About Sending Flowers to America
 Synopsis
A two-part hardbound book consisting first of a chronological history in
eight chapters, beginning around 1850, of Southern California,
specifically Los Angeles, with an emphasis on the earliest appearances
of flowers grown commercially in the area, and, secondly, on the florists, growers
and others who built the area’s floral industry which supplied the
flowers to florists across the United States. Included are facts
surrounding the creation and growth of the American Florists' Exchange,
Ltd. dba Los Angeles Flower Market, incorporated in 1921. Almost all of
the individuals who contributed to the growth of the area's flower
industry traded through that flower market. In its second
part, the book’s Profiles section displays the
stories and photos of 66
families of flower growers, shippers, wholesalers, florists and floral
designers, based on personal interviews over the last two years. Most of
these stories are rooted in the massive immigration movement of the
early 1900s. The book offers more than 350 photos documenting the
history of Southern California’s floral industry, including full color
floral photography.
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Book Specifications:
Title: Sending Flowers to America
Sub-title: Stories of the Los Angeles Flower Market
and the
People Who Built an American Floral Industry
Publisher: American Florists’ Exchange, Ltd.
Authors: Peggi Ridgway and Jan Works
Publication Date: October 15, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9798285-0-8
Retail price: $64.95
Binding: Hardbound with dust jacket
Size: 9x12 inches
Pages: 288
Weight: Approx. 3.5 lbs.
Color: Full color throughout
Indexes: Main index; photo index; index to profiles
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Other Resources: Booklist / bibliography
Project Manager: Wordpix Solutions, Buena Park, CA
Creative Team:
.. Authors - Peggi Ridgway, Jan Works
.. Photographers - Julie Diebolt Price, Peggi Ridgway
.. Artists - Theresa Padilla Fajardo, Michael Wheary
Learn more about our team here
Friends of the Project - pictures (and a slide
show) of a few of the many people we interviewed -
Click here
Financial Partners - Those who were instrumental
in making this book a reality -
Click here
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Printing: Sending Flowers to America was
printed by Four Colour Imports, Louisville, Kentucky, and
Everbest Printing, China, on archival, acid-free paper,
certified as from a renewable resource by the Forestry
Stewardship Council. |
Meet some of the people
involved with the book project (slide show).
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