Laketch Asfaw Burial Service, among the pioneers of burial service on Churchill Avenue, was quiet but ready to accept any walk in clients who have lost a loved one. Flowers stand outside in buckets of cool water to keep them fresh, while inside, lining the walls of the shop were various brightly coloured floral wreaths and arrangements waiting for a last minute reprieve before being thrown out at the end of the day.
"Our fresh flowers are usually those not chosen for export, which means they are not common- and a luxury,' "We get them through a distributor who picks them up from the farm and brings them to us. And, because they are fresh flowers, they don't last long, so we have to throw out a lot of our arrangements at the end of the day when they wilt. We usually have different suppliers. They come around and offer us their merchandise and we buy it as much as possible. We commonly use paper flowers that we make ourselves." said Bezabih Mekuria, an employee and part of the management team of the shop.
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