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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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.
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Flowers to America!
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