We are happy to share some of the pictures
submitted and taken by the editors of the Los Angeles Flower Market
history book project. Click here to see a few of the historical photos,
visit our About page to view a slideshow
of people we've interviewed or met during our research phase, or just scroll below to
see some of the people we've interviewed.
Above left, Bob and Bud Berry selling
flowers in 1934.
Above, an informal lunch with (from left)
Hardwig (Harvey) Prechtl,
Jon Prechtl, Bob and Stella Berry, Johnny Mellano in July
2007
Above left, Edgar Engert with one
of several floral industry photo displays
he created at the Flower & Garden Show, 2007 San Diego
County Fair;
on the right, Joe Franciosi with bonsai tree.
Above left, Maria Mellano, whose
husband Giovanni founded today's Mellano Company.
On the right is Paul Ecke III of Ecke Ranch with book
project manager Peggi Ridgway
Above, left, Sylvia Foltz, daughter of C.J. Groen
(founder of Groen Rose Company),
meets
with project writer Jan Works. Above right, Sylvia
Foltz, her grandson and his children
(descendants of C.J.
Groen) beside C.J. Groen's original truck used to haul flowers
from his
greenhouses to the Market. Spring 2007.
Left, Nick and Flora Mae (Gorin) Gandolfo,
in their home in Artesia, 2007.
Above, John and Norman Amling in a field of stock
at their Desert Grown Cut Flowers (Amling Brothers),
2002, in the Coachella Valley, CA.
Left, book project manager Peggi Ridgway conducts research
in the publications archives of Branch Smith Publishing,
publisher of the now inactive Southern Florist and
Nurseryman magazine, Fort Worth, Texas, May 2007.
