Hunt For Special Flowers For Mother's Day And Christmas

Special Hand Buckets for Mother's Day and Christmas Day (Mery Handayani / VOI)

JAKARTA - In less than two weeks we will welcome Mother's Day which is celebrated every December 22 and Christmas on December 25. Have you thought about what gifts to give to your dear parents, or your wife? If not, we will provide a reference.

Flowers are one of the decorative elements that are often used in homes and big events. Besides making it look more beautiful, the presence of fresh flowers also makes the atmosphere in the room fresher.

As explained earlier, flowers are an inseparable element of formal and non-formal events. Moreover, currently there is a trend to give hand buckets of flowers as gifts.

If you are confused about giving a gift to welcome these two big days, try giving a hand bucket of flowers. You can buy it at the Rawa Belong Flower Market.

Variety of flowers at the Rawa Belong Flower Market (Mery Handayani / VOI)

Entering this market area is like entering a flower garden area. Various types of beautiful flowers with various colors will spoil your eyes when you set foot there. The scent of flowers burst into the nose as they entered the market.

The market layout is pretty neat. This market has entered the modern category so you won't find the streets muddy or dirty. Some flower traders sell their wares at kiosks, and some sell in the middle of the market using large buckets of beautiful flowers.

Flowers are sold in various kinds, ranging from red roses, white roses, pink roses, orange roses, to blue. There are also chrysanthemums, daisies, orchids, peacocks, baby breath, snapdragon, tuberose, lilies, lotuses, garberas, gladiolus, cock's comb flowers, tulips, dahlias and many other types of flowers.

The price of interest in the market is relatively cheap. For one package of roses containing 20 stalks, it is valued at Rp. 80 thousand. Meanwhile, lilies are valued at Rp. 25 thousand to Rp. 30 thousand depending on how many flower buds are in one stem. If you want to save budget, you can buy a bunch of four lily stalks for IDR 130 thousand.

There are also sunflowers that cost Rp. 25 thousand for one bunch containing five stalks. There are also carnations that are sold per stem for IDR 20 thousand. Meanwhile, Daisy flowers are sold in packages for IDR 25 thousand.

Sunflower (Mery Handayani / VOI)

In an online shop or in a flower shop, one hand bucket of sunflowers costs Rp. 250 thousand to Rp. 400 thousand depending on the size and size of the flower arrangement. Meanwhile, at Pasar Rawa Belong you only have to pay IDR 165 thousand. This price includes flower arrangement services for IDR 50,000. Save right?

If you have a budget of under IDR 150 thousand, you can also buy types of flowers that are not too expensive, then arrange them yourself at home.

Not only new flowers are sent from farmers, it turns out that this market also sells used flowers. Do you like to wonder where the waste of wedding decoration flowers will end? The answer is the Rawa Belong Flower Market.

The flower sellers used for wedding party decorations are at the back of the stairs at the end of the market. At first glance, there is nothing different between used flowers and new ones. Both are still good and fresh. However, what sets it apart is only the packaging. Used flowers are only displayed in a makeshift bucket.

flowers sold at the Rawa Belong Flower Market (Mery Handayani / VOI)

One of the used flower sellers, Rohim, said the flowers he sold were obtained from the wedding this morning. He seemed absorbed in the pile of flowers he was choosing.

"Yes, this is used this morning. Not all of them are new in this market. There are also used ones. These are all used. Now it's a little, because many have been taken. Later, the new flowers will come again from the farmers," he said, when met at the market. Bunga Rawa Belong, North Sukabumi, West Jakarta, Sunday, December 8.

Rohim said that a bunch of baby breath flowers costs Rp. 15 thousand. This price is fairly cheap, with fresh and good quality flowers. Meanwhile, if you buy new, one bundle costs IDR 25 thousand.

In this market, you can not only get cut flowers. If you don't want the hassle of having to choose your own cut flowers and bring them to the kiosk to arrange them, there are also several stalls that provide flower arrangements. The prices also vary, from Rp. 95 thousand to hundreds of thousands of rupiah, depending on the demand.

Some traders also offer flower decoration services that are commonly used for weddings or birthday parties, and other parties. Not only flower arrangements and flower decorations, on the second floor of this market building there is also a flower board maker service. The price of board flowers is measured by the size and decoration of the flowers.