The Original Los Angeles Flower Market is a bustling wholesale flower market in Downtown L.A., famous for its vibrant 55,000 square foot sales floor and deep roots in the city's immigrant community.
While the enormous market is most popular among florists and businesses buying freshly-cut flowers in bulk, it also offers a beautiful experience for the general public to explore, pick up some colorful bouquets, and connect with the community by supporting local immigrant vendors.
In 1919, a group of European-American immigrant growers used a modest $500 loan to open the first edition of the Original Los Angeles Flower Market. It was initially established on Winston Street as a place to efficiently sell fresh flowers to local florists and nurseries, later relocating in the 1920s to its current location on South Wall Street.
The market quickly became a haven for Japanese, Italian, Greek, and Sephardic immigrant families who purchased land and grew flowers for wholesale. Later waves of immigrant vendors arrived in the mid-20th century from Mexico, Central America, China, and Korea, pursuing the American dream and shaping the inclusive community that persists there today.
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