PIXABAY How are you celebrating Valentine's Day this year? Because the demand for red roses is huge, with many growers timing their picking to meet the Valentine's Day demand, wholesale prices are triple the normal amount, necessitating florists to raise their prices – a bunch of a dozen red roses from a florist for Valentine's Day costs more than $100. READ MORE:* Valentines Day: Are red roses even romantic? And if you're wondering when all this Valentine's Day hype started, retired florist Dale du Fresne says that when she began working as a florist on Wellington's Lambton Quay in the late '60s, Valentine's Day flowers weren't even a thing. Dale says that it was during the '90s that Valentine's Day grew into the monster that it is today.

Source: Stuff February 13, 2020 15:56 UTC