Books About Our Flower Market

Sending Flowers to America
ISBN 978-0-9798285-0-8

This 288-page, full color, pictorial hardbound book of the history of the American Florists’ Exchange, Ltd. / Los Angeles Flower Market was published in December 2008. The book chronicles the history of the Southern California region and shares the stories and photos of families and pioneers in the California floral industry.

Sending Flowers to America: Stories of the Los Angeles Flower Market and the People Who Built an American Floral Industry, can be purchased for $35 from:

The Los Angeles Flower Market
Attn: Jim Mellano
766 S. Wall Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014

A Scent of Flowers
ISBN 0974969702

This pictorial hardbound book features the history of the Southern California Flower Market started by the Japanese farmers and wholesalers in the early 1900s, the market located today at 755 Wall Street in Los Angeles. By Naomi Hirahara and published in 2005, it is now available from the Southern California Flower Market – visit our Contact page.