It's International Women’s Day!

It is March 8 , which means International Women ’s Day , and that is excogitate in the flower market dynamics around the world . In Eastern Europe and Russia , this holiday is forestall by a rightful blossom - buy delirium . Therefore , many flowers have been embark in that guidance over the last week . However , this holiday is arrive at more and more popularity in other countries as well and increasingly more company are marketing it and lay their woman in the spotlight . It is too presently to string any conclusions on how Women ’s Day was for the florists , but for the trade , it seems to have been a profitable day already .

Pictures from St Petersburg at several wholesalers .

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Moreover , growers who recently switched to growing under LED also gain from this year ’s International Women ’s Day . " Last year we saw a lot of tone problem , that was much less the case , " says Warja Abrosimova , an expert on the easterly European market who works for theDecorum corporate . " That is very gracious for producers of chrysanthemums or alstroemeria , for some of them Women ’s Day describe for up to one-half of their yearly employee turnover , " she adds .

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Festa fella Donna in ItalyThat ’s not to say that this holiday passes unnoticed in other parts of the world . It ’s also celebrated in Italy where it ’s called Festa fella Donna . On this Clarence Day , Isle of Man volunteer women a bunch of Mimosas or a bouquet that includes Mimosa . Italian producer cooperative Flora Toscana sell Mimosa only at this fourth dimension of the year and Tommaso De Angelis of Flora Toscana shares how they experienced this vacation this year : " Despite the difficultness run across , we are quite well-chosen because we have nevertheless recorded an increase in intensity compared to previous years and a general increase in requirement on all the market place we process . "

This year , however , the weather was challenging . " Although initially , the production forecasts were in favor of amount and one-dimensionality of supply , the climatical atmospheric condition of the weeks immediately preface the holiday , trigger a important change in the scenario . Due to the rain and hail that hit the product areas , the quantity uncommitted have been reduce and the logistical provision kinetics have become more complicated . In some case the harvest started recently and in others the quality of the product was reduced , keep it from being placed on the market , " he excuse .

Bouquets with Mimosa being made at Flora Toscana ’s redolence - make department .

Flower Bulb Day in San FranciscoIn the US , international Women ’s Day has been hyped for some years now . It is n’t a big vacation for flowers yet , but large flower delivery companies likeFTDand1 - 800 Flowers , for lesson , are all having special Women ’s Day promotions for this vacation . Also , on March 9,Flower Bulb Daywill take plaza in honor of International Women ’s Day . On this day more than 80,000 tulip will be on display at Union Square in San Francisco . Visitors are invited to pick a roll of tulip . Last class , this issue , attracted approximately 30.000 to 35.00 visitor .

Flower Bulb Day 2023 at Union Square in San Francisco

Overlap with UK Mother ’s DayThis twelvemonth International Women ’s Day overlap with Mother ’s Clarence Shepard Day Jr. in the UK , which intend spare insistence on some grower . allot to Pablo Bazzani ofLa Plazoleta , an alstroemeria and summer blossom raiser , this lap resulted in a 14 % growth in demand in Colombia . He points out that it was a true challenge to fill all orders . For Women ’s Day , most of their heyday go to the Czech Republic , Poland , and Russia . Thanks to the relatively quiet Valentine ’s Day , clear sky , and sunshine , production was optimal and successful .