Phool Mandi at Ghazipur

If you are fond of flowers and have a penchant for hardball bargaining, the Ghazipur flower mandi can leave you with some spectacular deals for some exquisite buds. The catch is you will have to get to this market as early as 4 am if you want to escape the mad rush and want to be able to choose your blooms undisturbed.
The day begins at 4 am at this fascinating wholesale flower market with trucks offloading some of the most exotic varieties of flowers being sourced from the length and breadth of the country and even overseas. Proteas from South Africa, orchids from Sikkim, lilies, anthuriums, irises, gerberas all the way from Thailand, China and Holland. From 4 am to 9 am, the action in this part of town is an experience like no other. On festival days and the marriage season, multiply the action exponentially! Once the vendors have settled their share of blooms, next come the retailers who will buy in bulk for their respective outlets across the city. This period sees some heavy duty deals getting struck, some negotiations and bargaining yielding exchange of bunches in great volumes and the stocks dry up before you can bat a bewildered eyelid.

The phool mandi was earlier situated at Baba Kharak Singh marg, opposite the prachin Hanuman Mandir. This has been shifted to Ghazipur.
Purchase in bulk and choose from a variety of flowers, you can get any that you fancy for almost one fifth the price at which these are available in the retail market. If you like to keep your house well decorated with fresh flowers, you could just become a regular at this market, once you discover the cost benefit of buying directly from the wholesale market, better still, develop a taste for this experience at day break.