Strawberry Fields

After achieving its aim to be on the Guinness World Record for its feat of having baked the world's largest strawberry cake, La Trinidad prides itself to be dubbed as the "Strawberry Capital" of the Philippines". Needless to say, Trinidad Valley has strawberry fields that offer mouth-watering red strawberries to visitors.

A few kilometers east off the valley, colorful gardens of roses abound. Actually, most of the flowers used during the annual celebration of Panagbenga in Baguio City come from La Trinidad. It is no wonder why the place has been called "Rose bowl of the Philippines".

Trinidad also is home to a variety of vegetables (though not necessarily grown in the valley). These vegetables come from the highlands of Benguet. From cabbages to beans, carrots, peas, potatoes, pepper, cucumber, legumes--they're all here. Truly, Benguet is the country's prime producer of vegetables.

Trinidad is my home and I spent most of my life and probably my whole life in this place. It's no heaven nor paradise, but I just love the place. I remember during my childhood days, we used to climb up "Mt. Kalugong" just to view the scenic valley of Trinidad. Or we would hike down Bahong (where roses abound) to take a bath in its stream or to catch mudfish. Ahh... those yesteryears of my growing up days!

La Trinidad is the seat of the Provincial Capitol of Benguet and the capitol is in itself a wonder to behold. A great work of art indeed.

It is also the home of the lone State University of the province, the Benguet State University, which is a center of excellence in Agriculture Education.