Business is blooming for Valentine’s Day
Inside Chu’s Florist and Birds on El Camino Real in Redwood City, the parakeets are chirping, Fluffy the shop cat is purring and Bobbie and Tom Chu are preparing for one of the busiest days of the year — Valentine’s Day. Many of the flowers come from Colombia, Ecuador and Holland, Bobbie Chu said. They also try to source them locally from farms along the coast from Pescadero down to Salinas.At Brown’s flower shop, an arrangement of 12 red roses goes for $175 and other colors for $155. At Chu’s,...
