A local flower shop is preparing to deliver thousands of orders this weekend for Mother’s Day.
Don Coleman runs Mayfield Florist and says Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day are the busiest times of the year.
“It’s a big week for us, last year we did almost 3,000 deliveries this week in the Tucson area,” Coleman says.
As orders are piling up, so are some of his costs, Coleman explains. Some of the flowers they import are from Colombia, and he says tariffs are driving up some of those costs…