The name was derived from the owner’s collection of artifacts, antiques, including recyclable garbage materials from the native Baleten-on folks. He transformed them into works of arts wherein an observer would gape at a broken shoe that was subsequently turned into a beautiful flower vase, an ordinary stone framed to portray realities that oftentimes are ignored by many. He would then set-up his artworks inside his private garden purposely to create a haven of inspiration for his family, to evoke their innate creative nature or talent. Hence, friends and guests who enter the place likewise get inspiration, announcing to the outside world there is a small haven of art that exists in this town of Balete, for all to see.
