Sai Florist & Decorators

Over at Vasant Kunj Sector-D, specifically at number 25, you’ll find us at Sai Florist & Decorators. The air around here usually smells like marigolds and roses, especially early in the morning when the fresh bundles arrive from the wholesale market. We spend a lot of time trimming stems and cleaning up leaves from the floor. It’s a messy job, really. Our hands are usually stained with sap or wet from the buckets of water we keep everywhere. We do a lot of small flower arrangements for people living in the apartments nearby, and sometimes we load up the van for bigger decoration jobs. The shop is quite packed with baskets, ribbons, and different kinds of foam. We don’t really have a fancy office. Most of the planning happens on the small wooden table in the back over some hot tea. My cousin helps with the heavy lifting and driving the van when we have to set up for a local function. We try to keep the flowers fresh, but the heat in Delhi makes it a constant struggle. We’ve been at this spot for a while now, and the locals know they can just drop in and grab a bunch of whatever looks good that day. It isn't a high-end boutique. It’s just a place where we work with our hands and hope the flowers stay bright until they reach someone’s home. We don't have a website or anything like that.