Flower can give beauty and natural to our living room. But, it bothers us sometimes because we must replace the water. Thus, there are a lot of shops, which sell flower made of plastic and natural material, so we do not have to replace the water. Nowadays, flower made of natural material has many devotees. Besides its price reachable, its shape is unique and friendly environment.


Crafters in Ngabean area, Triharjo, Pandak, Bantul read that business opportunity. They make various kinds of dried flower then. Besides, they also use the remains of that dried flower material to make souvenir, such as pencil, key hanger and wall decoration. The material is yew flower, sogo telik (red seed), banana tree fiber, coconut fiber, beach sands, grejen (remains of sawing), seeds and many others.


They have no problem with material stock because it is easy to get in Bantul area. “In Ngabean, there are about 60 crafters. Most of them can produce 100 dried-flowers and 500 souvenirs everyday, Gunawan as one of Youngsters Group organizers of Ngabean says.

“At this present, the craft marketing is still through one way, that is through Youngster Group of Ngabean, name ‘Belia’. This is the crafters’ agreement, so there is no bad competition among crafters, Ely as one of Youngster Group of Ngabean members says to the reporter of Bantulbiz.com. The price depends on model, material and measurement. It is cheap. For key hanger and pencil ranges Rp 750 to Rp 1.500 and for dried flower ranges Rp 1.000 to Rp 5.000 per piece. About 1000 pieces are sold everyday.