Speakers for Your Southern California Group

Both the authors of Sending Flowers to America are available to speak locally. We invite you to contact us for more information.

Programs for Libraries, Historical Societies and Other Groups

The authors are available to speak to groups throughout Southern California.

Topics Include (and these can be modified and expanded upon): Where the Flowers Grew (And What's There Now); Highlights from Book Research Interviews; Fascinating Characters of the Book; The Making of the Book

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Need a brief description of the book? Feel free to use one of these and the trivia from our fact sheet:

100 word description:

In the new hardbound book Sending Flowers to America, the labor and love of the flower business come to life in stories and photos of Southern California’s early florists and flower growers, wholesalers and suppliers. How they established and grew their own businesses as well as the Los Angeles Flower Market, the area’s grand central of flower trading, attests to the energy and drive of the European immigrants who, along with the Japanese, supplied flowers to the nation. Sending Flowers is a celebration of their extraordinary achievement and vision and the growing prominence of the Flower Market in the nation’s floral industry.

175 word synopsis:

Sending Flowers to America is 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 in the area, and on the florists, growers and others who built the area’s floral industry which, incidentally, supplied the flowers to florists across the United States. Included are facts surrounding the creation and growth of the American Florists' Exchange, Ltd (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 the Los Angeles 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.

Fact sheet:

Our Book Fact Sheet includes a number of facts and trivia about the book. Click here to view.

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