| Signs at the park say “Don’t pick the | | | | just so you can fulfill your shallow desires. If you |
| flowers” and you wonder to yourself, what harm | | | | want to give someone flowers as a gift, Philippines is |
| can picking those flowers do to anyone? As a child, | | | | full of flower farms that are willing to give you |
| you would take those flowers and give them to your | | | | whatever blossom you want! At least if you do it this |
| mother or to the altar at the church. What you | | | | way, you’re giving ample compensation to the |
| don’t know is that the gardener of the park is | | | | farmer that planted your shrub to get you your |
| about to lose his mind once he sees that his hard | | | | flower. |
| work was carelessly plucked by a child. | | | | Believe it or not, some people have flower farming |
| You should tell your child that picking flowers from | | | | as their job. That’s just one of the many |
| the park is not funny. Someone took the time to | | | | branches of the agricultural industry. So when you |
| grow them! | | | | decide to buy those flowers instead of getting them |
| If you think that it’s just a harmless gift, | | | | from the park, you’re not just helping the |
| Philippines, you are dead wrong. My fellow | | | | gardener keep his sanity, you’re giving someone |
| countrymen, you have just cheated your fellow man. | | | | else another livelihood! |
| Planting flowers in the park is not as easy as plucking | | | | Flower farms are widely scattered all over the gift |
| them carelessly. Plucking a flower only takes a few | | | | Philippines, you can see these as up north as Baguio |
| seconds but growing it until it blooms takes days or | | | | or as down south as Davao. Wherever you go in the |
| weeks! | | | | Philippines, you can be sure that you’ll be able to |
| Think about how you wasted one man’s labor | | | | find a beautiful flower to give as a gift! |