US: Watsonville flower producers help grow local economy
"Business savvy our willingness to adjust to the market, the lifestyle of people and also to advance in our technology of what we do," said general manager of the Pajarosa Floral, Paul Furman.
Inside the Pajarosa, visitors will find thousands of flowers, as workers work fast to arrange, cut and ship them out. Over the years some flower companies on central coast have wilted. According to the California Cut Flower Commission, there's only 15 flower growers on the central coast.
Furman said his company ships out about 30 to 50 thousand flowers all across the country every day. Growers said it takes a lot of hard work and the process isn't something that most people usually get to see.
"Normally a cut flower production is closed to the public and so the public doesn't get to see the inner beauty that we get to enjoy here everyday so we thought lets be good neighbors lets invite our community inside," said California Cut Flower Commission, Kathleen Williford.
Last Saturday growers opened their doors to the public, in hopes of educating the masses on what they do and how the flower industry hopes to continue blossoming, despite dealing with California's drought.
"We're on our own wells here and we recycle 100 percent of our water hydroponically, if the drought were to continue for 8 to 10 more years maybe we'd see the tables dry up," said Furman.
Click here to take a look inside the greenhouse of some Watsonville flower producers
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