Busy day for florists
ACCORDING to an article published by on February 15, 2001, florists were hard at work on February 14 delivering flowers to homes and workplaces with most of them running out at midday.
While the majority of the orders had been taken on the 13th; Valentine’s Day had brought an influx of fresh orders.
“Of course most were orders for roses but there were others who picked other types of flowers and these were a bit hard to keep up with,” a Suva florist said.
“I have been in the business for a while. The main difference is there were more indigenous young Fijian men placing orders compared to the previous years. Every year sees an increase in orders. This year is no exception.”
According to the article, Nadi florist, Nalini Sharma of Blooming Flowers and Plant Hire, said a hit was their imported “roses with baby breath”.
Ms Sharma said her outlet had prearranged packages of a mixture of flowers of a pack of 6 or 12 roses, depending on the order.
Home-based florist Guinoor Akbar said her buyers were from “all walks of life”.
Mrs Akbar said that in spite of the hardships that people were supposed to be facing that the orders didn’t reflect that as the orders came from both young and old alike.
The origin of the day of lovers is rooted in one man’s brave act of defying the law to marry couples, even at the cost of being imprisoned and executed.
The initial message was one of love, not buying of expensive gifts for loved ones.
A colleague had said while it was good that one day was put aside initially, however, Valentine’s Day should be every day.
And for those who don’t have a Valentine, let’s hope Cupid’s arrow comes your way soon.