It was a case of one in and one out at the weekend on the Flower Market as the trading floor evolved once more.
As reported last week on this site, Dave Gorton of G.B Foliage retired on Friday and with it went one of the market's longstanding foliage wholesalers and characters. On Saturday morning though, Damian Waloch opened a new plant wholesaler Ilo Bloom, in Unit C17.
The Ilo Bloom name may be new to customers, but Damian's certainly is not, having worked as a salesperson in the market for several years. He began his career in Nine Elms with G.B Foliage, then spent a couple of years with both Bloomfield and Porters Foliage.
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