Grand Gala is a hybrid tea rose variety hybridized in France in 1995 and first adapted in 1997 to grow on Philippine soil at the Island Rose farm.
Large flowered and long-stemmed, this strawberry red rose has a conical bud that can reveal a bloom of 25 to 30 petals with stem length ranging from 60 […]

 This article was written by Erwin Oliva and was first published in Inquirer.net on April 11, 2008
MAKATI City–Corporate blogging is still in the early stages in the Philippines, a search engine marketing expert and a local company has said.
Blogging, however, is one way companies can build and manage their online reputation, said Dustin Andaya, founder […]

Dustin Andaya of Island Rose spoke in front of a distinguished audience of entrepreneurs and marketing practitioners in the Corporate Bloggin and Repuation Management Seminar arranged by Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan, an MBA student from the Asian Institute of Management. The information packed seminar was joined by other authorities in the field of e-commerce. […]

Most Philippine florists agree that good customer service is the key to success. It sometimes makes us wonder how come so many have such poor customer service policies. Ultimately, proper customer care will make the clients happy and turn them into regular buyers.

Island Rose together with other Philippine E-commerce websites, developers, service providers and bloggers attend the 2008 E-Commerce forum by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS).
The forum was opened by Ms. Vina Liza Ruth Cabrera of DTI, Ms. Mary Anne Tolentino, and Mr. Mon Lizardo of PICS. […]

Roses are one of the oldest cultivated flowers that were first grown in Asian gardens five thousand years ago. In its wild form, roses go back even farther; there are several fossils of wild roses that date all the way back to 35 million years ago.