Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Flower @Columbia road

Columbia Road is famous for the flower market. There are a lot of shops (stalls?) in the road. It's only held on Sundays from 8am until 3pm.

The place is a bit hard to get there.  The nearest station is probably Hoxton, Overground station.
I walked from Shoreditch High street, Overground station.
But, actually there are a lot of people holding bunches of flowers, so just try to find those people!

Chrysanthemum - not only symbol of Royal family but also funeral flowers in Japan!
Most of shop owners are East Enders ;) Love their accent
I love Hydrangea. The pot was £5!

All the photos which I took hiddenly (how can I say in English??) I didn't have gut to take photos in front of owners. I'm sure they don't mind, but I am too shy to ask!

The place has lovely & independent cafes as well.

Towards the end of days, there are not much selection sometimes, but the price of a lot of flowers get reduced.  I went there last Sunday, the Orchid was sold only £5.
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Columbia Road market
Bethnal Green, London E2
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