Flower Moon Market

Derry Journal

Flower Moon Market in St Columb's hall Derry.  With short interviews with local business owners.

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00:00What's the background?

00:02It's kind of like a diamond.

00:04The next door is like a big tree.

00:06Something inside a school.

00:08I don't know.

00:10Whatever.

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00:22What?

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00:26What's inside?

00:28So my name is Sam Ferry, I'm here today with Thistle Nurseries, we're based on Irby Road

00:34and as you can see we have a wide range of garden centre goods, outdoor flowers, house

00:40plants.

00:41We're a small business but growing and trying to just expand our customer base and the market

00:47here is a brilliant way to do that.

00:48We've been meeting so many people and getting to chat to so many different other business

00:51owners.

00:52And how important is a market like this for a small business like yourself?

00:56I think it's essential, we're out on the Irby Road and so depending on footfall, word of

01:02mouth, having signs up.

01:04But this way people are coming along who might not have walked that way but seeing what we

01:07have to offer and multiple people saying, oh yeah we'll come out and see us.

01:10So hopefully some of them will now.

01:56So my name's Anya and I own Rose and Rose by Anya.

02:05I started crocheting during lockdown so it was just a way to spend a bit of time doing

02:10something other than spending it on my phone and have a wee hobby on the side as well.

02:13And can you tell me how important a market like this is to small businesses like yourself?

02:18I think it's great because it's a chance to kind of showcase what you have.

02:21I was selling mainly on Instagram beforehand and not everybody has Instagram, it's obviously

02:24a big thing in this day and age but older people don't have it.

02:27And it's good to have, you get to socialise with other businesses, you get to meet other

02:31businesses and get inspiration from them too.

02:33And I think it's good for the local economy too because it's bringing people into our

02:36city centre to meet all these businesses and buy stuff from them too.

02:39So I just think it's a great idea.

02:54My name is Alicia Green and I am the owner of the Peg and Frog Bistro on Spencer Road.

03:23And can you tell me about what your business is?

03:26We were here last Christmas when they did the wee Christmas market so they asked us

03:31if we would come back this year and do it again and it's amazing, I love the whole atmosphere

03:35of it.

03:36And what is it you bring here?

03:37We bring food.

03:39So we bring our own homemade food from my chef, Ashley Mac, who I'm not going to take credit

03:43for because she makes it and today we have got lasagne, chicken curry, rice and jumbo

03:49hot dogs for anyone that wants some.

03:52How important do you think markets like this are for local businesses?

03:55Very, because it gets to showcase your whole food.

03:58I just had somebody come over and say that's the nicest lasagne I've had in years.

04:01This is where you based so when people don't know or don't know about you, these kind of

04:04showcase what you do.

04:21Thank you.

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