Send Flowers to Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Matagalpa is called the Pearl of the North. It lies in a green mountain valley along the Río Grande de Matagalpa, cooler and fresher than the Pacific lowlands, and it is the heart of Nicaragua's coffee country. During the harvest, in the dry months at the turn of the year, pickers fill the surrounding farms, and the city's exporters and cooperatives are at their busiest.

The centre stretches between two squares, Parque Morazán beside the white cathedral of San Pedro and Parque Darío to the south, with steep residential streets climbing the hillsides on both flanks. Coffee families, cooperative staff, students, teachers and a small community of foreign volunteers and development workers all live here. People abroad often send flowers to Matagalpa for a mother's birthday, for 30 May, for graduations and for the feast of the Virgin of Mercy, the city's patron, on 24 September.

A local florist prepares your arrangement by hand and delivers it to homes, offices, clinics and hotels in the city. Same-day delivery is offered Monday to Saturday for orders placed before 11:00 am Nicaraguan time; orders that arrive later are delivered the following day, and nothing is delivered on Sundays. The mild highland climate helps cut flowers last, and a phone number and a clear reference help the florist find the door.

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