Mark Valentine’s Day The Local Way, Flower Vendors Urge

Nothing says I love you like the Fijian way and that is why this year people should consider buying local flowers. This is the message from the flower vendors at the Suva City Municipal Market.

With a rush for flowers to complement other gifts on Valentines Day, local vendors were hoping to persuade people to buy locally grown flowers and in turn help drive the local economy.

Flower Vendors Association president Alevina Naikarakete said there were 40 women vendors at the market.

“There are three single mothers with us and recently we have been joined by the flower vendors from Tamavua,” she said.

“The flowers are naturally grown and mostly sourced from local growers,”

Ms Naikarakete said the world had hit a restart when the pandemic struck. She said the way of doing business and the way people went about daily lives had changed.

The ladies have started to spruce up the place and hope that St Valentine’s Day is celebrated the Fijian way.

Suva and Lami special administrator chair Isikeli Tikoduadua urged people to support the local economy and buy local made.

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