pesticides, and increasing their nutrition at the same time. For more information about Tierra Maria Estates, please call at Tels. (Ofc.) (+643)-3122388, Telefax : (+632) 8926461 & CP 0917-8946328, 0917-8124545 e-mail: francisjalbuena@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Jalbuena, Batangas Real Estate, listings.Lots, Batangas real estate resource center, mls listings, lots for sale in Batangas, Lipa, Batangas, Lipa property, Batangas property, philippine real estate, estates, philippine houses for sale, properties in the Philippines, real estate philippines, residential, agricultural, prime, house, houses, farm, farms, farm lots, houses for rent, home, homes, lot, lots, lands, Philippines, Batangas house, Batangas house and lot, Batangas farm, batangas farm lot, Batangas agricultural lot, Lipa house, Lipa house and lot, Lipa farm, Lipa agricutural lot, |