Flowers are said to be ‘the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into’, while Shakespeare went on to call the daisy a poet’s darling, and if it so much serves as an inspiration for words to play, then flowers certainly touch a part of the human soul.
Perhaps it was this healing touch of flowers that engrosses Arenla Mozhui in her garden day in and day out. And yet, she had a far greater purpose in mind when she first opened “Hillsway” in the year 2005. She observes that there were no flower shops in Kohima to cater to the needs of the people, and so she started growing varieties of flowers on her own, tenderly taking care of them and watching them grow until eventually, she decided to open a shop on a very small scale as she insists.
She is probably the first florist in the State Capital and a self taught Flower Arranger who delights in the blooming of flowers as much as in planting the seeds.
“You have to give your full time to flowers”, she expresses even as she recalls her little struggles in setting up her shop all by herself through sheer hard work.
But the more extraordinary aspect of it lies in the fact that she is a mother of three who finds flowers beckoning to her all the time even more than her children does sometimes. She feels for her plants and goes on to admit that she loses track of time simply watching one of her flowers bloom.
Managing her flowers in her home space in Chandmari, it is with greater difficulty that she takes care of them during dry seasons. But she passionately puts across that she makes it a point to nourish them even at the cost of buying water.
Mostly, she grows potted plants including varieties like Orchid, Anthuriam, Greens, Astromeria, Ponsettia, Azalea etc. Over the years, she has observed the growing demand of flowers in Nagaland even as every other occasion includes flowers as decorative pieces.
She states with seriousness that the flower market is really growing in the State while expressing the need to invest more land for growing flowers. She says “the demand is too much and we have to order it from outside sometimes”. This enthusiastic florist also believes that growing flowers can greatly contribute to the economy of the State.
While on the other side of it, she has arranged flowers for numerous occasions including VIP gatherings like the recent visit of the Vice President of India.
It may be of interest that she picked the name of the shop- “Hillsway” herself while explaining that it’s simply because we live in the hills. She looks obviously content in her humble shop as she’d rather say, but the admiration of passing people was clearly visible even as some of them keep coming in to check out the impressive flowers, if not to buy some for themselves either to decorate or grow.
She also encourages interested youth to take this up as a profession. By all means, she knows there’s scope in this area from her own personal experience as she states once more that even the number of the available florists is too little to meet the flower demands made by people.
It is her hope that more people engages themselves in growing flowers for it does so much to brighten our homes and places of living. For her, the venture was totally worth it. It’s obvious she’d rather be with flowers than doing anything else for she even says that she forgets all her tiredness once she starts dirtying her hands in her garden.
When asked to pick her favourite flower, it’s with great difficulty that she names ‘orchid’, but goes on to say that she loves flowers of every kind.
The Matriculate from Little Flower School plays the role of a superwoman as a mother, a homemaker, a wife and a florist. One must say she has pretty much succeeded.
Perhaps it was this healing touch of flowers that engrosses Arenla Mozhui in her garden day in and day out. And yet, she had a far greater purpose in mind when she first opened “Hillsway” in the year 2005. She observes that there were no flower shops in Kohima to cater to the needs of the people, and so she started growing varieties of flowers on her own, tenderly taking care of them and watching them grow until eventually, she decided to open a shop on a very small scale as she insists.
She is probably the first florist in the State Capital and a self taught Flower Arranger who delights in the blooming of flowers as much as in planting the seeds.
“You have to give your full time to flowers”, she expresses even as she recalls her little struggles in setting up her shop all by herself through sheer hard work.
But the more extraordinary aspect of it lies in the fact that she is a mother of three who finds flowers beckoning to her all the time even more than her children does sometimes. She feels for her plants and goes on to admit that she loses track of time simply watching one of her flowers bloom.
Managing her flowers in her home space in Chandmari, it is with greater difficulty that she takes care of them during dry seasons. But she passionately puts across that she makes it a point to nourish them even at the cost of buying water.
Mostly, she grows potted plants including varieties like Orchid, Anthuriam, Greens, Astromeria, Ponsettia, Azalea etc. Over the years, she has observed the growing demand of flowers in Nagaland even as every other occasion includes flowers as decorative pieces.
She states with seriousness that the flower market is really growing in the State while expressing the need to invest more land for growing flowers. She says “the demand is too much and we have to order it from outside sometimes”. This enthusiastic florist also believes that growing flowers can greatly contribute to the economy of the State.
While on the other side of it, she has arranged flowers for numerous occasions including VIP gatherings like the recent visit of the Vice President of India.
It may be of interest that she picked the name of the shop- “Hillsway” herself while explaining that it’s simply because we live in the hills. She looks obviously content in her humble shop as she’d rather say, but the admiration of passing people was clearly visible even as some of them keep coming in to check out the impressive flowers, if not to buy some for themselves either to decorate or grow.
She also encourages interested youth to take this up as a profession. By all means, she knows there’s scope in this area from her own personal experience as she states once more that even the number of the available florists is too little to meet the flower demands made by people.
It is her hope that more people engages themselves in growing flowers for it does so much to brighten our homes and places of living. For her, the venture was totally worth it. It’s obvious she’d rather be with flowers than doing anything else for she even says that she forgets all her tiredness once she starts dirtying her hands in her garden.
When asked to pick her favourite flower, it’s with great difficulty that she names ‘orchid’, but goes on to say that she loves flowers of every kind.
The Matriculate from Little Flower School plays the role of a superwoman as a mother, a homemaker, a wife and a florist. One must say she has pretty much succeeded.
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