English urban planner Sir Ebenezer Howard was concerned about the deteriorating conditions of the environment in large cities brought upon by the increasing population. He recognized the need to carefully plan housing, thus the birth of the great 20th century urban planning concept, the Garden City Movement. 

Under the said movement, developments contain proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture. Howard's idea combined the town and country to provide people with an alternative to working on farms or in "crowded, unhealthy cities.” (Howard, E [1902], Garden Cities of To-morrow [2nd ed.], London: S. Sonnenschein & Co, pp. 2–7).

Such is the kind of life awaits future residents and guests of the 251-hectare Arden Botanical Estate, the Philippines’ first-ever botanical-themed township located at the boundary of Trece Martires City and the municipality of Tanza in Cavite.

A joint development by Megaworld, the country’s leading developer of integrated urban townships, and its subsidiary Global-Estate Resorts Inc. (GERI), Arden Botanical Estate is surrounded by natural rivers and organic gardens. It features wide, tree-lined roads and avenues, lotus ponds, as well as residential and leisure villages, commercial areas, sports and adventure parks, and a mixed-use district among others.