Valentines Day – Roses

Greenhouses - Thumb not included.

Greenhouses – Thumb not included.

80% of roses sold in the U.S. for Valentines Day come from either Colombia or Ecuador.  Many are grown outside of Bogota.  With the mild climate, a green house is just clear plastic stretched over a wooden frame.  Their equivalent, el Dia de Amor y Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship) isn’t until September.

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