Our story
From a Sunday stall to a Happy Garden corner lot
How three zinc buckets at a morning market became a florist with a van round and a very early alarm.
Since 2022
It started with three zinc buckets
Aina bought her first armful of market flowers in 2022, wrapped them in newspaper on a folding table, and sold out before ten. The weekend stall ran for two years, rain or shine, and its regulars still turn up at the shop counter today.
The corner lot on Jalan Riang 9 came in 2024, chosen for the morning light and the loading bay. The buckets moved in first, then the workbench, and the dawn market runs carried on exactly as before, twice a week, before the city wakes.
The name is the buying checklist. Before a single stem is bought it gets bent gently for strength, and one petal gets a close look for freshness. If either fails, the whole bucket stays at the market.
Three habits we never skip
They cost us sleep and a little margin, and they are why the flowers last.
Dawn at the wholesale market
We pick stems ourselves before five, twice a week. Buying in person means we reject the tired buckets a supplier would happily send, and it keeps the list honest about what is actually in season.
Every stem conditioned
Before anything reaches the shelf it is trimmed at an angle, stripped of low leaves and rested in clean water for a morning. It is unglamorous work, and it adds days to a bouquet's life.
Wrapped simply
Kraft paper, one ribbon and a handwritten care card. We would rather put the money into better stems than into cellophane you throw away at the door.
Come and smell the shop
We are the corner lot with buckets on the pavement, open from 9am, Monday to Saturday. Sundays we close at 2pm and sleep early for the market.